Sadiq Khan at People's Question Time tomorrow at Brent Civic Centre
Navin Shah, London Assembly member for Brent and Harrow will chair a session of People's Question Time tomorrow, Thursday 3rd November at Brent Civic Centre.Sadiq Khan, London Mayor, and assembly...
View ArticleLondon parents overwhelmingly support councils' role in school standards and...
From London CouncilsParents across the capital believe that a joint effort from headteachers, governors, central government and London boroughs is essential to keeping standards high at London schools,...
View ArticleGoverment must act after ClientEarth's air pollution victory
Responding to the news that the courts have ruled against the government in a vital legal challenge on air pollution, Keith Taylor, Green Party MEP, said:The government has been exposed, yet again, as...
View ArticleChallenge issued to NASUWT as NUT and ATL set to ballot on education union...
Hank Roberts, a long-time exponent of the need for one education union and Organising Secretary of UNIFY has issued the following statement ahead the special conferences of the ATL and NUT to be held...
View ArticleSufra call for fair treatment of employees by small businesses
The Newsletters from Mohammed S Mamdani of Sufra NW London, who run a foodbank, edible garden, cooking classes and a pop-up restaurant are always interesting. They combine reflections on current...
View ArticleLucas: Parliament must debate and vote on triggering Article 50
Caroline Lucas MP has responded to the High Court ruling that the Government does not have power to trigger Article 50 without a vote in Parliament.Lucas, Green Party co-leader, said:We welcome this...
View ArticleHas Sam Stopp been shot down over Heathrow?
Cllr Sam Stopp announced a week or so ago that he was seeking the Labour nomination for Richmond on a pro-Heathrow, pro-growth, pro-jobs ticket.More recently he announced that he had been long-listed...
View ArticleArchant redundancies likely to hit Kilburn Times
Norwich based Archant, publishers of the Brent and Kilburn Times, and many other local papers, has announced a new 'audience led' strategy which will see News Editors replaced by 'content editors; who...
View ArticleTarmac likely to give Brent Council a sticky time at Willesden Connects on...
Willesden residents are being urged by the Resistance Against Tarmac campaign LINK to attend Willesden Connects next week to register their opposition to paving stones being replaced by tarmac on local...
View ArticleHow much will your school's budget be cut by 2020 - figures here
At yesterday's meeting for governors Gail Tolley, Brent Strategic Director for Children and Families, said the most pressing issue for Brent schools in the future would not be multi-academy trusts or...
View ArticleNUJ: Archant redundancies will mean more work and more stress for already...
The National Union of Journalists has just issued this statement on the Archant redundancies: Archant has announced changes to its content operation which could result in the loss of up to 57 jobs and...
View ArticleNUT-ATL amalgamation will strengthen fight against government regression
I welcome the news that the NUT and ATL decided yesterday at separate conferences to ballot their members on the two bodies amalagamating to form the National Education Union. This is absolutely...
View ArticleBrent Police appeal for help to trace missing woman
[Missing: Neima Ahmed]Police in Brent are appealing for assistance to trace a missing woman from Wembley.Neima Ahmed, 32, was last seen at about 08:30hrs on 25 October. Neima is a Somali woman,...
View ArticleAmidst widespread disquiet Green Left calls for review of Green Party...
Caroline Lucas's tweet last nightGreen Left, the eco-socialist current within the Green Party, of which I am chair, issued the following statement this afternoon:Green Left calls for a review of the...
View ArticleBrent SOS join libraries demonstration in Central London
Some of the Green Party contingentWriter and broadcaster Michael Rosen addresses the crowdSian Berry holds up the Green Party's demands (Photo: Sarah Cox)March for libraries, museums and galleries from...
View ArticleObama failed on Guantanamo - what next for the campaign to close it?
From Brent Stop the War
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