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Brent Labour's choice: Resist or Rat on the Poor
from @MapesburyGreenSaturday was a busy day for Brent Labour Party members with the opening of offices for the parliamentary candidates and a big push on Dawn Butler's campaign for Brent Central.Down...
View ArticleEnergy Solutions must stay to protect the poor from fuel poverty
One of the most troubling aspects of the current round of cuts is that organisations that contribute to long term stability and long-term savings in expenditure are losing their funding in order to...
View ArticleUpdate on Welsh School Planning Application ahead of tonight's decision
During the day new information and clarifications have been received over the London Welsh School/King Edward VII Park planning application.First, following so many comments extolling the virtues of...
View ArticleWelsh School Planning Application Deferred
The Planning Application for the London Welsh School was deferred tonight in order to have a wider consultation with the community local to King Edward VII Park. Officers were also asked to look again...
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Stonebridge child gives Labour Council leaders some home truths
One of the children from Stonebridge Adventure Playground surprised workers who had accompanied her to last night’s Consultation event at the Civic Centre. They said what happened ‘made the whole event...
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Parkland and open space belong to everyone
Open space at Wembley Park last century (Watkin's Tower never got higher than the first level- the stadium is now on that site)This is the text of Denise Cheong's speech to the Planning Committee on...
View ArticleBrent Labour support campaign on cuts but not refusal to implement them
Apparently Cllr Butt recently advised fellow Labour councillors not to read Wembley Matters as it is 'the enemy'. He is still searching for 'leakers' amongst officers, councillors and members.Anyway,...
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Brent Council: Communicating Rubbish
I was incensed yesterday when I saw the leaflet about Brent Council's waste collection that had been pushed through my door. It put such a gloss on the £40 annual 'garden tax' charge for green bin...
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Brent library privatisation hits the front page and two men named James...
The Kilburn Times (above) puts the possible privatisation of Brent libraries management on its front page. Management would be handed over to a charitable trust although details are not clear.The...
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BREAKING NEWS! Brighton Green Party passes motion supporting 'No Cuts' budget...
Pic Bright GreensBreaking news from BrightonThis is the full and final text (below) of the No Cuts motion passed by a large majority at a quorate and well attended meeting of the Brighton & Hove...
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Brent North CLP want to see rethink of Ed Balls' austerity-lite strategy
Ed Balls reacts to the Brent North motion (not really!)As the Green Party positions itself as the only anti-austerity party in the forthcoming General Election, and recruits hundreds of ex Labour...
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Seething behind the scenes at Brent Council's meeting tonight
The format of Brent Council meetings these days is pretty predictable. LINK The Leader makes a speech extolling the virtues of Labour members, outlines the difficult conditions caused by Coalition...
View ArticleMore details emerge on Brent Council's investigation into Kensal Rise Library...
Guest blog by Meg HowarthNew information has come to light about the data Brent Council handed to the police in the case of the Kensal Rise Library alleged fraudulent email affair. In a response to a...
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Leeks the most interesting item at Brent Council meeting
A satirical local activist presented Brent Council's Cabinet members with a leak each just before the formal start of last night's Full Council meeting at Brent Civic Centre.The presentation followed...
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Ark Academy plan 6th Form building on Repton remnant
Bird's eye view of the area Rectangle marks the new building and red the trees to be removed (black dash is a tree protection boundary)Ark Academy, Wembley, is applying for planning permission to build...
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Coming Soon Club takes over Wembley's Chesterfield House
The Coming Soon Club is taking over Chesterfield House, the previous Brent Children and Families Office, which is at the corner of Wembley High Road and Park Lane.
View ArticleSupport the latest strikes of Your Choice Barnet Care Workers
From Barnet Unison UNISON members working for Your Choice Barnet (YCB) have just announced their next strike dates as being 22nd and 23rd January. In addition the workers will be attending an event in...
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UPDATED Support Our West Hendon's challenge to social cleansing by Barnet...
The Public Inquiry into the West Hendon development has started. The Guardian has carried an article outlining the arguments that Barnet Council are engaged in the social cleansing of the estate...
View ArticleThis is what working class community struggle looks like!
I joined West Hendon campaigners yesterday at their meeting and march to achieve justice in their fight against social cleansing and homelessness brought about by Barnet Council and Barratt Homes....
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Pavey Review not yet available but notes on Constitutional challenge released
The Agenda for Thuursday's meeting of the General Purposes Committee has now been published. The meeting is due to discuss the Pavey Review of Brent Human Resources but the report is not yet available...
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