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Conservative HQ tell Brent Council Warren's posse are official Conservative...
The issue of who represent the principal opposition in Brent Council is to be resolved tonight at a Full Council Meeting.On the eve of the meeting the Leader of the Council, Muhammed Butt, and...
View ArticleG4S gets 'worst report' on UK children's prison
G4S has long been a target for campaigners over its activities in Israel-Palestine including its treatment of child prisoners. LINKG4S is a British-Danish private security company that provides...
View ArticleCarolyn Downs to be new Brent Council Chief Executive
Official Brent Council Press releaseCarolyn Downs has been announced as the new chief executive of Brent Council. Chief executive of the Local Government Association since November 2011, Carolyn will...
View ArticleFinal outcome of Tory showdown at Brent's OK Corrall uncertain
Last night's Full Meeting of Brent Council must have left the new Chief Executive Carolyn Downs wondering about the tough task ahead in getting the Council out of its slough of despond, while Christine...
View ArticleBrent Civic Centre closed tomorrow for controlled explosion of World War 2...
Brent Council has issued the following statement about the unexploded Worls War II bomb found near the Civic Centre:You may have already heard that Police were called at around 3pm today to a building...
View ArticleKilburn councillors 'disenfranchised' claims Cllr John Duffy
Amid the Tory Party infighting last night at the Brent Council Annual General Meeting there was a protest from Cllr John Duffy (Labour, Kilburn) that Kilburn ward councillors had not been given one...
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First pictures of the Wembley bomb
British Army Phootographer Rupert Frere has circulated these pictures of the Wembley bomb via Twitter (@Rupert_Frere #WembleyBomb). Work is going on to defuse it.
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Wembley bomb - current road diversions
Brent Council has issued the map below this morning. There is due to be a controlled explosion of the bomb today.
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Risks involved in Brent Youth Service changes include £5m loss on Roundwood...
The Cabinet on June 1st will consider a paper on the future of Brent Youth Service. LINK The Council has committed to cuts of 71%: £100k in 2016-17 and a massive £900k in 2016-17. This will result in a...
View ArticleBrent Healthwatch to be farmed out to Barnet organisation
The June 1st Cabinet will be asked to approve the award of the Brent Healthwatch contract to CommUNITY Barnet LINKThe contract worth £149,110 pa will commence on July 1st 2015.Healthwatch Brent is...
View ArticleJobs for Chalkhill and Metropolitan Housing residents
Chalkhill Jobs is run by Olmec's Solid Foundations project in Brent and funded by Well London and Metropolitan Housing. Our aim is to find sustainable employment for Metropolitan Housing residents...
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Demonstrate against austerity & in defence of unions this week
The General Election result demonstrated that the anti-austerity message failed to get through to the English electorate with the Green Party and TUSC getting nowhere near the kind of breakthrough...
View ArticleUpdate on Welsh Harp Environmental Education Centre leasing
Over the weekend I heard from Brent Council that they were preparing a statement on the leasing of the Welsh Harp Environmental Education Centre.These were the questions that I had sent to the Council...
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Brent shows - again - how little it cares for South Kilburn
Demonstration outside the school Guest blog by Pete Firmin, South Kilburn resident On Friday 22nd May, pupils, parents teachers and local residents held a protest at the gates of St. Mary’s Catholic...
View ArticleSufra Foodbank call for support for #FoodParcelChallenge
From Sufra North West LondonIf you’ve been feasting with family and friends over the Bank holiday weekend, have some pity on the 20 or so volunteers who started the #FoodParcelChallenge yesterday.Last...
View ArticleBrent want Welsh Harp kept open as Environmental Education Centre
Brent Council has responded to my message regarding the Welsh Harp Environmental Education Centre. Although they have not answered all my questions they did state:The Centre is required to be subject...
View ArticleKenton Conservatives confirmed as official opposition on Brent Council
It appeared that there might be further consideration of which of the Conservative groups to recognise as the principal opposition during the pretty confusing Annual General Meeting Council meeting on...
View ArticleRegeneration and Gentrification in South Kilburn
Following his recent guest blog about South Kilburn, Pete Firmin, took me on a tour of the estate and talked about some of the issues confronting residents. In particular we discussed the HS2 vent...
View ArticleNatalie Bennett: Don't Get Angry - Get Active!
Natalie Bennett, leader of the Green Party, was speaking at the demonstration marking the Conservative Government's Queen's Speech, at Downing Street today.
View ArticleShakira Martin of NUS (FE) on 'Proper, proper, proper solidarity'
One speaker made a particular impression at yesterday's Downing StreetStreet demonsration against the measures contained in the Government's Queen's Speech. Shakira Martin, from Lewisham, is the newly...
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