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Comments invited on Old Oak-Park Royal Regeneration community involvement...
The OPDC boundariesThis is a message I have received from Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC). Dear All,Please find attached the first e-newsletter from OPDC – this will evolve...
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Support US school hunger strike fighting for high quality public education...
(Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee)In the 1980s I spent some time in the US visiting schools as part of my study towards an MA in Urban Education. I made contact with the organisation Rethinking Schools which is...
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'Global visionary' Narendra Modi likely to face demonstrations at Wembley...
When Brent North MP, Barry Gardiner, invited Narendra Modi of the BJP to the House of Commons in 2013 there were chaotic scenes LINK outside the Brent Civic Centre where Gardiner was holding his...
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Brent Conservatives: 'Curioser and curioser'
Committee allocation'Curioser and Curioser' may well be Alice in Wonderland's reaction to the situation of Conservative councillors in Brent. To recap, there are two groups of Brent Conservatives" The...
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Fruitful Fryent earlier today
A cascade of hawthorn berriesA stroll in Fryent Country Park earlier today revealed what appeared to be a bumper crop of fruits. Such abundnace used to be seen as a sign of a harsh winter ahead. Some...
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URGENT: Act to save Cricklewood's last green open space from Barnet Council's...
Cricklewood Open Space (Thomas Bell Photographs)This is what Barnet Council says to justify the selling off of Cricklewood's last green space:
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Howard League youth justice reform proposals would close some prisons and...
The Howard League for Penal Reform has today written to Michael Gove, the Secretary of State for Justice, recommending a raft of radical youth justice reforms that would help children and save the...
View ArticleLondon needs £1.5bn to provide additional school places
This report is published today. It is a pity that London Councils' press release does not include a demand for the restoration of local authorities powers to plan and build new schools where they...
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London Green Party selects Sian Berry as their Mayoral candidate and name...
The candidiates book-ended by Jenny Jones and Natalie BennettThe London Green Party announced this afternoon that Sian Berry will be their candidate for the London Mayoral election in 2015.She...
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BRENT SCANDAL: Cara Davani and Christine Gilbert – Yet another Deputation the...
The cover-up at Brent Council is fast becoming a scandal and surely should at least be taken up by our local and London press and TV. Here in a Guest Blog Philip Grant shares the latest twist in the...
View ArticleMORE BRENT COUNCIL SCANDAL! Now they ban opposition motion seeking the truth
On top of the denial of a deputation to Philip Grant (see posting below) Brent Council has now advised that a motion for Monday's Council Meeting from the Brent Conservative Group should not be moved...
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UPDATED: Support Refugees Welcome Here National Day of Action September 12th
Please note now assembling at 12 and marching to Downing StreetNational Day of Action, Called by Stand up to Racism, BARAC, Stop the War Coalition, Migrant Rights Network This event has been called in...
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Cricklewood Green Space pulled from Monday's Barnet Committee Agenda
Following a request from Cllrs Shimon Ryde and Peter Zinkin (Conservatives, Childs Hill) Deputy Barnet Council Leader Daniel Thomas has announced that the item will no longer be discussed at Monday's...
View ArticleLet's pause and consider an alternative vision for education before the...
Children and teachers returned to school this week with both facing the narrow concept of education now embodied in the high stakes testing regime imposed by successive governments.Before they and...
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EVEN MORE BRENT SCANDAL! - 'Worse than Kafka' claim by councillor
"This is surely worthy of the darkest Franz Kafka novel the verdict before the trial, but then again in even in Kafka they had the trial before the verdict."Courtesy of a sympathetic informant with a...
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Join Global Justice Now in Paris to demand system change
A message from Nick Dearden, Director of Global Justice Now This December, world leaders will be meeting in Paris to negotiate a new deal to “stop climate change”. With extreme weather conditions, such...
View ArticleBrent Council to debate call for Independent Inquiry into Rosemarie Clarke...
The Brent Conservative Group motion on the Rosemarie Clarke case has been redrafted LINK and accepted by Fiona Alderman Brent's Chief Legal officer. It will now be circulated for debate at Monday's...
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One month to comment on Old Oak-Park Royal Development objectives
The Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC) is consulting on the Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) Scoping Report for the forthcoming OPDC Local Plan.This huge development covers parts...
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