Brent Labour Manifesto for 2010 Local Elections

On a day where Gordon Brown announced the key battle themes that Labour will be campaigning on for the general election, here is what Labour will do if we regain control of Brent Council: We Will: Repeal the £25 charge for bulky refuse collection. Keep Council Tax levels at or below the London average and [...]

EXCLUSIVE: Brent Lib Dems’ carelessness will ruin Brent’s finances

On a day where the media focus is on the last Budget before the Parliamentary election is called, I turn my attention to the Brent Council Budget of 2010 (Brent Council Budget Presentation 2010 to 2011). The Brent Liberal Democrats are showing alarming signs that they are unfit to manage public finances. We are already [...]

Anyone thinking of voting Lib Dem should watch this and think again…

Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg hasn’t got a clue. He was on the Politics Show this morning and was absolutely awful: LINK Conservative Party MP Iain Dale has blogged about it here: LINK It’s frightening to think what Britain would be like if the Lib Dems had any significant power. Unfortunately we have already experienced this [...]

Dudden Hill Lib Dems fail us on safety

In December 2009, Councillor James Powney blogged on inactivity of a Dudden Hill Liberal Democrat Councillor: One of the curiosities of Brent’s Planning Committees is the presence of Cllr Pawan Gupta, the Liberal Democrat councillor for Dudden Hill. He has taken to standing at the back of the room during each meeting, but never comments [...]

Dudden Hill Labour makes Lib Dem Council improve your street: Ashcombe Park

Following more Lib Dem neglect, the street paving at a section of Ashcombe Park was horrific as the picture below shows: After Labour action, this has now been fixed: Where are our Lib Dem Councillors to deal with these local issues? Is there more to the Dudden Hill Lib Dems than just leaflet delivering?

Horrendous state of kerbs on Ashcombe Park and also Lovat Close

More Lib Dem neglect on Ashcombe Park and also Lovat Close in the Neasden part of the ward that I have had to report to the Council due to the current crop of Lib Dem Councillors not seeming to bothered about Dudden Hill.

Brent Labour’s Budget Proposals

On Monday 1st March Brent Council met to determine its budget for 2010-11. Labour opposed the package of cuts and redundancies proposed by the Lib Dem/Tory administration. Labour also re-affirmed its promise to scrap the £25 charge for bulky refuse collection, which has led to an epidemic of dumping across the Borough Other proposals included: [...]

Result for Denzil Road, Selbie Avenue and Severn Way

Following the problems I uncovered on Denzil Road (LINK), Selbie Avenue and Severn Way (LINK), I wrote to the Transportation team explaining the situation as below: I have recently been talking to residents from Denzil Road, Severn Way and Selbie Avenue. These roads are in dire need of resurfacing. Nearly all the slabs on the [...]

Cracked Kerbs on Severn Way and Selbie Avenue

Following on from the problems I reported when out talking to residents of Denzil Road (LINK), I witnessed further neglect and broken curbs on Selbie Avenue and Severn Way. I wrote to the Council to repair the roads and will be blogging the response I receive. Where are our Lib Dem Councillors to deal with [...]

Denzil Road residents demand better

Another day, another Liberal let down. Once again, local Dudden Hill residents have vented their anger at the Council at dealing with fly-tipping, dumping and road surfaces. This is what I came across today on the corner of Selbie Avenue where it meets Denzil Road. Also left on Denzil Road was a dumped sofa set. [...]

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