New Harrow council leader appoints his cabinet

Councillor Paul Osborn, leader of Harrow council, has appointed a well-mixed cabinet of ten councillors and three non-executive members to lead on services to ‘put residents first’.
In the recent local elections, the Conservatives gained Harrow from Labour.
In appointing his cabinet, Cllr Paul Osborn, leader of the council, said: “Harrow residents have entrusted the Conservatives to tackle the issues that matter most to them – that includes fly-tipping and street cleansing, planning and high-rise buildings, parking and improving the services we provide to our residents and businesses.
“Putting residents first will be at the heart of everything we do. We have a lot of work to do, but we are looking forward to the challenge to make Harrow a great place to live, work and visit.”
It would be interested to see a fully costed council programme to improve services, access (to services and the council officers) and residents meaningful participation in helping to improve the work of the council.
Most of the cabinet appointees have a track record of professionalism in their respective area of responsibility, but few have not – realistically, rewarding loyalty is reasonably expected, but also expected is that they too would practise putting all residents first in their work and would primarily focus on the welfare and safety of all Harrow people!
Cabinet members receive £20,502 per year in addition to the basic allowance of £8,561 per annum.