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Brent Council to expand & merge schools & seek free school partners to tackle...
The Brent Cabinet will tomorrow consider the School Place Planning Strategy 2014-18. It includes the above actions and the following schemes:Expansion of the following schools in 2015 at a cost of...
View ArticleHow the Hands Off Hove Park campaign successfully opposed academisation
Natasha Steel of the Hands Off Hove Park campaign told the Anti Academies Alliance yesterday how a group of parents, teachers and community activists successfully opposed the academy conversion of...
View ArticleWillesden Green Cultural Centre space to be let for 'income generation'...
When residents opposed the redevelopment of Willesden Green Library and the consequent loss of the Willesden Bookshop, cinema, cafe, museum, art gallery and meeting rooms they were assured that the...
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The funding crisis facing Brent Council
The current round of Brent Connects forums (this week there is one for Wembley on Tuesday (see side bar for details) will hear a presentation about the Borough plan. That plan will incorporate a...
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All we are saying is 'Give Us Fair Pay' - NHS strikers at Northwick Park...
Nurses and other health workers were in fine spirits despite the rain when I visited this morning and Shahrar Ali, deputy leader of the Green Party also joined them to express Green party...
View ArticleTristram Hunt's 'Oath' ridiculed as teachers turn to the Greens for education...
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Why Caroline Lucas is voting to recognise Palestine
13 October 2014Today I will be voting in Parliament for the UK to officially recognise Palestine.The vote is on a motion that I am proud to sponsor and which simply calls on the Government to extend...
View ArticleGilbert and Davani now being paid through Brent Council payroll
Late yesterday I received an answer to my request to Brent Council asking if Christine Gilbert (Interim Chief Executive) and Cara Davani (Head of Human Resources) were being paid through Brent Council...
View ArticleMPs vote on recognition of Palestine state welcomed
As Chair of Brent and Harrow Palestine Solidarity Campaign I welcome yesterday's non-binding vote urging the UK Government to recognise Palestine as a state.Although mainly symbolic the vote is a great...
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Ex Brent Council manager slams decision to appeal Employment Tribunal...
Christine Collins, who used to be Community Engagement Manager at Brent Council, took to a Soapbox at Wembley Connects tonight to lambast the Council's decision to appeal over the recent Employment...
View ArticleHousing for People NOT Profit: Greens at MIPIM Protest Today
There were plenty of people from Brent at the developers' MIPIM jamboree at Olympia today, where deals are hatchd between councils and developers resulting in social cleansing on an epic scale.Some...
View ArticleCaroline Lucas ensures powerful teacher voices are heard in Parliament
It is unusual these days to have speeches in Parliament fully reported. Today I am making an exception because I feel the issues raised by Caroline Lucas in her adjournment debate on education on...
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Does Michaela's 'private school ethos' mean they can ignore safety concerns...
The only street entry/exit from Michaela Free school Photo: Nick Wright (via Facebook) Reflecting concerns about teacher and children safety at the new Michaela Free School in Wembley Park, Jenny...
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Brent's closure of Stonebridge Adventure Playground would renege on HAT...
The Trustees of Brent Play Association (of which I am one) have sent the following letter to Brent councillors as the fight to save the Stonebridge Adventure Playground continues:Following our previous...
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No More Austerity:Britain needs a Pay Rise-Join the TUC March Tomorrow
Many Brent residents and trade unionists will be joining the TUC March tomorrow. Green Party actvists will be there.More details about the march and testimonies fro mvarious workers are available HERE
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Greens on the TUC March - Britain Needs A Pay Rise
The Green Party is experiencing a surge in membership following the Referendum in Scotland and UKIP's by-election result.
View ArticleButt finds democracy a bit bothersome
I guess Brent's contribution to Democracy Week of an Question Time session with the panel consisting solely of Brent Labour Council's Cabinet members (the token Tory dropped out) is par for the...
View ArticleAnother reason why a politicised Ofsted is not fit for purpose: the Green's...
The Guardian has revealed that so-called 'super head' Rachel de Souza of the Inspiration Trust, who has Michael Gove as a groupy, received advance notice of Ofsted inspections LINKThis is just one more...
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Fungi galore in Fryent Country Park today
The warm humid autumn weather created a surge of fungi growth overnight. These are samples found in Fryent Country Park today.WARNING: Do not eat raw or cooked fungi unless you are absolutely certain...
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