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What future for the Brent Town Hall memorial plaques?
Memorial garden outside Brent Town HallBrent Council is due to come back to me regarding the future of the memorial trees and plaques in the garden area outside the Town Hall now that it is to be...
View ArticleLabour launch petition on fares and ticket office closures
The message below comes from a Labour Party source but I thought worth sharing with Wembley Matters readers. HOWEVER A WARNING There is a major reservation that I have concerning the petition. By...
View ArticleButt poses key questions on future of NHS provision in Brent for Executive...
The Brent Executive will be asked to retrospectively endorse a personal submission made by Council Leader Muhammed Butt to the Independent Reconfiguration Panel. The IRP was gathering evidence on the...
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Feeling the power at Balcombe
I spent a stimulating afternoon down at Balcombe today where the anti-fracking protest camp has been reinforced, a mile or so further down the road by the Reclaim the Power camp. It was noteworthy how...
View ArticleDerek Wall speaking on economics and the environment at Balcombe
The video below was taken yesterday at the Reclaim the Power camp at Balcombe. Taken in a tent where another workshop was also in session on a hand-held camera the quality is not the best - but I think...
View ArticleControversial Veolia Public Realm decision to be made at October Executive
Tomorrow the petition against Veolia being given the £250m plus Brent Public Realm contract will be presented to the Executive at the Civic Centre. The Bin Veolia campaign will be given 5 minutes to...
View ArticleBrent project seeks to reduce fuel poverty and carbon emissions
The Brent Campaign Against Climate Change, of which I am chair, has had preliminary discussions with Cllr Roxanne Mashari, lead member for the Environment, on the possibility of setting up a Low Carbon...
View ArticleCOPLAND’S IMPROVED A LEVEL RESULTS: A LESSON FOR GOVE AND OFSTED?
Guest post by MistleflowerBy my reckoning, the successful Copland 6th form students who achieved creditable and ‘significantly improved’ results at A level this year enjoyed their 7 years of...
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'You can go to hell!!!' Brent councillor tells resident
Cllr Dhiraj KatariaIt all started with an innocuous sounding email on Friday:Dear Labour councillorsAre statutory declarations and Assured Shorthold Tenancy agreements no longer considered legal...
View ArticleThe true cost of Michaela's failures in South London
The DfE spent £168,000 on the Michaela Free School before its move to Wembley and after it had failed to set up first in Lambeth and then in Wandsworth. It has taken the DfE 18 months to answer the...
View ArticleBrent Town Hall plaques to be replicated for Civic Centre gardens
In an earlier posting LINK I asked about the future of the memorial plaques and trees currently standing in the gardens outside Brent Town Hall. They include memorials to post-war European Peace,...
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Making sure unemployed workers are no 'push over' or 'sanctions fodder'
Spreading the wordGuest blog by Alan Wheatley of the Kilburn Unemployed Workers GroupOne of our statements/slogans is 'Benefiting Brent & Camden & Beyond'. The major focus in our weekly...
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Democratic deficit necessitates peaceful direct action says Lucas after her...
After her arrest today at Balcombe anti-fracking protest, Caroline Lucas MP said:“Along with everyone else who took action today, I’m trying to stop a process which could cause enormous damage for...
View ArticleCaroline Lucas appeals to unhappy Labour voters
From yesterday's GuardianI've been reading with interest the recent correspondence on these pages about the kind of Labour party people would like to vote for. As I read through the list of John...
View Article'Go to Hell!!!' councillor apologises
A Brent Labour group source informs me that Cllr Dhiraj Kataria has now apologised to Rendall Mallakee for the 'unacceptable language' employed in his email. The source adds that although as best as...
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Hundreds urge Brent to exclude Veolia from Public Realm contract
Around 40 human rights demonstrators gathered outside Brent Civic Centre last night as a petition signed by hundred of Brent residents was presented to the Brent Executive calling for Veolia to be...
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Some prickly characters seen in Wembley
I was cheered up on seeing these hedgehogs late last night on my way back from the Wembley Green Man. They were on the lawns in front of the flats on King's Drive, opposite the former Town Hall...
View ArticleBarry Gardiner faces Wembley protest over Modi invitation
Guest blog from South Asia Solidarity GroupStop mass murderer Narendra Modi from visiting the UK! Barry Gardiner: Withdraw your invitation to the 'butcher of Gujarat'! Protest: Monday 9 September...
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Mapping deprivation in Brent - a useful tool
Click on image to enlargeBen Goldacre has helpfully tweeted a link to the Open Communities Interactive map which shows comparative deprivation in the country LINKYou are able to drill down into...
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