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
Our gigabit rural broadband plan for the UK 1st October 2019 Investment in rural broadband is vital. Broadband is not just essential for businesses across the United Kingdom, but it also makes areas more attractive places... National News
Our spending boost to tackle adult mental illness 1st October 2019 Provision of community services for people with serious mental illness has historically not been a focus of mental health reforms. National News
How we’re planning to invest in our communities 30th September 2019 Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid, has set out major new plans for investment alongside further measures to tackle the housing crisis. National News
5 key points you must know about our new housing policy 30th September 2019 Robert Jenrick, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, will announce that tenants in new housing association properties will be given... National News
Why Labour’s education policy will undermine education 30th September 2019 We are investing £14 billion into school funding to make sure our children have a world class education. We’ve made sure that extra funding will go towards... National News
The Chancellor’s Speech to Conference 2019 30th September 2019 Twenty years ago, Mum thought it was a big deal when she watched the first Asians move into Coronation Street here in Manchester.Well, now she’s watched as the... National News
