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NHS cuts set to spark boom for private providers
Waiting times are set to lengthen, nurses and frontline staff are facing the chop, but private companies are expecting to boom under Liberal Tory NHS reforms. These revelations are revealed in this Guardian article here: LINK I hope the Government do pause, listen and reverse their proposals.
Ebony Court officially opened
On Thursday afternoon, Mayor of Brent, Councillor Harbhajan Singh officially opened the new Ebony Court development in Dudden Hill Ward. It is located near the Brent Magistrates Court by the Church End area. I attended a ‘meet your neighbours’ event a few months ago when people first moved in so it was good to see [...]
Party political motions
On Wednesday, the Tory / Liberals called an extraordinary meeting on Libraries in Brent. It was done in full knowledge knowing that it wouldn’t overturn the decision to close six on Monday evening. They put forward a motion which was voted down. I spoke out against the tone of the motions, designed to ensure Labour [...]
Wembley Event Day parking restrictions on 16th and 17th April
This weekend is the FA Cup Semi-Final weekend and both games will be played at the Wembley National Stadium today and tomorrow. Event Day parking restrictions therefore apply. See here – LINK – for further details.
Dollis Hill House
Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles has agreed to the demolition of Dollis Hill House. It is a sad state of affairs that the situation has deteriorated to this extent. I think it is an important part of history in Dolls Hill. But I do also understand that over the years, [...]
Noone ever talks about vulnerable people
I spoke to a wheelchair user last week who campaigns for disability rights for people around the country. He told me, you have to remember that for someone severely disabled, a Council is their life support machine. Many cannot even leave their own home and that people around the country are living in fear because [...]
More ‘surprise’ cuts to schools
The Department for Education has cancelled the April payment of the School Standards fund weeks after London boroughs have already signed off their budgets for 2011/12. This money cuts from our schools is likely to have already been spent. The School Standards Fund provides core funding to London schools to help pay for things such [...]
Unimpressed by Michael Gove
I was absolutely shocked at these comments from Education Secretary Michael Gove. I felt physically sick and ashamed that a member of Government in this Country shared these views. I think the Cabinet members need to be more open and inclusive to the views of people in society that come from different cultures.
University Chief says the Coalition Ministers were wrong over tuition fees
At the same time as fees going up, Universities have had their funding slashed by 80 per cent. When the Lib Dems and Tories raised the cap on tuition fees, they said that £9,000 per year fees would be the exception and that they expected Universities to charge around the £6,000 a year mark. [...]
