Labour's Mayoral candidate selection a level playing field?
Muhammed Butt, Sadiq Khan & Dawn Butler at the 'non political' Harlesden Transformation ceremony in FebruaryFurther to my post on the Brent Central nomination of Sadiq Khan and Diane Abbot for...
View ArticleBrent Council searches for Head Of Equality against background of racial...
Kilburn Times September 25th 2014Brent Council has advertised for a Head of Equality with a closing date of June 15th. and interviews in early July. The new Chief Executive Carolyn Downs' appointment...
View ArticlePlaces still left on Chalkhill IT course which starts tomorrow
Free I.T classes running at Chalkhill Community Centre start tomorrow and every Tuesday after that!WE HAVE A FEW SPACES LEFT SO BOOK NOW!The I.T classes provide free I.T training for 8-weeks designed...
View ArticleWelsh Harp Centre to continue education function but may have other...
Readers may recall that I asked Brent Council for more information about the decision to lease out the Welsh Harp Environmental Education Centre.I received the message below today: In response to your...
View ArticleDiscover some Brent local history this summer
Guest blog by Philip Grant Some of the comments on last month’s blog about the unexploded Second World War bomb which was unearthed at Wembley Park suggest that there are “Wembley Matters” readers...
View ArticleBrent North Labour nominate Sadiq Khan and Tessa Jowell for London Mayor
Brent North CLP followed Brent Central in nominating Sadiq Khan tonight for Labour's London Mayoral candidate tonight. However, they backed Tessa Jowell for the female nomination. Brent Central has...
View ArticleNo confirmation yet that controversial senior officer is to leave Brent Council
I put in a request to Brent Council Press Office earlier today to ask them to confirm or deny rumours, from three different sources, that a controversial senior officer is to leave the Council's...
View ArticleReliable source reports that Cara Davani has resigned her position on Brent...
A reliable Brent Council source reports that Brent Human Resources staff were called into a meeting yesterday to be told that Cara Davani, head of Human Resources had resigned. I am still seeking...
View ArticleHampstead & Kilburn CLP nominate Tessa Jowell and David Lammy for London Mayor
Hampstead and Kilburn Constituency Labour Party tonight nominated Tessa Jowell and David Lammy as their Labour candidates for London Mayor.This completes the nominations for the three Brent...
View ArticleCara Davani leaving Brent Council to take a 'career break'
A Brent Council spokesperson today, said:'Cara Davani, Director of HR and Administration, will leave the Council at the end of June. She intends to take a career break for a while.The Council is...
View ArticleQuintain's exhibition at Wembley Park opens - but do people know about it?
Quintain's exhibition on the next phase of the Wembley Park regeneration opens today at The Yellow Pavilion, Olympic Way, Wembley HA9 0FALocal residents are not convinced that the PR agency organising...
View ArticleBrent Council's green bin 'grab and smash'
Brent Council has been collecting green bins this month from those households not willing to pay the £40 annual 'garden tax'.They collected from the close in which I live about 10 days ago and I don't...
View ArticleBrent revises process for dismissal of Chief Excutive & other senior officers
Cabinet will be asked to adopt new procedures and changes in standing orders at their meeting on June 22nd regarding the dismissal of senior staff, including the Chief Executive. Other staff to whom...
View ArticleThe 'Tale of Two Tory groups' continues at next Brent Council Meeting
The sllocation of opposition committee places is on the agenda for the next Full Council meeting on June 22nd.In addition to the 8th Scrutiny Committee place the other positions are:At the AGM the...
View ArticleHealth and Childcare on Agenda for Brent Scrutiny Committee next week
The revamped Scrutiny Committee meets on Tuesday June 16th at the Brent Civic Centre. As it takes quite a bit of navigation to find the agenda on the Brent Council website here are the main...
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