Interesting blog piece I found from the Blackburn Labour Party published in April this year. Sarah Teather claimed that her Party leader was deeply opposed to the policies pushed through by Margaret Thatcher administration during her reign as Prime Minister. However, Blackburn Labour revealed that at the height of Thatcherism in the 1980s Lib Dem [...]
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Successful Drugs Raids in Church Road
I have been out talking to residents in the Church Road area in the last few weeks. A key problem that people conveyed to me was crime. People felt unsafe around their own home and were concerned with open drug dealing on the street. One resident in particular said, “everyone knows who the drug dealers [...]
The Writing’s on the Wall at the Town Hall
I have highlighted the problem of Lib Dem neglect in Brent and issue of graffiti in the past. Now The Liberal Dem led Brent Council is failing to tackle the rising tide of graffiti vandalism even at it’s own Town Hall as the attached photographs taken by Labour Councillor James Powney, illustrate. See pictured Labour [...]
Remembrance Day Tribute
Remembrance Day commemorates the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. It is observed on 11 November to recall the end of World War I on that date where the major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th [...]
Brent Labour call for action on derelict properties
The Queensbury Labour Action Team, comprising local residents Ramesh Patel, Sandra Kabir and Kana Naheerathan have called on the council to take action against the owners of empty properties. They have highlighted the front garden of No. 90 Winchester Avenue, which happens to be owned by Queensbury Ward Democratic Conservative councillor Robert Dunwell – who [...]
Brent Council is failing under the Lib Dems
Brent Council’s Lib Dem led administration has launched an ‘Improvement and Efficiency Action Plan 2010-2014’ to address the Council’s deteriorating performance. Work by external consultants Price Waterhouse Coopers shows that 62% of Brent’s performance indicators are below average and 38% are in the lowest quartile. The proportion of Brent Council’s own targets met has fallen [...]
Fly-tipping on Yewfield Road
I’ve just come back from talking to residents on Yewfield Road where crime was an issue that featured prominantly on residents’ minds. Also apparant were the issue of dumping and fly-tipping which was visible on the road today with a mattress that had been left there on the pavement for days. What is even more [...]
UPDATE ON PREVIOUS POST
50 managerial jobs cuts will be immediate. Read an exerpt from Councillor Lesley Jones’ blog on the issue below: Brent Council’s Lib Dem/Conservative administration is planning the loss of 50 managers by next April. Some staff have already been told they will be made redundant. Morale is generally low. To some, reducing managerial roles appears good [...]
THE PRICE OF FAILURE – at least 300 redundancies as fear stalks the Town Hall
Morale of staff at Brent Town Hall has hit a deep thumping low. You can hear staff members grumbling, moaning and venting their concerns for their futures at the Town Hall on a daily basis. In his newsletter to staff, Brent Council’s Chief Executive Gareth Daniel has admitted that the new Improvement and Efficiency Plan [...]
Power to the People – Brent under Labour
Brent Council’s Labour Group has proposed a radical package of measures to give local people more say in the way the Council is run. The package included: Televising council meetings so that the public can see their elected representatives in action without having to visit the Town Hall;. Televising Citizenship ceremonies held at the Town [...]
