Navin Shah AM, The London Assembly Member for Brent and Harrow today slammed new statistics revealing Brent and Harrow had the worst refusal rates for Dial-A-Ride journeys in London. The statistics, released at the July Mayor’s Question Time, show the refusal rate – the percentage of journey requests turned down due to lack of capacity [...]
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Cllr Mary Arnold – Lib Dem / Tory Coalition Deprives Brent’s Schools of £380 million
The Coalition Government’s recent announcements cancelling Building Schools for the Future capital programmes has deprived Brent schools of £80m funding allocated last January to rebuild, remodel and expand four secondary schools initially and a further £300m for the remaining secondaries. This is an enormous setback for the children, teachers and indeed communities who have invested [...]
GDP growth shows economy is not as bad as the Coalition are making out
UK Gross Domestic Product (GDP), which is the measure used to look at total economic activity rose by 1.1% for the second quarter of 2010. The figures show that the state of the economy is not as bad as the Lib Dems and Tories are making out. LINK Manufacturing made the largest contribution to the [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Teather WRONG that local schools in Brent were “deliberately led up the garden path by Labour”
After her Department stopped the rebuilding programme from the Building Schools for the Future programme, which as part of its roll out included several of our schools in Brent, Sarah Teather was very quick to place the blame on Labour Party and said that we made promises that we could not afford – LINK This [...]
Lib Dem / Tory Government NHS proposals based on fallacy
The BBC is reporting that the National Health Service in England has set aside nearly £1.7bn this year for reorganisation. This is more than seven times what it aims to save on management! LINK No consultation, No pilots, and it’s not even in the Lib Dem or the Conservative manifesto to give their private sector [...]
Not a clue on their own Disability Living Allowance Cuts
Interesting responses from Government Ministers this week following the numerous hollow proposals that are being rolled out by this Con Dem Government. In Particular, this number from Labour MP Kate Hoey, who interestingly asked 11 questions on the Disability Living Allowance Budget proposal that is supposed to save £1.4 billion. In return, she received no [...]
New Immigration Laws Simplified
On Friday 16th July (tomorrow) at 2pm, there will be a meeting at the Central Mosque of Brent, Marley Walk, off Station Parade, Willesden Green, London NW2 4PU. Director of the UK Border Agency Steve Fisher will be present along with UK Border Agency advisers to explain changes in the law and answer any questions. [...]
In plain simplified terms, what the cuts in the Building Schools for the Future announcement means for the London Borough of Brent
Not Affected The Ark Academy Under Review The Crest Boys Academy The Crest Girls Academy Stopped Copland Community School Queens Park Community School Alperton Community School Cardinal Hinsley
Lib Dem Broken Promises: VAT
Pensioners will be hardest hit by the VAT increase to 20% in the Government’s June Budget Pensioners have not been compensated for the extra costs with increases in tax allowances or benefits. No one voted for this unfair VAT increase. In the election, David Cameron said: “We have absolutely no plans to raise VAT.” The [...]
