Mansfied Report report says Shaping a Healthier Future programme threaten...
Hammersmith and Fulham Council have issued this release on the Mansfied ReportOne of the country’s biggest hospital shake-ups is deeply flawed, likely to exacerbate a deteriorating situation, a threat...
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Meet the man who is taking over our schools
The situation at Sudbury Primary school LINK where the local authority has limited powers of intervention because the school converted to academy status in 2012, reveals, whatever the outcome of the...
View ArticleSerious scrutiny requires review of how Brent works with residents on...
This is the full version of Pete Firmin's presentation to Brent Scrutiny Committee tonight. Not all of it was delivered due to the time limit on presentations.I’m the chair of Alpha, Gorefield and...
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Traffic safety measures installed at Asda/Forty Lane in Wembley
The Yellow Box has now been installed at the junction of Asda slip road/Forty Lane/King's Drive following concerns over pedestrian at the crossing.Pedestrian lights and a yellow box have also been...
View ArticleButt: Brent Council being forced to cut to 'the muscle or even the bone'
Brent Council released the following statement on the 2016-17 budget yesterday. Brent Council is having to cope with a halving of central government funding. We are working hard to keep the negative...
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Officers recommend approval for Wembley French School swimming pool
Officers are recommending that Brent Planning Committee at their December 16th meeting grant permission for the private French School, now housed in the former Brent (and Wembley) Town Hall, to build a...
View ArticleOakington Primary School academisation meeting tonight
A meeting to discuss Oakington Manor Primary School's proposed conversion to academy statius will be held thos evening.The meeting is at Tokyngton Community Centre, St Michael's Avenue, Wembley, HA9...
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Green Party challenges government on DEFR cuts in wake of Storm Desmond
The inadequate level of funding of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has been called into question by the Green Party after intense flooding in the North West of...
View Article"Extreme weather is the 'new normal'" says Pentland Centre chair from Paris
Commenting from COP21 on the floods in Cumbria, Lancaster University Professor Gail Whiteman says:“Liz Truss’ comment about how the flood defences in Cumbria were only breached because of extreme...
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Is the Prevent Strategy protecting our liberty or threatening it? Have your...
Prevent is the government strategy aimed at preventing young people becoming 'extremists'. It requires workers in education, health and social services to report them if they show signs of extremism....
View ArticleBrent councillors join criticism of Stop the War Coalition and Lucas steps...
Brent Labour councillors Neil Nerva, Bernard Collier and Sam Stopp have signed an Open Letter to Jeremy Corbyn launched today by a new organisation called Labour Internationalists.The letter LINK urges...
View ArticleBRENT’S INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES (Don’t mention a ’C’...
Guest blog by Peter Murry As a disabled Brent resident, I was invited to the International Day For People With Disabilities event held in Brent Civic Centre on 3rdDecember 2015. Attending this event...
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What on earth is happening in King Eddie's park?
Local residents have contacted me to ask if I know what is happening in King Edward VII Park in Wembley where the sports field remains a churned up soggy mess surrouneed by fencing.One resident...
View ArticleSudbury Primary School staff call for formal ballot on strike action
Statement from teaching and non-teaching unions at Sudbury Primary School On Wednesday a packed meeting of staff from Sudbury Primary in Brent, expressed anger that, after their overwhelming vote of no...
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What will McDonnell say about Brent Council cuts on Sunday?
From the current Kilburn TimesOn Sunday at 1pm John McDonnell MP, the anti-austerity Shadow Chancellor, will hold a street meeting at the Jubilee Clock in Harlesden with Labour councillors and...
View ArticleCouncillor pledges to arrange talks on community concerns over...
Cllr Harbi Farah pledged to arrange talks between community organisations concerned about the Prevent Strategy and Cllr James Denselow (lead member for Stronger Communities) or Cllr Muhammed Butt...
View ArticleBrent councillors to get 8 hours Prevent training
Although Cllr Harbi Farah has promised to arrange talks about concerns over the Prevent Strategy in Brent the Council is going full steam ahead in its implementation. Tomorrow's Cabinet is due to adopt...
View ArticleShahrar Ali: It's not about Corbyn or Caroline - it's about Cameron's War
Shahrar Ali, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, speaking at 'Stop Bombing Syria' Downing Street demonstration yesterday.
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Another meeting about Sudbury Primary School on Thursday
Teacher and non-teacher unions have called a meeting for parents and carers of Sudbury Primary School pupis at the Partyman Play Centre at Vale Farm on Thursday at 4.30pm - a time they say was chosen...
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