Dispersal Zone implemented around the Neasden Shopping Centre area

Over the last year and a half, our under-resourced Police have been working hard to with the local Council to tackle anti-social behaviour issues that take place at the Neasden Shopping Centre.

Misbehaviour of schoolchildren, street drinking and the more recent appearance of gangs in the area culminated in Labour Councillors, the police and residents coming together deciding to escalate the response to the situation.

Police will have powers to split groups up in the area identified in the linked map – Neasden dispersal zone

Enforcement will run until the 1st of September 2013.

English: College of North West London

College of North West London (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

This to me also highlights the importance of Ward Panel meetings because the decision has been made in collaboration with local residents, the Police and the Council. The next Ward Panel meeting is on Wednesday 6th March 2013 and takes place at the College of North West London (Willesden Campus) at 7pm.

It surprises me that given the importance of this meeting, that in my time as Dudden Hill Councillor, ‘local’ Liberal Democrat Councillor David Clues has NEVER attended a Ward Panel meeting. In fact, I believe he has NEVER met a single member of the local police team.

It is a local scandal that he did not resign his seat in May 2012 so that a by-election could be held at the same time as the Mayoral vote to minimise taxpayer election costs after he moved to Brighton in December 2011.

March 5, 2013
Categories: Dudden Hill . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: Cllr Krupesh Hirani . Comments: Leave a Comment

Snowy Postcard to Cllr David Clues

While Dudden Hill is covered in snow, I thought I would take this opportunity to remind Liberal Democrat Councillor for the ward about the area he ‘represents’.

grange in snow postcard

 

Above is a picture of the beautiful Grange with St Catherine’s Church in the background covered in snow. David Clues has been living in Brighton since 8th December 2011, over a year now – LINK

Last night, the Liberal Democrat Councillor yet again failed to turn up to the Full Council meeting. However, I understand the difficulties in travelling to Brent from Brighton in this difficult weather. I suppose the Liberal Democrats aren’t the only fluffy substance around that cause the country to grind to a halt.

January 22, 2013
Categories: Dudden Hill, Liberal Democrats . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: Cllr Krupesh Hirani . Comments: Leave a Comment

Calls for Brent Lib Dem Councillor who lives in Brighton to resign (again!)

Brighton beach October 2002

Brighton beach (Photo credit: What’s the rush)

The local paper’s website is once again reporting on the fact that Lib Dem Councillor for Dudden Hill Ward David Clues is living in Brighton and is inaccessible to local residents. You can read the article here – LINK

Calling a by-election is totally out of our hands so Dudden Hill Labour will continue to work hard for our residents as we have been doing since even before we had elected Councillors in the ward.

August 21, 2012
Categories: Dudden Hill . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: Cllr Krupesh Hirani . Comments: 9 Comments

The Osborne Effect

The LabourList website has an illustration of how [in]effective the Tory Liberal Government have been since inheriting a growing economy from Labour – LINK

Their policy of cutting too far too fast has had a negative impact on economic growth. As a result, this Tory Liberal Coalition Government has increased public debt in this country.

March 28, 2012
Categories: Con Dem Nation, Economy . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: Cllr Krupesh Hirani . Comments: Leave a Comment

EXCLUSIVE: Lib Dem stooge planted as concerned resident in local papers

A quick search has revealed that Alison Hopkins, a “local resident” on the front page of The Brent and Kilburn Times condemning the change to waste and recycling in Brent as “rubbish” is a well known Party Political Brent Liberal Democrat activist and was a candidate for the Party in the May 2010 local elections in the Stonebridge Ward.

LINK: Lib Dem anti-recycling front page coverage

The story was printed on Thursday 13th October,  around a week into the new bin system coming into Brent.

Figures for January 2012 show that the recycling rate with the new in the Borough is at 43%. This is up from 23% in January 2011. A whopping increase of 20%! With the Government shifting landfill tax increases to Councils, it means that less money is being use by Brent Council to bury trash in the ground.

In addition, the absent Dudden Hill Liberal Democrat Councillor David Clues who lives in Brighton also speaks out against the bin system.

February 21, 2012
Categories: Brent, Dudden Hill, Environment . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: Cllr Krupesh Hirani . Comments: Leave a Comment

Barnhill by-election planned for 3rd May 2012

It’s an honour to serve at the London Borough of Brent with such a dedicated Labour Party activist in Councillor Judith Beckman.

Due to a change in personal circumstances, Judith is in the process of moving from Brent and therefore will resign from her position as Councillor for Barnhill ward in due course.

With less than 100 days to go until the London Mayoral elections on May 3rd 2012, it is only right that the London Borough of Brent has a by-election on this date in the interest of the Council taxpayer as this will minimise the cost to the public purse of having an election.

Judith will still be coming to Brent regularly.

January 27, 2012
Categories: Brent, Election . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , . Author: Cllr Krupesh Hirani . Comments: Leave a Comment

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 parties represented in the Council Chamber, especially when they are in opposition.

However, on this occasion their absence follows their crushing defeat in the Wembley Central ward by-election. What’s more is that attendance figures on the Council’s website will not reflect the fact that certain Councillors left the meeting half way through.

The Labour Leader of the Council, Councillor Ann M John, OBE lambasted the Liberal Democrats for their absence.

Councillor John said:

”Every councillor receives a basic allowance of £7,974 per annum and as a basic minimum they are expected to attend full council meetings. How can they expect to represent their constituents if they are not here?” 

January 24, 2012
Categories: Brent, Liberal Democrats . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: Cllr Krupesh Hirani . Comments: 2 Comments

Working hard for you all year round

A common criticism cited on the doorstep is “You only come around when you want our votes”.

In fact I still get it now. I remember speaking to a resident on Denzil Road during the Summer who was taken back when I told her “but I was only elected last year and there’s three years to go until the next Council elections!”

Your Councillors and the Dudden Hill Labour Party is working hard for you all year around and in the last year we’ve spent evenings and weekends knocking on doors on Ilex Road, Waterford Way, Burnley Road, Geary Road, Helena Road, Park Avenue North, Avondale Avenue, North Circular Road, Jeymer Avenue, Kenneth Crescent, Denzil Road, Lancaster Road, Aberdeen Road, Chantry Crescent, Chapel Close, Griffin Close, Gay Close, Clifford Way, Sherrick Green Road, Selbie Avenue, Severn Way in addition to attending meetings with the Cairnfield Residents’ Association, Neasden Neighbourhood Watch, Ashcombe Park Neighbourhood Watch, and Dudden Hill Ward Panel meetings.

I am opening up an exclusive offer for Dudden Hill residents to talk with their neighbours on their street. Anyone that wishes to take me up on this offer will be guaranteed a pre-arranged Saturday to spend knocking on doors with you on your road and asking residents if they have any problems or issues that they would like to raise. Email cllr.krupesh.hirani@brent.gov.uk to take up this offer!

Following the riots, we led with the local Police teams to speak to businesses in the Neasden Shopping Centre and Church Road to give them reassurance when they were feeling vulnerable.

Aslam and I provided reassurance to residents on Sonia Gardens after the tragic fire incident on Sonia Gardens and arranged for additional traffic management on behalf of the Crest Academy given the additional interest around the school during this period.

December 26, 2011
Categories: Dudden Hill . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: Cllr Krupesh Hirani . Comments: Leave a Comment

The right of every English man and woman that their chicken tikka masala, the nation’s favourite dish, the remnants can be put in the bin without the worry that a fortnight later it is rotting and making life unpleasant.

Eric Pickles, British politician and Chairman ...

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More than half of all councils have switched to fortnightly collections over the past few years. Eric Pickles has pledged £250million fund to help local Councils switch to weekly collections.

Eric Pickles has justified this as a Government priority by saying that  “I firmly believe that it is the right of every English man and woman that there chicken tikka masala, the nation’s favourite dish, the remnants can be put in the bin without the worry that a fortnight later it is rotting and making life unpleasant.”

At the same time, other rights such as the right to vote is being attacked by the Conservative and Lib Dem Coalition Government.

However Eric Pickles will be delighted that under Brent’s Waste Strategy, he can enjoy his chicken tikka masala on a Friday night, put any leftover waste in his food waste bin and have it collected weekly. His food waste under Brent’s system will be recycled as organic waste weekly. If he wishes to put it in his grey bin which is for non-recyclable material however, it will be collected fortnightly.

But it makes no sense for him to do that as he has the option to put it in his green bin and have it collected weekly.

Hope that makes sense.

October 11, 2011
Categories: Brent, Con Dem Nation, Environment . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: Cllr Krupesh Hirani . Comments: Leave a Comment

Labour’s candidate for the 2012 Mayoral elections Ken Livingstone pledges to cut fares by 5%

I welcome the pledge from the Labour Party’s candidate for the 2012 London Mayoral election Ken Livingstone to reduce fares by 5% in Autumn 2012 if elected in May next year.

People in Dudden Hill Ward are telling me all the time about their dissatisfaction with the tube service increasing whilst at the same time, fares are also increasing.

Details of Ken’s policy can be found here LINK

The cost of transport has a major impact on the income that ordinary workers take home as travel costs do take quite a chunk out of people’s wage earnings. This is exactly what we need to help people get on and Ken’s pledge is very welcome.

September 26, 2011
Categories: Dudden Hill, London . Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Author: Cllr Krupesh Hirani . Comments: 1 Comment

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