Muhammed Butt confirms 4% rise in Brent Council Tax
At a very poorly attended Budget Consultation meeting at Brent Civic Centre this evening Brent Council leader Muhammed Butt confirmed that he would be seeking an annual 4% Council Tax rise over the...
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Quintain gobbles up another chunk of Wembley as Fountain Studios sold off
Fountain Studios, Wembley Park RoadLocal landmark Fountain Studios has been sold to Quintain for £16m. The studios have been used for Britain's Got Talent and the X Factor and excited queues of fans,...
View ArticlePublic support for Junior Doctors outside Northwick Park Hospital
Junior doctors strike in the UK from Husain Akhtar on Vimeo.
View ArticleSee the powerful 'India's Daughter' at Preston Library on Sunday and discuss...
India's Daughter from Leslee Udwin on Vimeo.India's daughter will be shown at the Preston Community Hub (the old Preston Library) on Sunday evening. Doors open 7pm and the film starts at 7.30pm. Riddhi...
View ArticleWill Brent Labour Group bite back over last year's Council Tax decision?
I confess I am guilty of neglecting fellow blogger and ex-councillor James Powney's writings and I missed a posting last week LINK on the likely Council Tax rise.In his piece James Powney draws...
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Powney is not alone as questions raised over Flytipping Report
'Am I alone in finding this change of wording interesting?' asks James Powney LINK , drawing attention to a discrepancy between a report on the Scrutiny Task group on Flytipping from the Chief...
View ArticleAfter Paris Climate Rising meets to discuss individual, community and...
From Friends of the Earth, PCS and This Changes Everything UK
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Good turnout for show of solidarity with Heathrow 13 in Willesden today
There was a great spirit of comradeship, vitality and determination at the Plane Stupid solidarity demonstration this morning at Willesden Magistrates Court where the Heathrow 13 are currently...
View ArticleMarylebone Boys' Free School to continue wandering around North West London
The itinerant Marylebone Boys' Free School is moving again and further away from Marylebone. It is currently sharing a site in the former College of North West London building in Kilburn with Kilburn...
View ArticleScrutiny Chair objected to fly-tipping edit in strongest terms
Cllr Matt Kelcher in his first report a Chair of Brent Scrutiny Committee at Full Council tonight referred to the editing of the fly-tipping report LINK which had been raised in the blogosphere and...
View ArticleCllr Moher at a loss over Oakington Manor/Furness academisation
At last night's Council Meeting Cllr Kelcher, speaking on behalf of Furness Primary School parents, asked Cllr Moher, Lead Member for Children and Families, what the Council had offered parents as...
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Good News and Bad News on Under 5s Public Health in Brent
Tomorrow's Cabinet meeting will be discussing the 2015 Public Health Report on Under 5s and their mothers. Brent has been responsible for the public health of under 5s since October 2015 and the report...
View ArticleBrent academies propose new free school and special schools a new free...
With the present government snot allowing local authorities to build new schools to meet growing demand for school places, Brent Council has said it will pursue options with academy and free school...
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Wembley French School leaves the workers out in the cold
I have been getting comments from locals, who like me live close to the French School now housed in the old Brent Town Hall.They have seen the security guards standing at the gates in freezing...
View ArticleGreen MEP to join Shadow Chancellor addressing ‘alternatives to austerity’...
Molly Scott Cato MEP will join Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell at a conference in Manchester tomorrow exploring how to build an economy to serve people not profit. Molly and John McDonnell will be two...
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Brent Council abolishes fly-tipping
Mattresses on the corner of Chapter Road and Deacon Road earlier this weekThe Brent Council Cabinet last night agreed to change the term 'fly-tipping' to 'illegal rubbish dumping' . Arguing for the...
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Tell ASDA to look after their staff
The GMB union is fighting proposals by Asda to cut staff free hot drinks and remove vending machines. Asda are said to have seen falling turnover in the face of competition from Lidl andAldi.The GMB...
View ArticleBullying at Brent Council - FoI response
The following response to a Freedom of Information request was released earlier this month. It is of interest in the light of the Cara Davani controversy LINKFOI Request – 4686497 1) How many...
View ArticleSchools present Polling Station headache
Time was when voters took for granted that their polling station would be the local school or church hall. A report going to the General Purposes Committee shows that things are no longer as...
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