House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee hearing on Housing tomorrow
The House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee will tomorrow take evidence from the leaders of major housing associations and the Chief Executive of the National Housing Federation as it continues its...
View ArticleWhere do Fryent councillors stand on Council Tax Support Scheme Review?
There's a Brent Connects meeting in Willesden tonight where there will be a 'consultation' on the Brent Council budget despite the fact that the budget proposals going to Cabinet have already been...
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Contrary birds and squatting squirrels in the Big Garden Birdwatch
I settled down for the Big Garden Birdwatch yesterday with pen and paper and a cup of coffee and achieved meagre results on a wet and windy grey morning. When I tried again later in the day a grey...
View ArticleHelen Carr speaks out against 'draconian' PSPO extension in Chichele Road
A proposal to extend the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) in Chichele Road and the surrounding area in Mapesbury ward has drawn opposition from Brent's lone Liberal Democrat councillor, Helen...
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BBC - Don't Shut Out the Greens who give a voice to the voiceless
Shahrar Ali and Amelia Womack at the BBc today The Green Party’s Deputy Leaders today handed in an official appeal to the BBC Trust urging the BBC to re-consider its initial decision not to grant the...
View ArticleCould Brent Labour follow Newscastle's lead on ethical procurement?
Brent Council during the apartheid era took action over severing links with companies that benefited from South African contracts. More recently they declined to take similar action regarding the...
View ArticleBrent CCG A&E Ad ruled misleading and potentially harmful in victory for...
Congratulations to Brent Patient Voice in succeeding with their complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority regarding Brent Clinical Commissioning Group's poster telling residents to use A & E...
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'Nuclear Disaster - The Aftermath' Feb 4th Meeing
Ealing Are hosting Nuclear DisasterThe AftermathA talk by Mrs Kei Ikezumi(Director of the No-Nuke project)Kei has been living with the thousands of evacuees still living in temporary accommodation 5...
View ArticleNewcastle City LP member calls for Brent to follow their lead on ethical...
Message from a Labour Party member in Newcastle on the Ethical Procurement Motion covered in an earlier blogSome great news: our Ethical Procurement and Pensions Investment motion has now been passed...
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Good news: Welsh Harp Environmental Centre re-opens
The Welsh Harp Environmental Education Centre has been closed over the Autumn and early Winter. Brent Council has released the following announcement See LINK for earlier coverage of the campaign to...
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'Speak Up for Libraries' Lobby of Parliament Tuesday February 9th
Brent residents have put up one hell of a fight for their libraries having seen half of them closed by Brent Council. Their determination is underlined by the number of campaigns that are still going...
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Spring stirs in Fryent Country Park
The early morning sunshine tempted me to don wellies and stroll round Freynt Country Park (as much as one can stroll in thick oozy mud) and it was good to see early signs of Spring after this most...
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Government 'shutdown of local democratic space' condemned
War on Want has issued the following statement regarding the Newcastle City Council motion on local authority pennions and procurement policy:
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Greenpeace frack Parliament's front garden #frackminster
Gandhi looks on approvinglyGreenpeace brough the fracking issue into the heart of government today when they erected a fracking rig in Parliament Square. This is their statement:Take power now. Don't...
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A personal view by Nan Tewari on the ASA outlawing the Brent CCG A & E poster
Guest blog by Nan Tewari (in personal capacity):
View Article'Speak Up for Libraries' - Will our MPs respond?
Alan Wylie, Barnet library campaigner spoke for many today when he made the case for publicly funded, professionally staffed libraries today at the rally that preceded today's Speak Up for Libraries...
View ArticleBrent 'Independent Persons' ads due out next week
Fiona Alderman, Brent Council's Chief Legal Officer, has confirmed that Mildred Philip's Head of Brent Council Human Resources will be advertising for Independent Persons next week.Philip GrantLINK...
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