Unfortunately, Brent Liberal Democrat Councillor for Dollis Hill Ward Alec Castle has passed away. Condolences to friends, families and colleagues of Alec. I first met Alec around three years ago, before I was a Brent Councillor. Alec used to chair the Willesden Area Consultative Forum (usually hosted at the College of North West London) before [...]
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Guest Blog Post: Richard Lynch on the widening gap between pay and inflation
The gap between pay increases and inflation is continuing to widen, according to figures from the pay research organisations and the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figures for median increases during the three months to end October 2011 (with end September figures in brackets) show the following: Income Data Services (IDS)-2.3% (2.4%) Labour Research [...]
Cllr Hirani Slams Brent Tory Liberal Hypocrisy
I was absolutely dismayed at the level of hypocrisy shown by the Brent Liberal Democrats and Brent Tories at the Full Brent Council meeting this week. I tabled a motion at the meeting reading, “This Council condemns the £104 million cut to Brent’s Budget over the spending review period”, which Brent Liberal Democrat and Brent [...]
Boris rejects Brent regeneration bid
At a Council meeting last November the Coalition parties made much of the Mayor of London’s Outer London Regeneration Fund so it comes as some surprise to see that both of Brent Council’s bids have been denied. Brent’s Lead Member for Regeneration and Economic Development, Cllr George Crane has expressed his disbelief that the Mayor [...]
Guest Blog Post: Richard Lynch on UK inflation – now the highest in Europe
The most recent statistics have shown inflation falling slightly but most UK prices are still rising fast and our inflation is now the highest in Europe. The figures for the year to end October 2011 (with end September figures in brackets) show the following: Retail Prices Index (RPI)-5.4% (5.6%) RPI excluding mortgage interest (RPIX)-5.6% (5.7%) [...]
UK Government debt reaches £1 trillion under Tory Liberal Coalition’s economic plan
Figures out today show that debt under the Tory Liberals has increased and passed the Trillion Pound mark. The Tory Liberal approach to tacking the budget deficit, cutting too far and too fast without having a plan for growth has already produced high levels of unemployment, growth revised downward from 1.6% under the Labour plan [...]
A Liberal approach to attendance as a third of Lib Dem Councillors go AWOL in the middle of last night’s Full Council meeting
Less than two thirds of the Liberal Democrat Group attended the Council meeting on Monday 23 January 2012. By the end of the meeting only five Liberal Democrat councillors were still in attendance. Historically the Liberal Democrats have always had a liberal approach to attending meetings with the worst attendance of any of the three [...]
Guest Blog Post: Richard Lynch on the worst unemployment for 17 years
The announcement, earlier in the winter, that 80,000 people had applied for the 18,000 temporary Christmas jobs advertised by Royal Mail, showed how bad unemployment has become under the coalition – and the latest Labour Market Statistics have confirmed it. These showed, amongst other things, that there are now more people out of work than [...]
Dudden Hill Lib Dem Councillor moves to Brighton, but it’s business as usual for Dudden Hill Labour
The Willesden and Brent Times has reported that one of my co-Dudden Hill Councillors, David Clues is living in Brighton. A statement from Cllr Clues can be found here (LINK). If he is genuinely moving in transition and moving to and from Dudden Hill and Brighton, making appointments to see residents and available to contact [...]
