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“Our workforce is diverse, talented and adaptable and our local businesses are wonderful. With this support and their own skills I have every faith in them to be able to rebuild and flourish” said Cllr Keith Ferry, business, property and leisure portfolio holder as Harrow Council launched its Draft Economic Strategy which aims to respondContinue reading “How inclusive is the Harrow council?”

Wealdstone ward, 75% BAME population, is one of the most deprived wards in Harrow – with overcrowding, unemployment, crime and the fear of crime being major concerns – many say it is now a ‘no-go area’ in the evenings – most didn’t even know about the Harrow council’s ‘re-generation’ plans.Parking was another key concern identifiedContinue reading “Wealdstone”

Affinity Water campaign Save Our Streams, staged in Harrow now, is the UK’s biggest ever water saving initiative, focused on saving incredibly rare chalk streams, and the habitats they provide for local wildlife. The water we drink comes from the local environment, flowing through nearby rivers and streams. “We’re not the kind of people toContinue reading “Water SOS in Harrow!”

Very concerning to read that it took an hour and a half for a paramedic to arrive to attend a five-year-old who suffered a broken collarbone after she was hit by a falling fire door at the Stag Lane Primary School. Yet another example of under resourced NHS work!The incident reportedly happened at around 2.30pmContinue reading “Concerning ambulance delay in attending an injured Harrow child”

While the Labour Party is struggling and face atrocious decline in vote share under its unpopular ‘new leadership’, the Peace and Justice Project, led by Jeremy Corbyn and actively supported by the socialists, including from Harrow, has  grown, taking   on   new   projects, developing new ideas, and building new coalitions of campaigners, despite the impact ofContinue reading “Eye-opener for Labour!”

Harrow East parliamentary candidate (Lab) last election and a dedicated socialist, Harrow Councillor Pamela Fitzpatrick  is one of the six socialist women elected to the Labour’s new National Women’s Committee. Delighted Ms Fitzpatrick said, “I am hoping the party has some big ideas to deal with the inequality and injustice that women face today”. EachContinue reading “Harrow socialist elected for a national committee!”

Looks the Labour Party leader Starmer has not only failed in uniting the party but also in effectively dealing with the racism in the party. This is bad enough, but worst is the right-wing elements now using divisive tactics for political gain.‘We’re haemorrhaging votes among Muslim voters,’ one senior Labour official tells me, ‘and theContinue reading “Racial-card by Labour right must be condemned”

Harrow council’s call-in scrutiny sub-committee resolved (14 June) that the Harrow Town Centre Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) can be implemented but observed significant inadequacies.The sub-committee considered the challenge, signed by 302 residents, to the ill-thought and overly forceful PSPO decision.The PSPO, promoted by the portfolio-holder and gone through the cabinet stage (27 May), forbidsContinue reading “Serious inadequacies in ill-thought Harrow Town Centre order”

The Call-in notice, challenging the ill-thought and overly forceful Harrow Town Centre Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) decision, signed by 302 residents, has been sent to the Harrow council today (3 June). The PSPO, promoted by a newly appointed inexperienced portfolio-holder and gone through the cabinet stage (27 May), forbids the activities like Amplification ofContinue reading “Heavy-handed Harrow Town Centre Public Spaces Protection Order discredited”

On 1stFebruary 2021, the Borough Wide Public Spaces Protection Order was renewed which included controls around alcohol consumption in public places as well as urinating, defecating and spitting. But now the Harrow Town Centre Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO), gone through the cabinet stage (27 May), includes Amplification of music and voice; Financial Agreements (peopleContinue reading “Ill-thought aspects of Harrow Town Centre Public Spaces Protection Order challenged”