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Barnet residents and visitors are urged to stay vigilant before and after parking in the borough after a triple whammy of scams targeting drivers were identified by the council. One scam involves one or more people causing a distraction while you are paying for parking, stealing your card, then claiming it has been swallowed by the machine. Sometimes they will claim you should use another card, and then repeat their crime. It is not possible for your card to be swallowed by a council parking machine.

Barnet residents will have the chance to pay their respects to those who have died in conflicts around the world at Remembrance Day services across the borough this weekend. Services and parades will take place in solemn commemoration this Sunday 10 November, as well as on some other days around that date.

As Leader of Barnet Council, and as someone who calls Barnet home, I am proud of the borough’s diverse communities knitted together by close ties, which mean that people of all backgrounds get on well. We are a designated Borough of Sanctuary and actively oppose hate crime, which sadly all too often targets our faith communities. This Islamophobia Awareness Month, I call on all Barnet residents to pause and reflect on what they can do to tackle Islamophobia.

Barnet residents came together to pay their respects to those who have died in conflicts around the world on Remembrance Sunday (10 November).

The Leader of Barnet Council, Cllr Barry Rawlings, has said that the council is facing a “perfect storm” of rising costs of delivering core services and increasing demand for expensive services, such as adult social care and placing homeless families in temporary accommodation.

Barnet Council’s ‘Money Worries?’ campaign is returning this month to once again highlight the national issue of benefits going unclaimed. Every year, it’s estimated that across the UK, more than £20billion of benefits that people are eligible for are not being claimed – and that’s what Barnet’s innovative and award-winning Financial Calculator is seeking to change for people struggling with the cost of living crisis in the borough.

A teacher walked nearly 20 miles and visited 70 Barnet schools in one day to raise £1,400 for charity. The idea arose when Barnet Council’s Steve Marshall ditched his car and instead delivered packages to 13 schools by foot and public transport back in June 2023. He thought it would take him all day, but in fact found time to visit an extra school and still be back in his Colindale office by 2pm.

Following the resignation of Barnet Vale Councillor, Marianne Haylett, a by-election will be held on Thursday 4 July 2024 in the Barnet Vale ward to elect a new councillor. After two years in office, Barnet Vale Councillor Marianne Haylett has decided to stand down due to family and work commitments and has thanked residents and colleagues for their support during her time as a councillor.

A cross-party civic delegation from the London Borough of Barnet visited the Nepalese city of Pokhara recently to strengthen cultural ties and understanding between the two areas. The six-strong delegation – who all paid for themselves – were invited for a week-long visit by the Mayor of Pokhara, Dhana Raj Acharya. It is the first official delegation from Barnet to visit its ‘twin’.

The election process has got underway in traditional fashion in Barnet as the Mayor received the official writs from the Lord Chancellor. With the country set to go to the polls on 4 July to choose their Members of Parliament, the receipt of the writs is a key part of the General Election timetable. The official documents are issued after the dissolution of Parliament to each constituency calling for an election to take place.