VJ DAY: My dad's role in the 'Forgotten Army'
Guest post by a Roe Green residentWe all celebrated the 75th anniversary of VE Day, despite social distancing, with enthusiasm. Our front gardens became the venue. So we put out our Union Jacks and...
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Brent Poverty Commission calls for increased investment in social housing &...
Brent Council Press ReleaseToday (Monday 17 August), Brent’s Poverty Commission delivered its findings, following a six-month review into poverty in the London borough. It points out 1 in 6 households...
View ArticleGuest post: Our borough has been hit hard by the racist and classist...
Just before the Government's screeching, rubber-burning U-turn on A Level results a Brent A Level student sent me this Guest Post:Results Day in Brent has brought with it a wave of anger and despair...
View ArticleDemonstration Tuesday Brent Civic Centre Noon: No more 'Track & Trace' cash...
From We Own It and Brent Trades Council Matt Hancock needs to scrap Serco and Sitel’s failed contracts now instead of renewing them on August 23rd. The government must give the £528 million allocated...
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'Not a penny more to Serco' - Give Track & Trace cash to local public health
On the day the government decided to restructure Public Health England, in the middle of a pandemic with a new wave expected in the Autumn ,Brent Trades Council demonstrated against plans to give...
View ArticleBrent Council's statement on 'secret' Scrutiny meeting on Poverty Report
Following concern expressed by myself and others on why a Scrutiny Committee Meeting on the Brent Poverty Commission Report (published yesterday) was not being held in public I asked Brent Council to...
View ArticleGreens call for overhaul of education system after results fiasco
Ahead of GCSE results later today, the Green Party has warned the recent fiasco over using an algorithm to determine results illustrates the failings of placing too much emphasis on national...
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1 Morland Gardens – How Brent Council won its planning “victory”.
Guest post by Philip Grant Last week. Martin gave a detailed report on the Planning Committee meeting, which approved Brent’s plans for 1 Morland Gardens by 5 votes to 2. After six months of working...
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'Over-whelming' high-density high-rise development plans published for B&Q...
It is surely no coincidence that some of the London Borough of Barnet's most controversial developments take place on the borders with neighbouring boroughs. This was circulated by the NorthWestTwo...
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New urban wildflower sowings boost biodiversity along Brent’s roads and on...
Barham Park (last year)Sudbury Court Drive (recently)Fryent Roundabout (May 2020)From Brent CouncilNewly sown verges and roundabouts are bringing life and colour to Brent's roads this summer, as the...
View ArticleMuhammed Butt missing from council leaders' letter calling for an extension...
Muhammed Butt has not signed the letter below despite the leaders of neighbouring Camden, Harrow and Ealing councils signing. Our other neighbour, Barnet, is of course Conservative led. This letter...
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Lorber backs Philip Grant on Altamira's heritage value
Former Brent Council leader and Liberal Democrat candidate for Brent North has written to Carolyn Downs, Brent Council CEO, in support of Philip Grant's position on the heritage value of 1 Morland...
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The Welsh Harp Reservoir Story – Part 1
A new local history series from Philip Grant. If you were standing in Kingsbury around 20.000 years ago, you probably would have had cold feet! The area was just at the southern edge of the ice sheets...
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SCANDALOUS! Brent Council accused of colluding in L&Q's leaseholder...
For some time now I have seen increasingly desperate messages on Twitter pleading to Muhammed Butt, Brent Council and L&Q Homes to do something about the state of a new building on the much...
View ArticleNEU responds to PHE England report /Chief Medical Officer comments on return...
Commenting on today's report by PHE England and the Chief Medical Officer's comments on the full return of schools and colleges, Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary, of the National Education...
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Cheaper licences to be brought in for pavement tables and chairs outside...
Brent Council is to introduce a £100 licence fee for businesses to place chairs and tables for customers outside their premises. This is a cheaper option that the current £81 fee and monthly payment...
View ArticleBrent Council and L&Q Homes respond to the South Kilburn scandal
Well done to Adam Shaw, the local democracy reporter on the Ealing Times in getting a response to the issues raised by Lucie Gutfreund about poor conditions at her South Kilburn home in a guest post...
View ArticleIOPC Director's 'deep concern' as 6 more officers are investigated for...
From the Independent Office for Police Conduct An Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) investigation into allegations of misconduct in a public office after inappropriate photographs were taken...
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The Brent is YOUR river. Help restore it this Saturday. Numbers limited.
From Thames 21 Our next event at Quainton will be on Sat the 29th August. See poster above, please remember that we are limiting the number of participants to make it safe for everyone, so please book...
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Vital Zoom Webinar on Climate Crisis and Education - September 13th
Good to see my union continuing to focus on climate change, pedagogy and curriculum despite having to deal with the twists and turns of government guidance for the September school start and the lack...
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