Cllr Hirani joins the Brent Executive with Cabinet Responsibility for Adults and Health

I am delighted to be serving on the Executive at the London Borough of Brent as Lead Member for Adults and Health. As Lead Member for Adults and Health, I will be overseeing transition, monitoring progress and implementing huge structural changes as our local authority adjusts to the passing of the Health and Social Care [...]

Brent Council Executive 2012 / 2013

Following the Brent Council Annual General Meeting of 2012 tonight, the emerging Cabinet will be as follows: Mayor of Brent – Cllr Michael Adeyeye Deputy Mayor of Brent – Cllr Bobby Thomas Leader of Brent Council – Cllr Muhammed Butt Deputy Leader of Brent Council – Cllr Ruth Moher Lead Member for Adults and Health [...]

Brent Party votes in London 2012 elections

There is no doubt that London election polling is different to local or Parliamentary elections. Nonetheless it is a fantastic indicator for elections. For example, the London 2008 vote in Brent North and Barnhill in particular showed us that it was possible for Labour to make substantial gains in Brent at the expense of the [...]

Arrange for you free bulky item collection online

Residents can now arrange for their bulky waste items to be collected online through this weblink – LINK The Liberal Democrats introduced a £25 charge for collecting bulky items when they ran Brent Council in Coalition with their Tory partners. This created a bizarre situation where residents who arranged by phone to have bulky items [...]

Brent Labour’s Mikey Pavey triumphs with a sensational Barnhill by-election victory

Welcome to the London Borough of Brent Cllr Michael Pavey Mikey Pavey has emphatically won the Barnhill by-election. He polled more than all of the other candidates put together in a ‘marginal’ ward. Turnout was 37%. Name Party Votes Percentage Martin Francis Green 613 14.3% Michael Pavey Labour 2326 54.4% Kanta Pindoria Tory 1180 27.6% [...]

VOTE LABOUR

Polling stations are now open all around the country. I am encouraging all to get out and vote… and vote well (by that I mean Labour of course!) In London we have elections for the Mayor of London where Ken Livingstone is the Labour Party candidate. Those who want to give a first preference vote [...]

Liberals desert Barnhill

The Brent Liberal Democrats have failed to field a candidate for the Barnhill by-election on May 3rd 2012. Just two years ago at the local Brent Council elections in May 2010, the Lib Dems put up three candidates in Barnhill and they attracted a respectable 987, 903 and 799 votes for the three candidates there. [...]

Cairnfield Avenue bend

The Harrow Observer has published a story about an issue in Dudden Hill ward where I am supporting a call from residents to stop cars from parking on a small section of Cairnfield Avenue in the Neasden part of my ward. The section is on a very sharp bend. When cars or vans park here, [...]

More police cuts in Dudden Hill

Last week, Dudden Hill lost yet another dedicated Police Community Support Officer. There is no plan to replace Community Support Officers in Brent. Dudden Hill are set to lose another in the next few months, meaning that in total, we will be down to three Safer Neighbourhood Team members working the whole ward. This will [...]

Brent Council passes a legal budget for Social Mobility and Local Democracy

Labour’s budget for 2012/13 has two main themes, social mobility and local democracy. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has cited the UK as one of the worst countries for levels of social mobility and this is in the number one priority in Brent. Council Tax is also yet again frozen this year. [...]

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