COMMON SENSE PREVAILS: REGENT’S PARK ROAD BUS LANE TO BE REVERSED Friday, 14 November, 2025 In a rare victory for residents and road safety, the controversial bus lane on Regent’s Park Road is set to be fully reversed, with original road markings reinstated starting next week. Following sustained community and ward Cllr opposition regarding concerns over safety hazards posed by the scheme, Barnet Council has confirmed the following timeline for removal: • 21–24 November 2025: Restoration... Local News
Defeat for ‘dog kennel’ flats proposal in Whetstone 16th August 2017 Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, has welcomed victory in the campaign against plans for tiny ‘micro-flats’ in Barnet House in Whetstone. She has... Local News
Step forward on Crossrail 2 25th July 2017 A week after signing a letter calling for additional backing for Crossrail 2, local MP Theresa Villiers has welcomed the news that Transport Secretary Chris... Local News
Save Barnet Police Station! 25th July 2017 News has broken that High Barnet police station faces the axe from London’s Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan. The station was earmarked for closure once before but it... Local News
Villiers welcomes increase in school funding 19th July 2017 Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, has welcomed the Government’s announcement of an extra £1.3bn spending for schools, and pledged to continue to... Local News
Villiers celebrates East Barnet festival in the sunshine 6th July 2017 Theresa Villiers MP joined big crowds in the sunshine at the 23rd annual East Barnet festival in Oak Hill Park this weekend. Local News
First victory in battle to stop tower blocks at NLBP 27th June 2017 Thursday 22nd June marked a key victory in the long fight to stop multi-storey tower blocks and over a thousand flats being built at the North London Business... Local News
Villiers seeks assurances over Barnet high-rise blocks 23rd June 2017 In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, Theresa Villiers MP called for an immediate review to establish whether any of the problems that contributed to the... Local News
Race to tackle diabetes: local Conservatives join Oak Hill Park Run 22nd June 2017 Chipping Barnet MP Theresa Villiers this weekend joined Parkrun on a 5km route around Oak Hill Park in East Barnet as part of an activity to support Diabetes... Local News
Great Get Together in memory of Jo Cox MP 22nd June 2017 Theresa Villiers, Member of Parliament for Chipping Barnet, joined families in Woodside Park this weekend to take part in The Great Get-Together in memory of Jo... Local News
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News
Boris Johnson unveils a New Deal for Britain 30th June 2020 The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure... National News
Meet our new MPs: Dr Kieran Mullan, Crewe and Nantwich 25th June 2020 Meet Dr Kieran Mullan, the new MP for Crewe and Nantwich. National News
The Prime Minister’s Update on One-Metre Plus and the fight against COVID-19 24th June 2020 The Prime Minister has set out further changes to lockdown measures in England to enable people to see more of their friends and family, help businesses get... National News