Barnet free of Freer? Not yet a while

It had been expected by people who know more about these things than I do, but Mike Freer will step down as leader of Barnet council in December, in order to concentrate on his other political career: prospective parliamentary candidate for Finchley and Golders Green.

Read a little more detail on the Hendon Times website here. His likely replacement is his deputy Lynne Hillan.