Brent Council sacks sustainability worker as climate change intensifies
The country may be experiencing the worse floods for decades and chaotic weather conditions becoming the rule rather than the exception but Brent Council seem to have barely noticed. As it becomes...
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Determined and defiant Kensal Rise clears mess left by All Souls College
My National Libraries Day visit to the three events organised by campaigners fighting to reopen libraries closed by Brent Council turned out to be an emotional roller coaster. Common to all of them was...
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Battling Friends of Barham Library impress on National Libraries Day
After my visit to Kensal Rise Library for National Libraries Day I took the 18 bus up the Harrow Road to Sudbury Town Station. Campaigners for the closed down Barham Library have a 3 month letting on a...
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Preston Campaign celebrates National Libraries Day in style
My next and last stop was the old Preston Library closed by Brent Council and currently used as an annex for Preston Park Primary School. Once surrounded by similar hoardings to those erected at Kensal...
View ArticlePavey misses a chance to learn how to stand up for education
Guest blog by 'Localist' Several hundred people attended the London Education Conference at the Institute of Education on Saturday which discussed how to build on the success of the London Challenge...
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Moberly Sports Centre proposals available for comment
The future of the Jubilee and Moberly Sports Centre on the borders of Brent and Westminster have been the subject of much debate.Kensal Triangle Residents have said because so many different views have...
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Greens back STEM 6 free school strike
Pic: Jenny Leow Statement from Islington Green PartyTeachers are on strike this week at the STEM 6 Academy, a newly opened free school on City Road, for students aged 16 -18 wanting to specialise in...
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Leading environmentalist denounces Brent Council in resignation letter
Francis Henry, who has voluntarily supported the Brent Sustainability Forum, latterly as chair,for 6 years has resigned in protest at the sacking of one of the key environmental officers at Brent...
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Ministers who won’t act on climate evidence must go, says Green Party
Source BBCThe UK’s response to the flooding crisis must centre on a long-term strategy to address climate change the Green Party says today, as it recommends a series of ten measures to improve the...
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The Green Party's 10 measures on flood resilience & tackling causes
The Green Party– Ten measures to improve the UK’s flood resilience, and to address the underlying causes of floodingReverse staff cuts at the Environment Agency (EA), increase its budget, and drop...
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Solution in sight for dangerous Harrow Road junction?
Guest blog from Kensal Triangle Residents' Association who appear closer to a solution that they began to campaign about in February 2008. (pic from Kilburn Times above) Six years on a solution may be...
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EMERGENCY PUBLIC MEETING: MORE FLOODS, MORE FUEL POVERTY?
ENERGY CRISIS, CLIMATE CRISIS – WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?Emergency public meetingorganised by Brent Campaign AgainstClimate Change and Brent Friends of the Earth. Supported by Brent Housing Action, Brent...
View ArticleLondon Green Party calls for action to end London’s housing crisis
Green Party leader Natalie Bennett will tomorrow highlight the desperate shortage of affordable housing in London in a protest outside Mount Pleasant development in Islington The party says this new...
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Temporary classrooms at Mahatma Gandhi House?
According to a report going before Brent Executive on Monday, Mahatma Gandhi House, vacated by Brent Housing Service, could be used to house primary school pupils.The report outlines a number of...
View ArticleFeisty parents fight off forced academy conversion
In a victory that may have wider repercussions for schools facing forced academisation, St James' Church of England School in Gloucester have been told that it will not face academy conversion for the...
View ArticleBrent Executive to discuss £18m budget cut tonight
The Brent Executive will tonight discuss a budget reduction for 2014-15 of £18m that will go before Full Council for final approval. This is achieved through a mixture of reduction in services,...
View ArticleGreen Party Education Policy offers a real alternative
I will be moving a motion revising the Green Party's Education Policy at our forthcoming Spring Conference. The revisions take account of recent developments in what has been termed GERM (the Global...
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Tell them what future you want for Central Middlesex Hospital tomorrow
Following the decision to close the A&E at Central Middlesex Hospital a question mark still hangs over its future and the future of Willesden Centre for Health and Care. Millions have been spent on...
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Brent activists join nationwide demonstrations against ATOS
In the 8am chill this morning activists from Brent demonstrated outside the offices of ATOS in Neasden Lane as part of a nationwide protest against the impact of ATOS assessments on disabled and...
View ArticleHow to opt out of the NHS care data scheme
At a meeting last night I couldn't find anyone who had received their letter about the sharing of individual's medical data so it is good news that implementation has been delayed for six months.There...
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