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Brent Fightback Final Demand to Coalition: Give us Back Our Money
Outside Sarah Teather's Office in Willesden GreenOutside the Brent North Conservative Office in Preston Road, WembleyBrent Fightback supporters today presented Brent Liberal Democrats and Conservatives...
View ArticleCNWL lecturers to strike over casualisation proposals.
Lecturers at the College of North West London will be striking on February 23rd and 25th over the college management's replacement of permanent contracts by hourly paid contracts.The college UCU branch...
View ArticleCara Davani presenting Brent's Equalities Strategy on Wednesday
Regular readers will perhaps find it ironic that Wednesday's General Purposes Committee will be considering reports from Cara Davani, Director of Human Resources at Brent Council, on Equalities...
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Brent Council likely to to pay the Big Lottery to close Stonebridge Adventure...
Brent Council is at present wanting to turn number of its services over to voluntary groups and charities, even to the extent in its Equalities Policy of asking council staff to volunteer. So staff...
View ArticleA 'mumble for Mo' as assault on children and young people is approved by...
It is customary in government, when spending priorities are being decided, for each departmental minister to make the case for his or her department to the Treasury and to the Cabinet. Their...
View ArticleWhat kind of whipping will Brent councillors have on Monday?
Following the internal row over Brent Council Labour Group's vote in favour of a Council Tax rise of 1.99% in order to save a number of important services, which was then dismissed by the Labour...
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The London Welsh School's official status and questions that remain over...
This Guest Blog by Denise Cheong looks at issues about the exact status of the London Welsh School, the loss of trees in King Edward VII Park, and some key questions that remain tobe answered.For the...
View ArticleInsight into the business of Gladstone Free School: Are they doing it right?
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View ArticleMega primary proposals for Byron Court sparks education debate
Proposals to expand Byron Court Primary School from 3 forms of entry to 5 (the current 90 children per year group going up to 150 per year group, making a total of 1,050 children from 4-11 years...
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Disbelief as Brent Council choose Cara Davani to head up its Equalities Team!
There was disbelief today when the Kilburn TimesLINK reported that Cara Davani, Head of Brent's Human resources and found by Watford Employment Tribunal to have racially discriminated against,...
View ArticleAnother Brent battle against forced academisation of a primary school
The impact of Coalition policies on education continues to be a major issue and I hope it will become more prominent as the General Election approaches. Fragmentation, incoherence and a lack of...
View ArticleBrent Labour slams down the shutters over Council Tax debate
My grandad, brought up in the Victorian era, had a rich collection of''naughty' sayings and rhymes. Apparently innocuous when said slowly, they were rude when spoken quickly. He delighted in...
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Kenton Tories force Labour to withdraw 'nasty leaflet''full of lies'
I met Cllr Reg Colwill while out campaigning in the Kenton by-election earlier today. He claimed that Labour had been forced to apologise for, and withdraw, a leaflet that they had put out attacking...
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Protest against Brent budget cuts Monday 6.30pm Brent Civic Centre
Brent Fightback will be demonstrating outside the Civic Centre on Monday at 6.30pm as councillors prepare to vote on a budget that will see the closure of the Stonebridge Adventure Playground, the...
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Withdrawn Labour Kenton by-election leaflet contained racist slur
From Kilburn Times websiteThe Kilburn Times LINK is now covering the story about the row between Tories and Labour in the Kenton by-election which I alerted readers to yesterday LINK.The leaflet...
View ArticleOpposition amendments for tonight's Brent Full Council Meeting
A Council with a huge majority needs an opposition, even if it a Tory one. Tonight the Brondesbury Park Tories will move a budget amendment which would reduce the Council Tax by 2.5% and that they...
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Butchery at the Civic Centre as Labour closes playground and approves £54m cuts
Demonstrators held these signs up at the meetingNo 'rebellion' emerged at tonight's meetiong of Full Council and the cuts were voted through by the Labour majority.I spoke to Stonebridge Adventure...
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