74 Ways Barnet Labour Has Delivered A Brighter Barnet
We are Investing £97 million in our roads and pavements.
Fixed, upgraded and expanded the CCTV after the Conservatives left it unfit for purpose and not working 70% of the time.
Introduced two mobile CCTV units used on community safety and police operations.
Introduced inhouse summer parks and greenspaces patrols targeted and flexible around community safety needs.
Barnet Council officially backed Pride month for the first time
Reduced anti-social behaviour by more than 50 per cent in some wards.
Declared a Climate Emergency and signed up to be a Net Zero borough by 2042.
Brought Food Waste Collection to the borough by 2026.
Installed 1,296 electrical vehicle charging points with more than 1,000 on the way.
Modernised decision making to get a grip of the council finances.
Invested in previously abandoned green spaces like Westcroft Park and Halliwick Rec Ground.
Brought Green Flag awards back to the borough for parks, with an award at Cherry Tree Wood secured and more on the way.
Become a Borough of Sanctuary for refugees.
Built our strategy tackling violence against women and girls.
Introduced a public safety protection order to ensure our shared spaces feel safe.
Introduced a users charter for social care users.
Signed the Care Leavers’ covenant.
Supported communities themselves in celebrating our borough events for Black History Month, International Women’s Day, Pride, South Asian Heritage Month and more.
Brought the planning service back in house so we can protect Barnet’s character.
Introduced secure tenancies for council tenants, when previously only 2 or 5 year tenancies were available.
Ensured that those who gain a council home have a choice of two properties.
Supported more than 80 schools achieve accredited green travel plans.
Maintained Barnet’s schools as producing some of the best results in the country.
Won a cultural impact award from the Mayor of London that will support the Light and Flight festival inspired by the borough’s aviation heritage.
Worked with Age UK to become a more Age Friendly borough, with Silver Sunday events and pop-in surgeries promoting support and events for older people.
Opened the Brent Cross West railway station.
Doubled the number of cultural events in libraries from 1,000 to 2,000, and doubled attendees from 20,000 to 40,000 per year.
More than 500 health and wellbeing events held in libraries every year.
Brought back community skips programme used initially by more than 80 households per day.
Introduced a system of regular ward walks whereby council members and officers review anti-social behaviour and littering hotspots.
Brought the planning, highways and environmental health inspectors back in house.
Reduced the proportion of residents who see crime and anti social behaviour as a problem from one quarter to one fifth.
Securing 1,000 new council homes.
Barnet’s Benefits Calculator has supported 18,000 residents identify £11million they can claim.
Supporting the Met Police’s Clear Hold Build initiative which led to a 50% reduction in burglaries and a 33% reduction in anti-social behaviour calls on the Grahame Park estate.
Supported residents to green their neighbourhoods in spaces like The Vale and Cloister Street roundabout.
Increased leisure centre usage by up to 200,000 per month.
100 per cent of successful Education Health and Care Plans for pupils delivered in time, compared to 50 per cent nationally.
Barnet Council Pension fund recognised nationally for combatting climate change.
Working with the Mayor of London to ensure Jewish schools can take part in London’s Free School meals programme.
Set a council tax lower than any of our neighbouring boroughs.
Protected the iconic Hendon Library after the Conservatives threatened to close it down.
Supported Barnet Schools whose A level and GCSE results are within the top ten per cent in the country.
Introduced Barnet Question Time where residents can directly hold the council leadership to account.
Refurbished 39 tennis courts across the borough.
Brought cycleways to the first time to Barnet, including between Burnt Oak and Colindale.
Returned Friary Park’s Peace Statue to its rightful place.
Developed the Barnet’s new ‘Arts Heritage Trail’ that highlights Barnet’s cultural heritage.
Created pop up community safety hubs, where residents can report concern about anti-social behaviour.
Our My Say Matters programme has empowered young people to shape their services.
Introduced ‘Play streets’ where residents can choose to close their streets on a monthly basis to support children’s outdoor play.
Launched the Mental Health Charter to support good mental health throughout the borough.
Built the UK’s first ‘Fair Play’ Playground that in Victoria Park, East Barnet, that is fully inclusive for children and adults with disabilities.
We backed the Federation of Small Business’s pledge to support small businesses.
Launched Inspirational All awards, that celebrates the most inspiring women and girls in the borough.
Introduced Barnet’s first ever volunteering strategy.
Provided free courses for residents who want to run their own businesses.
We banned ‘pets as prizes’ at events on council land, to protect animal welfare.
We welcomed more than 1,000 Ukrainian refugees to Barnet.
Barnet was awarded Dementia Friendly status after training up dementia friendly champions, recruiting more than 30 spaces like the Arts depot to be dementia friendly and offering support for those living with dementia and their carers.
We brought the London Festival of Architecture to Barnet for the first time – and the organisation now organises events in Barnet every year.
Our councillors supported residents in securing asset of community value status for locally-loved institutions like the Prince of Wales pub in East Barnet and Tudor Hall in High Barnet.
Helped to establish a Business Improvement District for Edgware to help ensure the area’s long term economic prosperity.
Improved and transformed parks large and small, from Market place playground in East Finchley, to Watling Park in Burnt Oak.
Ran events to tackle violence against women and girls as part of the UN’s 16 days of action every year, and throughout the year.
Established an apprenticeship fund for local businesses to apply for so they can take on and train up new recruits.
Provided a windfall payment of £17,000 for each of Barnet’s schools due to careful management of the Barnet Pension scheme.
Provided a named community safety officer for each ward.
Held a Citizens’ Assembly so we can take on the Net Zero challenge together, as a borough, in a fair way.
Adopted a target of 50 per cent affordable homes on all new developments.
Established a Net Zero Target for the Barnet Pension Fund.
Trained more than 400 people trained to be mental health first aiders in schools.
The number of employers who pay living wage in the borough has increased to 50.
Promoting cycling through free bicycle repair workshops and providing free bike repair stations in the borough.
