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The high court has dismissed a legal challenge by five Tory-led councils against the expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone (ULEZ). Out of 32 London boroughs, Harrow was one of the four Conservative held London councils – Bexley, Bromley, Harrow and Hillingdon – that along with Surrey County Council had gone for a judicial reviewContinue reading “ULEZ high court ruling, timely lesson for London’s far right politics”

Labour leader Starmer on Sunday confirmed he would retain the two-child limit, imposed by the Tories in 2013, despite growing calls from poverty campaigners for the cap to be abandoned. The limit bars parents from claiming child tax credit or universal credit for any third or subsequent child born after April 2017. The policy wasContinue reading “2-child benefit cap, deepening poverty in Harrow”

Violent crime makes up 25.8% of all crimes reported in Harrow, and increased when compared year-over-year in the period of May 2022 – April 2023 (Plumplot). The most common crimes in Harrow are violence and sexual offences, with 5,149 offences during 2022, 5% higher than 2021’s figure of 4,886 offences and a difference of 1.05Continue reading “Harrow violent crime has increased!”

In a regulatory notice published on 20 April 2023, the Regulator of Social Housing concluded that the London Borough of Harrow has breached the Home Standard and, as a result, there was the potential for serious detriment to tenants. Mushroom growth of ‘tall buildings’ in the central Harrow were supposed to address but have failedContinue reading “‘Concrete jungle’ not an answer to Harrow’s housing crisis”

Michael Lockwood, 64, is accused of six counts of indecent assault and three counts of rape against a girl under 16. The offences allegedly took place between October 1985 and March 1986, the Crown Prosecution Service said. Lockwood, appointed by a Tory administration in 2007, was Harrow council chief executive until the end of 2013,Continue reading “A Harrow ex-chief executive charged for rape”

Out of 32 London boroughs, Harrow is one of the four Conservative held London councils – Bexley, Bromley, Harrow and Hillingdon – that along with Surrey County Council has gone for a judicial review challenging the London mayor’s Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion programme across all London boroughs. The revolt was apparently instigated by theContinue reading “Would ULEZ play help Cllr Hall nomination for London Mayor?”

Writing in the ConservativeHome, Harrow councillor Susan Hall outlines ‘Why I am running to be the Mayor of London’. Susan Hall, a member of the London Assembly who describes herself as a ‘girl’, has launched her campaign to be the Conservative Party candidate for London mayor, joining a long list of Tory candidates. Previously, CllrContinue reading “Would Cllr Hall be acceptable to Londoners?”

Ramji Chauhan, a Conservative councillor in Harrow for thirteen years, was sworn in as the Harrow borough mayor on 18 May. Cllr Chauhan works in the fine pharmaceutical industry and was elected as a councillor for Harrow Weald ward in the Harrow East constituency in 2010. He has been described as a freemason and fromContinue reading ” 58th Harrow mayor sworn in”

Leader of the Harrow council, councillor Paul Osborn, who does not politically benefit from the Tory campaign against the extension of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, including to Harrow, comes under fire for being a part of the Facebook group where members celebrated the destruction of cameras policing the ULEZ. For example, a comment read:Continue reading “Harrow council leader set to face ULEZ-violence backlash”