Councillor Nagus Narenthira has become the 58th Mayor of Barnet, after being officially sworn in during the Annual Council Meeting held on Tuesday 23 May at Hendon town Hall.

Councillor Narenthira takes over from the borough’s previous Mayor, Councillor Alison Moore.

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Barnet councillors agreed to change the council’s constitution and formally move from a committee system of governance to a cabinet and scrutiny system at an extraordinary council meeting last week.

The move is integral to the Council administration’s commitment to ensure decision-making is more transparent, efficient, and accountable. It is also part of a package of new constitutional measures to help increase public participation in local democracy.

Barnet Council backed employment service BOOST has helped 770 local residents find employment in 2022/23, according to the latest figures published.

Of the 770 people supported into jobs, 405 were helped through the JETS project*. 21% were tenants in Barnet Homes, with 1 person designated as ‘a rough sleeper’ placed into work.

Barnet Council is one step closer to beginning work on the £18.8million transformation of one of its largest parks after appointing a design team to lead the project.

Ove Arup & Partners Ltd was chosen to head up the regeneration of West Hendon Playing Field after winning a prestigious design contest by the London Borough of Barnet in partnership with the Landscape Institute.

The borough of Barnet is set to host more than one in six of all of London’s electric vehicle (EV) on-street charge points, after Barnet Council secured a £5.19m government grant.

Funding from the Office for Zero Emissions Vehicles’ On-Street Residential Charge Point Scheme (ORCS) will pay for 60% of the total project costs of installing 1,293 EV charge points. This will add to the almost 800 public charge points already installed in the borough.

Barnet Council has been working with residents, many of whom had been struggling to get into the job market, become entrepreneurs and become their own bosses.

The free courses, run by the Rebel School, help people who may already have a business or business idea but are not sure how to get started, to enter the market without putting themselves at financial risk.

Barnet Council and the LTA have today announced a partnership to invest in and refurbish public park tennis courts across the borough. In total, 21 park tennis venues will be renovated, with investment of £1,233,552 helping ensure that quality facilities are available for the local community.