Appointment of permanent Chief Executive delayed until new year
I was not allowed to speak to the Full Council about the appointment of a permanent Chief Executive of Brent Council that should have started straight after the May local elections.Instead of allowing...
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Brent, the 'Listening Council', refuses to let me speak but answers an...
Just to keep readers up to date on Brent Council's refusal to let me speak as a deputation last night.Seconds before the meeting Muhammed Butt, leader of the Council, came over and took me aside to...
View Article'Divorced' Tory Groups bicker at Brent Council as Labour continues to subvert...
The importance of effective opposition and scrutiny when Labour has a huge majority on Brent Council has been stressed repeatedly on this blog. Following my gagging last night things took an even more...
View ArticleWill the next Brent Cabinet be a walk in the park?
The next Brent Cabinet meeting will be held at a new venue - the Roundwood Youth Centre, next to Roundwood Park in Longstone Avenue, Willesden.The meeting is on Monday September 15th at 2pm and has a...
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Central Middlesex closes its doors for the last time and the community loses...
It was significant that last night on Twitter someone reacted with shock to the news that Central Middlesex A&E will be closed today saying 'but that's my local hospital. I've it used since I was a...
View ArticleI get to speak to a Brent Council meeting!
For the record. after the Full Council deputation debacle that required 5 full working days notice for a deputation, I emailed Brent Council last night at 2 minutes to 5 asking to speak at Scrutiny...
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Vulnerable children may be shipped out of Brent for schooling as Council...
As the Scrutiny Committee discussed setting up a Task Group to investigate how the Pupil Premium, ear-marked funds for disadvantaged children, are used in Brent schools last night, they were leafleted...
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Yuppification is the name of the game, Brent Regeneration's aim is the same
OK, I go on about Quintain's failure to build the much needed and much promised affordable housing in their regeneration project around Wembley Stadium, but this really is a slap in the face for local...
View ArticleSTOP PRESS: Michaela Free School announces 'Umbrellas are acceptable' but...
The Michaela Free School still looked like a building site today but the school's website, in a not terribly friendly announcement, says pupils will start on Monday:School Starts at 11am Monday 15th...
View ArticleLondon Assembly backs Generation Rent manifesto
From. Generation RentLondon Assembly members voted this afternoon to back Generation Rent's Manifesto. This is a fantastic endorsement of the work we are doing from politicians in the heart of the...
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Rugby statue to be erected at Wembley Stadium to match Bobby Moore
Association football has Bobby Moore, so who will rugby have? Brent Council has given planning permission for a Rugby Football League statute to be erected at Wembley Stadium:The application...
View ArticleOur West Hendon takes on pan-London gentrification this Saturday
Readers will remember Save The Welsh Harp, the campaign to stop Barratts building tower bocks on the banks of the Welsh Harp which had been occupied by the West Hendon Social Housing Estate. LINKBarnet...
View ArticleHampstead & Kilburn Labour calls for economic sanctions on illegal Israeli...
Hampstead and Kilburn Labour Party passed the following resolution for the Labour Party Conference on Tuesday:Israeli-Palestinian relationsConference welcomes the Egyptian brokered ceasefire of 26th...
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Run to the Beat - road closures, 15,000 runners, Live DJs & much more on...
Many roads will be closed in Wembley on Sunday Details but there will be much on offer for Wembley residents who enjoy music when Run to the Beat arrives in town:Sure Run to the Beat is London’s most...
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Police appeal for witnesses after 2 year old killed in Wembley ASDA car park...
The ASDA car park slip road blocked by a police car after the accidentPolice are appealing for witnesses after a 2 year old girl died following an accident in the Wembley ASDA car park last night....
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Birbalsingh's 'high standards' do not to appear to apply to the Michaela...
Katharine Birbalsingh's strictures on school uniform (sturdy black traditional shoes - send us a picture for approval before purchasing if you are not sure), haircuts (must 'comply' with school policy,...
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West Hendon Estate battles Barratts and Barnet
Cross-posting from Shahrar Ali's blog - edited version. Full version with more photographs and interview HEREOn Saturday 13 September, residents came out in force to assert their claim to be able to...
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Dave Wetzel of Fares Fair fame leaves Labour for the Green Party
Ex public transport lead for the Labour Greater London Council (GLC), Dave Wetzel, has announced on Facebook that he has joined the Green Party.Wetzel said: As a new Green Party Member I consider all...
View ArticleUpdate on Ashley Gardens Primary PRU closure
I understand that the closure of the Primary Referral Unit (PRU) at Ashley Gardens, near Preston Road, Wembley is to go ahead at the end of the month and the current staff will lose their jobs.The...
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