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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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Treasury vs Brent Liberal Democrat Sarah Teather
The detail of the Autumn Statement presented by George Osborne on Tuesday reveals some truthful observations on the global financial crisis. It does not blame Labour spending on schools, hospitals and police for creating a financial mess. It says…. 1.3 The intensifying euro area debt crisis, driven by excessive levels of debt, now represents the [...]
Full Council meeting yesterday
Yesterday was the first reading of the Budget in the Brent Town Hall Council chamber. There is a bit of a gloomy outlook with Brent having to make further cuts to the Budget as part of the wider £104 million that Brent has to make over the comprehensive spending review period. Tory Liberal Councillors did [...]
Cllr Hirani uses Ward working to clear up mess left from Lib Dem neglect
Imagine if you had to live near this……… Well this is what residents who lived off the North Circular Road near Neasden and on Avondale Avenue had to put up with since 2007! Letters had even been sent to the Prime Minister Tony Blair and a written response had been received from Deputy Prime Minister [...]
Building Schools for the Future was part of Brent’s future cultural strategy – From Lib Dem Leader Paul Lorber!
The Cultural Strategy for 2010 – 2015 which was signed off by the previous Lib Dem leader of Brent Council Paul Lorber very much incorporated the costed and Treasury approved Building Schools for the Future programme as part of the Borough’s Cultural strategy. The document signed off by Brent Liberal Democrat leader Paul Lorber states [...]
