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View ArticleGreen Party leadership candidates announced
Including joint candidates, there are six candidates standing to be the next Leader of the Green Party. Natalie Bennett has announced she is not standing for re-election after two two-year terms at...
View ArticleSATS plunge is not children's or teachers' failure - it is the Government's...
Nicky Morgan cried crocodile tears this morning over children losing a day's education because of the NUT strike. What the SATs results proved, when they were released this morning, is that she has...
View ArticleDuffy calls for transparency on Peel Precinct development
Cllr John Duffy (Labour Kilburn) wrote the following letter to Cllr Sarah Marquis (Chair of the Planning Committee) ahead of this evening's meeting:I would like to raise my concerns at the Peel...
View ArticleNUT: We must say 'never again' to SATS car crash
Kevin Courney, Acting General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers made this statement on Facebook earlier this morning:On comparing SATs results and Morgan's failure. This year 47% of children...
View ArticleLucas: Chilcot proves Blair lied about reasons for going to war - Stop the...
Caroline Lucas the Green party MP, said today that the report is 'damning' and shows that Blair and colleagues 'lied' to the public about their reasons for going to war. She said: “Chilcot’s report is...
View ArticlePenn report on Tayo Oladapo to go to Council on Monday
The Independent Investigator's report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Cllr Tayo Oladapo will be presented to full Council on Monday. A separate report concerning a complaint against...
View ArticleBrent Central Labour Party GC backs Corbyn's leadership
Dawn Butler with Jeremy CorbynI understand Brent Central Labour Party General Committee, attended by some of the new young members, last night voted to support Jeremy Corbyn by 50 votes to 16 with one...
View ArticleBrent Council hails commercialisation and technological innovation as its...
Sometimes we humble residents are unaware of how Brent Council is promoting itself outside the borough. Perhaps our experience of broken pavements, unfilled potholes, flytips, uncollected waste bins,...
View ArticleBOOK NOW-LAST CHANCE! Support Palestine Solidarity and Stop the War -...
FUNDRAISING GARDEN PARTY SUNDAY 10TH JULYFrom 4pm to 9.30pm https://www.facebook.com/BrentStoptheWar http://brentpsc.blogspot.co.uk/Supporters are invited to a fundraising party in a beautiful...
View ArticleShahrar Ali calls for Green Party internal referendum on party's Progressive...
Shahrar Ali, a contender for deputy leadership of the Green Party, a post he currently holds, has called for a possible internal referendum on the negotiating position the party should hold in an...
View ArticleBrent Council tonight debates Oladapo Report, Davani pay-off, Chancellor's...
As well as an expected Mayoral statement on Hate Crime, Brent Council will tonight (7pm Civic Centre) be considering the Independent Investigator's report on the Tayo Oladapo case.Cllr John Duffy is...
View ArticleLabour abstentions on Tory Davani motion
Cllrs Duffy, Long, Crane, Eniola and Dixon abstained tonight on the Brent Conservative Motion (see posting below) on the Davani racial discrimination, victimisation and constructive dismissal...
View ArticleAll parties in Brent: We will not tolerate hate crime or any kind of attack...
Brent Council tonight unanimously passed an all-party motion (from London Councils) in the names of Cllrs Butt, Warren, A, Choudhary, Maurice, Tatler, Kelcher, Shahzad, Carr, Mahmood, and Hoda-Ben:We...
View ArticleNo Brent Council ban on glyphosate but use to be kept under review
The commonest brand containing glyphosateCllr Southwood responded to a question on the use of the the herbicide glyphosate from Cllr Colacicco with the following written answer (as printed on order...
View ArticleWarren seeks details on source & content of Brent's legal advice on Cara Davani
Following the debate at Brent Council yesterday evening LINK when Cllr McLennan said the Council's decision not to discipline Cara Davani and to give her a pay-off was based on legal advice, Cllr John...
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