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Labour retain control of Barnet Council after deal with Tories

Labour and the Conservatives won 31 seats each at the local elections on May 7

Evening Standard · May 20

Moment officers discover 'secret lift' hiding illegal goods in £50,000 London raids

Illicit cigarettes, tobacco, vapes and shisha were found across seven different shops last month in Barnet

Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025

Brent Cross West: London's first new mainline station for 10 years to open this weekend

DJ and broadcaster Tony Blackburn has recorded an opening message that will be played on station tannoys along the line

Evening Standard · Dec 8, 2023

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‘They allowed us to be a guinea pig. And the guinea pig is dead’: the sorry saga of Barnet’s ‘easyCouncil’

A decade ago, the Tory-led London council went on a disastrous ideological outsourcing spree that it hoped could be a model for the rest of the country. Can the new Labour administration repair the damage?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022

Former Tory council votes to end mass outsourcing of services

New council chief condemns ‘failed experiment’ under which Barnet called itself the country’s first ‘easyCouncil’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2022

Keir Starmer hails ‘fantastic’ London Labour election results as he celebrates victory in Barnet

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer returned to Barnet where he launched his London local election campaign to celebrate his party taking power there for the first time.

Evening Standard · May 6, 2022

London elections 2022: Labour scents victory on back of partygate in Thatcher’s one-time true blue town hall

Just a single vote was Julian Teare’s winning margin in the High Barnet ward in 2018.

Evening Standard · Apr 26, 2022

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