More than 100 schools across Barnet will go ‘smartphone-free’ from September, in a bid to help the borough’s young people “learn, socialise and grow, free from addictive algorithms”. The group’s ...

Stricter regulations for construction projects in Barnet are being devised to address what one councillor describes as ...

Fly-tippers were fined more than £100,000 in Barnet last year as part of a crackdown using CCTV. The penalties were issued in 2025 under an enforcement campaign led by the borough’s Labour ...

Capita has been awarded a contract extension to provide services including IT to Barnet Council, as the local authority moves services back in-house. The deal to deliver back office services such as ...

Barnet Council reports a data loss affecting about 9,000 Students who were in year 11 across 3 Academic Years from 2006 - 2009 which was stolen in a domestic burglary earlier in March. The computer ...

Parking charges in Barnet could more than double as part of planned price hikes - with free parking in some car parks facing the axe. Barnet Council is considering raising some prices dramatically as ...

Barnet Council says it has to withdraw funding due to the "extremely challenging” financial climate A hub that supplies 17 food banks in a north London borough will close after its funding was ...

The second most senior judge in England and Wales will hear an appeal against an earlier high court ruling, that an objection to Barnet Council's outsourcing contract with Capita was made too late.

An ombudsman has found Barnet Council at fault for causing a man "a considerable amount of distress" after giving him incorrect housing advice. The local authority has apologised for its mistake and ...

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Barnet Council in north London has agreed a 10-year public services contract worth at least £320 million with business services company Capita. The deal is part of the £1 billion One Barnet programme ...