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It is time for Veolia's Public Realm Contract performance to be scrutinised
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Marcus Garvey at Brent Museum, Willesden Green Library Centre
Friends Of Marcus Garvey Bust Collective and Brent Museum and Archives are glad to announce that the Marcus Garvey bust will be unveiled as a permanent display in Brent Museum (Willesden Green Library...
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Some of the issues lurking beneath the surface of the Green Party leadership...
Line up at a hustings for leader and deputy. Amelia Womack was on holiday.Written in individual capacity As the great Labour leadership battle storms on amidst thunderous roars, flashes of lightning...
View ArticleVacancies at Brent Mencap
We currently have 3 vacancies at Brent Mencap. The closing date for the advocate post is this Friday 5th August at midday with interviews next week on 10th August. Application forms for this post need...
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People who embrace multiculturalism are less stressed research suggests
People who embrace multiculturalism are less stressed, fit better in Britain’s mixed society and don’t lose their national identity, research suggests.As reports rise of post-Brexit racist attacks, a...
View Article£96k levied in litterering fixed penalty fines in first 6 weeks of Brent...
On Sunday I posted a blog LINK on the 7 week wait that Paul Lorber experienced for a bulk collection by Veolia. In passing I wondered how the new litter enforcement trial was working. The scheme was...
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Opposition to Tory Trade Union Act given top priority at Green Party Autumn...
Green Party Trade Union Group at Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival last monthTrade Unionists in the Green Party, organised as the Green Party Trade Union Group (GPTU), have successfully put Trade Union...
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Cllr Southwood working on improving bulk waste collection service times with...
A few minutes after I tweeted an update of my story on the long service times of Veolia's bulk waste collections LINK Cllr Eleanor Southwood tweeted that she shared frustrations at the service times...
View ArticleCouncillor accuses Brent Council/Kingdom Securities of 'bounty hunting' over...
Cllr John Duffy has condemned the Fixed Penalty Notice Littering Scheme run for Brent Council by Kingdom Securities as 'bounty hunting' and 'entrapment of the worst type:My understanding is that these...
View ArticleBrent's Annual Governance Statement: Public money safeguarded & properly...
A Wembley Matters reader writes: I came across the attached document tucked away in the "Transparency in Brent" section of the Council's website, while researching a point on the 2015/16 accounts....
View ArticleAuditor asked to make a Public Interest Report on Davani pay-off
The Cara Davani issue just won't go and the news that she now runs a 'boutique hotel' in Suffolk LINKisn't going to exactly endear her to those who have been seeking out the truth about her £157k...
View ArticleAuditor asked to make a Public Interest Report on Davani pay-off
The Cara Davani issue just won't go and the news that she now runs a 'boutique hotel' in Suffolk LINKisn't going to exactly endear her to those who have been seeking out the truth about her £157k...
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Brent's LOBO loans at 68% premium merit deeper scrutiny
In April I published some information from Cllr Michael Pavey on the complex issue of LOBO (Lender Option, Borrower Option) loans. At the time Pavey was deputy leader of the Labour Group and lead...
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'Stand with Kushinda' daily protests outside Brent Civic Centre from tomorrow
Visitors to Brent Civic Centre and Wembley Library are likely to see daily protests from tomorrow until the end of the month.The protests are organised by the African National Women's Organisation who...
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Brent Council to take over maintenance of historic Old St Andrew's Churchyard
The churchyard at Old St Andrew's Church in Kingsbury has been cleared of vegetation, including brambles and elder, which had covered and concealed many of the graves for years. Apart from revealing...
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Theresa May’s grammar school plan would brand many children as failures -...
Back to the future with the ToriesTheresa May’s plans to allow new grammar schools would create an unfair education system which leaves too many young children branded as failures, the Green Party has...
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A Call to Europe: Human Rights for Refugees August 27th
A Demostration Called by: Help4Refugee Children, Syria Solidarity Campaign & Calais Action. Sixty years ago, the Refugee Convention defined rights for refugees, and most countries signed up to it....
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Brent proposes to combine Health Visitor and School Nurse services
A paper going to Cabinet on Monday proposes the procurement of a new 'joined up' 0-19 Health Visitor and School Nursing Service with a combined value of £6.6m.Currently the Health Visitor and Family...
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Upcoming events at Preston Community Library
News from Preston Community Library Hub (Carlton Avenue East, Wembley, HA9 8PL - Preston Road Tube)Our August quiz, written by Shelagh and Vanita, is in The Preston, 161 Preston Rd, at 7.30 this...
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