Brent Council Risk Register reveals potential impact of the cuts
The Corporate Risk Register is an important document that highlights the risks of Council services not being delivered effectively and the actions taken to overcome that risk.As the budget is reduced...
View ArticleScrutinising Brent's devastating budget cuts
As regular readers will know there was concern when Brent Council changed its Scrutiny structure after the 2014 local elections so that there was just one Scrutiny Committee. In the face of criticism...
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Burst water main Fulton Road, Wembley
Message from Affinity Water:MiddlesexWembley - Fulton RoadWater Supply Problems - Fulton Road, Wembley HA9 - 02nd January 2015 If you live in the above area and are experiencing problems with your...
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Planning Officers recommend consent for Welsh School in King Edward VII Park
London Welsh School children at their Stonebridge site last yearBrent Planning Officers' report to be presented to the Planning Committee on January 13th recommends that consent be granted for change...
View ArticleWill privatisation of Brent Council's Library Management damage the service?
There are so many proposals to cut and out-source services under consideration by Brent Council that it is all too easy to miss some important issues.Labour Brent Council has closed six of the...
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Developers and affordable housing, can Brent learn from Islington?
The issue of regeneration and development in London caused much controversey in London last year as property prices and rents soared and much new development was bought up by overseas investors. In...
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Bid to Open Children's Library and Study Space in Barham Park building
From Friends of Barham LibraryFriends of Barham Library have identified a second empty building in Barham Park as suitable for much needed community use.A few weeks ago the Barham Volunteers made a bid...
View ArticleLGA call for council tax support to be fully funded
Press Release from Local Government AssociationRising numbers of families on low incomes are likely to face bigger council tax bills this year because of a shortfall in government funding for council...
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Disputing the facts in the Kensal Rise Library case
There have now been 175 comments on the recent blog on the twists and turns of the Kensal Rise Library saga. It has become increasingly hard to follow the discussion so I asked Meg Howarth to write a...
View ArticleBuild a stronger, healthier Chalkhill - job vacancy
Michael Stuart, who has done a terrific job on Chalkhill Estate as Well London Co-ordinator, is finishing in March and the job is now being advertised.I hope to publish an interview with Michael soon...
View ArticleBrent Council public consultation on 'Brutal' cuts on January 13th
Brent Council's Borough Plan puts much emphasis on working with the voluntary sector to deliver services in an era of cut backs.At Scrutiny Committee last night Cllr Mary Daly asked if any figures had...
View ArticlePavey internal review into Brent Human Resources to be published later this...
The internal review by Cllr Michael Pavey into possible improvements in policy and practice in he Council's Human Resources department will go before the General Purposes Committee on Thursday January...
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Time to Save the Welsh Harp Environmental Centre yet again!
I don't really have to set out the case against the closure of the Welsh Harp Environmental Study Centre as Brent Council does it for me in the promotional video above.The Centre has been threatened...
View ArticleFiona Ledden has left Brent Council
I have had confirmation that Fiona Ledden, Director of Legal and Procurement at Brent Council, decided to take redundancy over Christmas and left the Council at the end of December 2014.Ledden's post...
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Brent Youth Parliament must feel free to campaign on youth service cuts
Five years ago Barry Gardiner MP (Brent North) raised the issue of alleged 'intimidation' of Brent Youth Parliament members in the House of Commons LINKHe said:Recently, my hon. Friend Ms Butler [Dawn...
View ArticleThe case for deferring decision on Welsh School build in King Edward VII Park
I have tried on Wembley Matters to enable debate and dialogue over the planning application for the London Welsh School to relocate to the Bowling Green in King Edward VII Park. As with many planning...
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Another high-rise development for Wembley but where is the truly affordable...
From the planning documentShortly after my article about the high rise 20 storey development behind the Brent Civic Centre LINK Quintain have put in their planning application (14/4931) for the South...
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Brent Central Tories select Mendoza and declare 'no confidence' in Muhammed Butt
Former Brent Conservative Councillor Alan Mendoza has been selected by the Tories to fight Brent Central in the General Election. Mendoza topped the poll in a by-election in Preston ward in June...
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Planning Portal comments in support of Welsh School planning application to...
Cllr Sarah Marquis, Chair of Brent Planning Committee, told residents attending the site visit at King Edward VII Park this morning that she had instructed officers to investigate comments that have...
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Stand up for King Eddie's Park!
Boating lake at King Edward VII Park 1914 (Park Lane Primary on the hill, Collins Lodge left)A reader has sent this in as a comment on a previous posting but I think it deserves a 'Guest Blog' of its...
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