I’ve submitted a policy proposal to the Housing department at Brent Council to investigate, in terms of feasibility, a change in the way that the Council administrates the Disabled Facilities Grant for people who have their own home, but cannot move back into it due to accessibility issues. See the proposal here - Brent DFG – [...]
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Working hard for you all year round
A common criticism cited on the doorstep is “You only come around when you want our votes”. In fact I still get it now. I remember speaking to a resident on Denzil Road during the Summer who was taken back when I told her “but I was only elected last year and there’s three years [...]
Labour win in Wembley Central by-election! Krupa Sheth becomes Brent’s youngest ever Councillor
Brent Labour has claimed a sensational by-election victory in Wembley Central Ward in which Krupa Sheth has become the London Borough of Brent’s youngest ever Councillor. The results are as follows: 1st – Krupa Sheth (Labour) 1402 votes 2nd – Afifa Perez (Lib Dem) 1022 votes 3rd – Madhuri Davda (Conservative) 349 votes 4th – [...]
Wembley Central By-Election Polling Day:
VOTE KRUPA SHETH (Labour Party) – 4th name on the Ballot Paper. Polls are open from 7am to 10pm today (Thursday 22nd December 2011) A Brent girl through and through, Krupa grew up in Wembley and attended the Swaminarayan school. A member of the Borough’s Jain community, Krupa speaks fluent Gujurati and Hindi, and volunteers [...]
GUEST BLOGPOST FROM ABi ASSOCIATES: [Re]Introducing The Grange
The Grange is a Grade 11 listed building located in Neasden. Brent’s former Grange Museum of Community History (better known as “the museumon the roundabout”) was based here until early 2005. It now houses the offices of ABi Associates Limited,one ofLondon’s leading business support companies, providing enterprise support and training to local businesses. The Grange [...]
The Grange
Last summer I had the pleasure of been shown around what people in Neasden and around Brent know as The Grange Museum, Grange Roundabout and generally all things Grange! There is a lot of confusion on what currently happens at this historic site. I will shortly be publishing a guest blog post from ABi Associates [...]
Brent libraries appeal result in
Lord Justice Pill said it was not suggested that there was an error of law in Brent reducing its expenditure on public services. “Given the scale of the spending reductions the council was required to make and the information available following earlier studies, a decision that the library service should bear a share of the [...]
GUEST BLOG POST FROM RICHARD LYNCH ON EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
More messing with employment rights The coalition is proposing to charge workers up to £1,250 to take claims to employment tribunals and to prevent workers with less than two years’ service from making claims for unfair dismissal. In addition, a leaked report, commissioned by David Cameron, is proposing to make it easier for employers to [...]
The November figures are now in and recycling rates are above predicted target levels
Brent residents recycled or composted 42% of the waste collected in November. The target for Brent Council for the first full year is 40%. The data for the first 2 months of the new service is set out below. We are seeing a healthy drop in landfill tonnage and good performance from the new blue [...]
