I don’t think this will go away as an issue for a long while. I was out knocking on doors in Dudden Hill on Saturday as well as in Kenton Ward on Sunday, campaigning for Ellie Southwood’s by-election campaign. Many parents with children and even grandparents who were concerned about their grandchildren were devastated at [...]
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Join the Labour Party now for 1p
Under 27s can now join the Labour Party for 1p. The offer lasts until May, but it will be the best penny you will ever spend. It’s hard being a young person in Brent today. I left University with a debt well into 5 figures. Now that I am working, I get money directly taken [...]
Ellie May Southwood: Brent Labour’s candidate for Kenton by-election
I am delighted that Ellie May Southwood has been selected as the Labour Party candidate for the Kenton Ward by-election to the London Borough of Brent. The election was called following the death of Councillor Arthur Steel and the date for the by-election vote to replace Mr Steel will be on February 17th. Ellie was [...]
BBC Howler as they describe Ed Miliband as Lib Dem Leader
Just in case it’s now disappeared from their website here, below is a screen grab from the BBC website today that described Ed Miliband as the ‘Lib Dem leader’. (Under ‘PM and Miliband clash over banks’ heading – Click on picture) Lib Dems even got excited for a bit until they returned to planet earth [...]
Learn to be a good sport with Brent’s coaching programme
With London 2012 fast approaching, the council’s getting into the sporting spirit by offering people the chance to train as sports coaches or officials, or learn to develop a sports club, through a special programme of accredited coaching courses. Kicking off in January 2011 at sports centres around the borough, the coaching programme offers a [...]
Brent continues to fight against benefit fraud
Brent Council continues to wage war on benefit fraud and has secured six separate convictions in the last month against Brent residents who have claimed thousands of pounds of benefits illegally. The six cheats who fraudulently claimed around £190,000 of benefits include a midwife who lied about her earnings, three tenants who lied about their [...]
Cllr Arthur Steel
My thoughts are with family members and friends of Cllr Arthur Steel, Member for Kenton Ward, who sadly passed away on New Year’s Day. As a newly elected Councillor it is unfortunate that I have not had the opportunity to have worked with Cllr Steel – but I would like to take this opportunity to [...]
VAT rise set to cost the economy 250,000 jobs
These are Nick Clegg’s own figures which he was so keen to highlight before the May 2010 General Election. He even pulled out all the stops with this huge billboard warning against the ‘Tory VAT Bombshell’. Little did we know that a few months later, he would be patting George Osborne on the back as [...]
Coalition Cuts to Brent Council: Children and Families
I previously mentioned here, that I would provide greater detail to reduction in Central Government Grants allocated to Brent Council for Children and Families. In Summer 2010 the Government cut £1,882,000 to Brent Council’s Children and Families Grant. The detail of Sarah Teather’s Government cuts stemming from the reduction in ‘hidden grants’ to Brent’s Children are [...]
National Housing Federation research paints grim picture for young people in Brent
Figures from the National Housing Federation have revealed the grim picture about Housing in Brent. Brent has the second highest waiting list for households on a waiting list. (behind Newham). The average house price in Brent is £322,904. The Gross income needed for a mortgage is a whopping £83,032. Bare in mind that this is [...]
