I woke up this morning to hear the London Borough of Brent mentioned on Radio 4 this morning on the Today programme. New data has revealed that Brent has poor adoption rates – LINK I am disappointed with our slow adoption rates in Brent compared to other Councils; although there could be a valid explanation [...]
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University applications down
An article on the BBC website has revealed that initial figures show that “University applications for 2012 are running at 9% below last year’s level.” Even more concerning, is that “when overseas applications are taken out, the figures show a 12% drop in applications from UK students.” I sincerely hope that it is being monitored [...]
Wishing you a Happy Diwali and a prosperous Hindu New Year
I’d like to wish all my blog visitors a Happy Diwali and a prosperous new Hindu year. I have accepted official invitations for Hindu New Year Annakut celebrations on Thursday 27th October from the Willesden Shree Swaminarayan Temple and the BAPS Neasden Swaminarayan Temple and am looking forward to supporting these community-led celebrations in Brent [...]
Coalition in denial about child poverty
Brent Labour is concerned about the impact of the Lib Dem and Conservative policies that are putting more people into poverty. The renowned Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has produced a report which says that the UK is seeing a big rise in poverty and that 600,000 more children will be pushed into poverty. With [...]
EXCLUSIVE: RECYCLING RATES IN BRENT SOAR FOLLOWING INTRODUCTION OF NEW BIN SYSTEM
The new recycling scheme introduced by Brent Council’s Labour administration is exceeding all expectations, with a whopping 50% increase in recycling within the first days of the new waste collection system. Brent Labour ambitiously promised to bring in plans to more than double the borough’s recycling rate from 28% to 60% in their manifesto leading [...]
What to do with old green recycling boxes?
Quite a few people have asked me about this. The answer is you can do as you wish. They make for good planter boxes, which is probably what the one at my house will now be used for. This website explains the change to get Brent recycling more in better detail and answers many commonly asked [...]
Labour’s five point plan for jobs
The Labour Party has developed a five point plan for jobs to get the economy moving again. Lessons of history should have taught us by now that unemployment is not a price worth paying. The unemployment figure is not a statistic but it is the life of an individual and their family affected. That is [...]
Judicial Review on Brent Libraries
I’m sure you would have all seen coverage of the Judicial Review decision on Libraries in Brent today. Anyone wishing to see the Judgement of the case can view it here: LINK Leader of Brent Council Councillor Ann John has said the following: “With the coalition government making £104 million of cuts to this Council’s [...]
When will my bins be collected?
The Council has developed a web tool that will help you find out which bins will be collected and on what days. I have tried and tested it by entering my details so it does seem to work! Simply enter your details on the website here LINK and follow your way through to the pdf [...]
