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Many feel that Harrow council has generally failed to meaningfully recognise, support the Islamophobia awareness month campaign or to show any commitment to embed the awareness in the work of the council. It is quite worrying to hear comments like: ‘frogs before Muslims, only in Harrow could this happen’ with reference to the council supportedContinue reading “How ‘superficially’ council handles community matters: Harrow council inadequate Islamophobia response raises further concerns”

A change.org petition to the Labour run Harrow council asks for specific inclusion of Islamophobia in the implementation of its motion for ‘commitment to fighting systemic racism’ (July 2020), and to put out a public statement in support of the Islamophobia Awareness Month campaign. The petition is launched days after the Guardian reported a newContinue reading “Harrow council less responsive to Islamophobia, highlights a petition”

In a forthcoming presentation to the Harrow Health and Social Care Scrutiny, the NHS England and NHS Improvement update on the review of all of the cancer services provided by Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC). The Centre is run by East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust and the services delivered from a site in NorthContinue reading “Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Review, Harrow interested”

Following the council motion for ‘commitment to fighting systemic racism’ (July 2020), Black Lives Matter protests, coupled with the Public Health England report evidencing the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on people from a BAME, the council plans to focus its work initially on race and ethnicity to support the council in its on-going commitment toContinue reading “Council’s bold response to Black Lives Matter”

Harrow Labour division – apparently Gareth Thomas MP Harrow West constituency V Labour candidate Cllr Pamela Fitzpatrick Harrow East constituency  – became so obvious at the last general election where Gareth Thomas drained most Labour resources and Harrow East Labour election campaign was left to rely mostly on the out of borough resources for theContinue reading “Unholy Labour divide in Harrow!”

TfL funding – government demands completely unacceptable “I’m at the forefront of challenging the Government’s draconian demands and working closely with stakeholders like Age UK London and Transport for All” says Brent and Harrow GLA member Navin Shah.“TfL now needs a long-term, sustainable funding arrangement to keep services running, but the Government have dragged theirContinue reading “Harrow”

Following the racist attack on a Harrow immigration lawyer, in a letter sent to the Guardian more than 800 former judges and senior legal figures have accused the UK prime minister Boris Johnson and his home secretary Priti Patel of endangering the personal safety of lawyers through their abusive attacks on the profession and shouldContinue reading “Racist attack on a Harrow immigration solicitor: ‘anti-immigration rhetoric and its awful consequences’”

UPDATE: “After the horrendous terrorist attack on a Harrow Solicitor I am calling on Bob Blackman (Tory MP for Harrow East) to give a public apology for the comments made by Priti Patel and Boris Johnson that have led to the attack and to apologise for his own role in encouraging the far right inContinue reading “Immigration ‘activist lawyers’ at risk of racist attacks – Harrow fears!”

Headstone Manor and Museum and Harrow Arts Centre have been awarded £244,971 and £356,237, respectively, as part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund (CRF) to help face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure they have a sustainable future.Headstone Manor and Museum is the home of Harrow’s History – from theContinue reading “Cash injection for historic Harrow sites welcomed”

London will move into Tier 2 from midnight tonight (Friday) as the daily increase in many London boroughs is quite concerning.Confirmed coronavirus cases in London hit 68,740 today, with Barnet and Ealing continuing to be the capital’s worst-affected boroughs.Harrow daily increase, 63 new cases just behind Barnet, is the fifth high in London – HarrowContinue reading “Coronavirus increase in Harrow is quite concerning”