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 [...]
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A week in the life of Cllr Hirani
Being a Councillor takes a lot of commitment. Here is what I did last week to give you a flavour. Monday I spent Sunday evening going through the Council’s budget for 2012/2013 Budget. On Monday evening, the Labour Group were meeting at Brent Town Hall to discuss the Budget so I wanted to be ready [...]
By-election officially called for Dollis Hill Ward in Brent on March 22nd – Vote Parvez Ahmed
A by-election has officially been called for Dollis Hill Ward in the London Borough of Brent following the death of Liberal Democrat Councillor Alec Castle. It will take place on Thursday March 22nd 2012. Labour’s candidate for the Dollis Hill Ward by-election is Parvez Ahmed. Parvez lives in Dollis Hill Ward, has years of experience [...]
A clearer picture of Brent’s recycling rates
Is Brent Labour the Greenest Party in Brent? ….. Yes The bold decision to care about the environment and change the Brent waste collection strategy has seen some more incredible results in Brent’s recycling rate and an emphatic decrease in the amount of rubbish that is being squashed underground in landfill, damaging our mother earth. [...]
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 [...]
Brent Labour promoting equality with action
My colleague Cllr James Powney points out on his blog that Brent Council now boasts a cabinet with 50% of its members being female. Furthermore, since Brent Labour took control of the Local Authority, we have also seen a higher percentage of women and ethnic minorities as directors. 60% of Brent’s population are ethnic minorities [...]
Brent Councillors March for the Alternative
Brent Labour Party Councillors participated in Saturday’s demonstration in support for the argument that there is an alternative way to address the deficit without needing to make cuts so fast and so deep. Labour Councillors across the country, as well as Tory and Lib Dem have had to make difficult choices to balance budgets [...]
