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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. Following a referral from a tenant, the regulator investigated the London Borough of Harrow and foundContinue reading “Harrow housing failed to meet statutory health and safety requirements”

A widely circulated and supported change.org petition asks the Harrow East MP Blackman to apologise to the UK Sikhs for labelling supporters of a Sikh Homeland as terrorists. “On 23 March 2023, the Conservative MP for Harrow East Bob Blackman went on a tirade in the Commons by labelling followers for a Sikh homeland, Khalistan,Continue reading “Sikhs demand apology from Blackman for his damning outburst”

To help clear up London’s air, the ULEZ is expanding from 29 August 2023 across all London boroughs, including Harrow.The ULEZ is applied to cars, motorcycles, vans and specialist vehicles (up to and including 3.5 tonnes) and minibuses (up to and including 5 tonnes).If the vehicle doesn’t meet the ULEZ emission standards and isn’t exempt, aContinue reading “Ultra Low Emission Zone play in Harrow”

At the Council meeting on 23 February, the Conservative council administration confirmed that they will be increasing council tax by nearly 5% this year and 12% over three years, breaking an election promise to freeze council tax. Leader of the council, Councillor Paul Osborn, later said: “Deciding where to invest and where to make savingsContinue reading “Harrow council budget ‘dangerous’: says Labour opposition”

Gareth Thomas, MP for Harrow East, announces the formation of ‘all party parliamentary group of British Gujaratis’ (APPG) in the UK parliament’. “The APPG will provide the Gujarati community with an opportunity to engage with politicians on matters such as health and wellbeing, education, social and cultural needs, immigration, bilateral trade with the state ofContinue reading “Harrow MPs doing seen as ‘dividing’ British Indians & Hindu society!”

Harrow council planning regime is working on a policy document regarding the height of buildings in suburban areas – the areas which are not as densely populated as an inner city, yet more densely populated than a rural area in the countryside. The tall building Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), in the draft formation and consultationContinue reading “Tale of the ‘tall’ buildings in Harrow!”

London’s mayor Sadiq Khan’s announced £130m scheme to give every primary school pupil in London free school meals for the next academic year, includes Harrow children. Harrow has seen a growing number of children living in poverty, where over 18,000 children living in poverty. There are serious concerns about the profound and devastating consequences ofContinue reading “Free school meals for primary school children in Harrow, part of London Mayor scheme!”

The Conservative administrations in Harrow have a somewhat troublesome history about the waste collection, seemingly because of its councillors responsible for this area of the council work. The wheelie bins in Harrow were introduced by the marginal Conservative administration in 1989 on a trial basis with an assurance that these would not become permanent automatically.Continue reading “Harrow Conservatives waste collection has faced backlash!”

“I can’t believe Harrow Council are signing off £400,000 on lawyers. £400,000 could deliver a library for Harrow’s children, or they could even offer people payments towards scrapping polluting vehicles. Instead, they’re spending the money on trying to keep the air we breathe toxic” says Krupesh Hirani, the London assembly member for Brent and Harrow.Continue reading “Harrow council should not be wasting public money on Ulez legal action”

The Harrow council claims to be a council that puts residents first, and a borough that is clean and safe, through a proposed increase to council tax by 4.99% again. In reality, it appears that this council statement is not owned by all council members with a responsibility, resulting in less than acceptable quality ofContinue reading “Harrow council ‘new vision’ not working!”