Hear about the PCS union's pay campaign Wednesday 26th June - civil servants...
FIGHTBACK IN GOVERNMENT SERVICES’Speaker Cathy Cross – PCS officerBrent Trades Council open meeting onWednesday 26thJune 2019 7.30pm PCS pay campaign-Repeal the Trade Union ActHard working civil...
View ArticleHEY, BRENT! LEAVE OUR SCHOOL ALONE! - Strathcona 'family' picket Brent Civic...
Stratcona pupils deliver a very cxlear message to Brent CouncilStaff, parents and children from Strathcona school in Brent descended on Brent Civic Centre, waving colourful homemade placards. Cllr...
View ArticleWorks to demolish Wembley Stadium pedway & replace with steps will now not...
Controversial works to replace the Wembley Stadium pedway with steps will not now take place after Euro 2020 despite Brent Planning Committee being told in September 2018 that they would be completed...
View ArticlePetition launched asking Brent Council to declare a Climate Emergency
Dawn Butler MP, members of Brent Friends of the Earth and constituents at the #Time Is Now Climate Emergency lobby at the House of Commons today An e-petition has been launched by Brent XR calling...
View ArticleJoyce Bacchus funeral arrangements
From Brent CouncilThe funeral of former councillor and Mayor of Brent, Joyce Bacchus MBE will take place this Saturday (29 June). There will be a funeral mass at St Erconwald Catholic Church, Preston...
View ArticleCall for halt to regeneration of council estates in Brent until concern over...
Chase House, South KilburnConcern over the quality of housing in regeneration areas, including South Kilburn (above) first raised on Wembley Matters LINK has continued with reports of sub-standard work...
View ArticleBig stink in Kenton as sewage flows in Wealdstone Brook
The Wealdstone Brook flows through Kenton and Wembley eventually joining the River Brent in the industrial area south of Wembley Stadium.Residents in Kenton have complained to the Environment Agency...
View ArticleBrent Council rushes to spend £92m buying South Kilburn site before other...
Brent Council has informed Cllr Matt Kelcher, Chair of Resources and Public Realm Scrutiny Committee LINK, that they are making an urgent decision to buy the Gloucester and Durham bocks on South...
View ArticleWindrush Celebrations: Brent trip to Tilbury where Empire Windrush arrived....
From Learning Through ArtsOur non-profit organisation; Learning Through The Arts is currently running a Brent-based heritage project surrounding Windrush Celebrations titled; The Story of Windrush...
View ArticleWorks on Bridge Road-North End Road, Wembley, reconnection postponed....
The works to reconnect North End Road, Wembley with Bridge Road (presently connected by steps and a ramp) were due to start today but Brent Council informs Wembley Matters that they have been postponed...
View ArticleProposal to reduce hours at Central Middlesex Urgent Care Centre by closing...
Brent NHS Clinical Commissioning Group is proposing to close the Central Middlesex Hospital Urgent Care Centre, presently available 24/7, from midnight to 8am, saving £450,000 annually in what they...
View ArticleIslington shows Brent Council the way on Climate Emergency
Declarions of a Climate EmergencyBrent Council are due to debate a Climate Emergency motion at Full Council on Monday July 8th, joining other councils across the country that have declared an emergency...
View ArticleThirteen 3 councillor wards and nine 2 councillor wards confirmed for Brent's...
Brent Council Press releaseThe independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England has published its final recommendations for new electoral arrangements for Brent Council.Today’s publication...
View ArticleBrent Council deprives local primary schools of much needed extra funding
The Kilburn Times LINKreports that Oakington Manor Primary School has lost the High Court case brought by Brent Council against the school. The school had earlier won a Planning Inspectorate appeal...
View ArticleBrent Cycling Campaign calls for Council action to make cycling in the...
Local cycling campaign group, Brent Cycling Campaign is calling on Brent Council to make local streets safe and inviting for all, including for those who choose to cycle. Progress is far too slow to...
View ArticleStrathcona staff to strike again as Butt refuses to budge ahead of formal...
From Brent NEUNEU members at Roe Green Strathcona will take a second day of strike action next Wednesday 10th July in defence of their school. Brent Council did not listen to the 490 (99.4%) responders...
View ArticleBrent Labour seeks to declare a Climate Emergency and Tories move to protect...
The much anticipated Climate Emergency Declaration motion has now been published (full version below) and will be moved by Cllr Roxanne Mashari (Welsh Harp) an ex Environment Lead Member at Monday's...
View ArticleBrent Council moves to adopt APPG definition of Islamophobia at Full Council...
Brent Council is due to adopt the All-Party Parliamentary Group's definition of Islamophobia at Full Council on Monday July 8th if a a motion from Cllr Ahmad Shahzad (Labour - Mapesbury) is adopted....
View ArticleKiln's 'A Friendly Society': Community Project or Exploitation?
Guest post by Anne Aktar I've noticed that the Kiln theatre, which is subsidised by public money from Brent council, the lottery, arts council are paying to employ a writer and director to write a...
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