Met and Jubilee lines closed again this weekend
If the phrase 'Rail Replacement Bus Service' strikes dread into your heart, then sorry! Both the Metropolitan and Jubilee lines are closed again on Saturday and Sunday.Jubilee lineThere will be no...
View ArticleTory Barnet and Labour Brent outsourcing: similarities and differences as...
Barnet Tory 'Easy Council' is facing industrial action over its outsourcing of services to private companies. 87% of Unison council workers have voted for strike action over the five commissioning...
View ArticleBrent election meetings and hustings happening next week
Brent Council directed a local resident to Wembley Matters when she asked if the Council could tell her about election hustings in the area. These are the election meetings and hustings I know are...
View ArticleGreens propose 60% tax rate for top 1% of earners - raising £2bn a year
The Green Party today announced plans to raise the top (additional) rate of income tax to 60%. The top rate of tax, which was lowered to 45% by the Coalition Government, only affects the top 1% of...
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Open Day at Roe Green Garden - Saturday April 18th
If you fancy a break from politics in a very special place...
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UKIP's Martin Ferguson sinks without trace and his successor gets into hot water
Martin FergusonMartin Ferguson, who was UKIP's candidate for Brent North was mysteriously replaced at the last minute by Alan Craig. There are mutterings of a possible 'embarrassment' regarding...
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Make your mind up time! Read the Green Party Manifesto here
The Green Party are standing candidates in all the local parliamentary constituencies and feedback on their performance at hustings is excellent. If you cannot get along to the hustings take a little...
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Enraged locals campaign against Carlton Tavern vandalism
Carlton Tavern after demolitionand before...Anger is building on the borders of Brent and Westminster over the demolition of the Carlton Tavern on the eve of the building being granted Grade II status...
View ArticleWho will champion the environment in Brent cabinet?
Cllr George Crane, lead member for Environment, said his farewells to colleagues at this week's Brent Cabinet meeting as he is stading down. Cllr Crane was appointed by leader Muhammed Butt, following...
View ArticleScott Bartle, Brent North Green Candidate, speaks out at Sudbury Hustings
The packed hustings was held in a beautiful but dimly lit church so please excuse the quality of the picture.
View ArticleBarry Gardiner vows to defy Brent Labour Council on Byron Court expansion
Asked by parents at last night's Sudbiry Hustings about the proposed Byron Court Primary School expansion, Barry Gardiner, Labour candidate for Brent North, reiterated his opposition. He said that a...
View ArticleBrent candidates' views on the Israel-Palestine conflict
Following last week's hustings on War, Peace and the Middle East readers may be interested in their Brent candidates views on the Israel-Palestine situation.This is the up to date information received...
View ArticleBrent Council claim 9,000 plus households have opted to pay £40 'Garden Tax'...
Brent Council sent out the following press release last week. I print it unedited.Two hundred households are signing up for the new garden waste service everyday as new household waste and recycling...
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Brent Cabinet environment post may not be replaced
Since my post about Cllr George Crane stepping down as lead member for environment and speculation about his replacement LINK, I have heard that the post may be incorporated into an existing cabinet...
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Shahrar Ali challenges UKIP's Magnus Nielsen on overseas aid
UKIP candidate Magnus Nielsen (Hampstead and Kilburn) told people attending last night's Catholic audience at the Church of Transfiguration, Kensal Rise, hustings that they should dig into their own...
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Roe Green Walled Garden – well worth a visit
Guest blog by Philip GrantFollowing Martin’s short blog publicising its open day on Saturday LINK, I went along to renew my acquaintance with this “secret garden”. I say that as I had lived within...
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Preston Community Library now operating temporarily from library site after 3...
From the Preston Library CampaignLast week Preston Community Library signed a licenceto use the Preston Library building until the end of July, so after a gap of nearly four years there is again a...
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