'It ain't over yet!' Granville Carlton demonstrators expected at Planning...
Demonstrators will be assembling outside Brent Civic Centre tomorrow at 5.30pm to before attending the 6pm Committee to oppose the planning application for the Carlton-Granville Centres.The proposals...
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Brent clarifies confusing Neighbourhood CIL consultation survey
Brent Council has clarified the Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy consultation survey. The drop-down menu on each of the areas is labelled 1 to 9. Some people had thought 9 would be the...
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Liberal Democrats win Alperton council seat from Labour
After deluging the ward with thousands of leaflets and fielding up to 80 canvassers the Liberal Democrats tonight gained Alperton from Labour.Anton Georgiou won 1,699 votes, followed by Labour at...
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Green's performance in the Brent by-elections
Thanks to everyone who voted Green in the Brent by-elections and to those who came out to help us leaflet. We were disappointed not to do better but getting more than 8% in two of the wards was an...
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QPR coaches deliver free Saturday football sessions for Brent youngsters at...
From Zaffar Van KalwalaI’m organising free football sessions for Brent boys and girls aged 9-13 years old with Queens Park Rangers. Please could you also include the link below.Really pleased to be...
View ArticleBrent Council sets up Task Group on avoiding Strathcona redundancies after...
From Brent National Education UnionFollowing many days of strike action in the Autumn term at Roe Green Infants to try to save their Strathcona site, the NEU has announced a successful ballot result...
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Could your church join the movement for fossil free churches?
Ivybridge Methodist Church, which joined the Epiphany Declaration for Fossil Free Churches this monthFrom Operation NoahOperation Noah, the World Council of Churches, the Global Catholic Climate...
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Brent Council announces new tranche of tree planting
Trees on King's Drive Estate, WembleyIt is perhaps mere coincidence that this follows the recent row over the felling of street trees and the resulting formation of the Brent Trees pressure group. It...
View ArticleTopics for tonight's Brent Scrutiny Committee
Chair’s Report Resources and Public Realm Scrutiny CommitteeJanuary 2020 6pm Brent Civic Centre AGENDAGood evening and welcome to the first meeting of the Resources and Public Realm Scrutiny of this...
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Don’t miss “Identity and Self” – only until Sunday at the Willesden Gallery
Urban Brent” by Jagruti Modi (Acrylic on canvas, 510 x 755mm)Guest post by Philip GrantWhen I visit Willesden Green Library, I usually head straight for the Archives and Museum on the second floor, but...
View ArticleScrutiny makes recommendation that Cabinet ring fence £700k for tree...
Scrutiny Committee last night heard a presentation about street trees from Alison Durant of the Brent Trees Group and considered a recommendation that some of the one-off £700,000 made from the sale of...
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Brent moves forward on reviewing pension fund investments in the light of the...
World Economic Foundation - Top 5 global risks in terms of likelihoodBrent Scrutiny Committee made common purpose with local pressure group Brent Divest on the case for ending investment in fossil...
View ArticleBrent Cabinet fails to take scrutiny seriously
Interventions by Cllr Neil Nerva and Cllr Roxanne Mashari at the Brent Resources and Public Realm Scrutiny Committee on Wednesday centred on the failure of the Cabinet to properly consider the...
View ArticleBrent Central CLP backs Starmer for Labour Leader and Butler for Deputy
When I was campaigning in the Barnhill by-election a resident told me confidently that Momentum had taken over Brent Council. I chuckled.I respect many of the local activists in Brent but they are...
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Sign this petition for a Restorative Compensation Scheme for the Windrush...
Patrick Vernon has contacted me to ask that I publicise his petition calling on on the Home Secretary to adopt a restorative compensation plan for the victims of the Tories' Hostile Environment...
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10 years on a planning application for Welsh Harp site returns
ExistingPlannedTen years ago both Barnet Council and Brent Council turned down applications to build housing on respectively the Woodfield Nursery site on Cool Oak Lane and the Greenhouse Garden Centre...
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Labour battle for the Brent & Harrow constituency GLA nomination
I've had rather a lot of Facebook & Twitter posts advocating a vote for Krupesh Hirani, Brent Labour establishment candidate for the Brent and Harrow London Assembly constituency seat currently...
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Contact details for new councillors in Alperton, Barnhill and Wembley Central
By-elections over it's time to put our new councillors to work. Here are their contact details.Cllr Anton Georgiou (Alperton)Correspondence address: c/o Liberal Democrat Office Brent Civic...
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