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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”

“From systemic racism to climate collapse, our political and economic system is in crisis. Things are not going back to normal any time soon” says the socialist campaign group ‘A United Left on Labour’s NEC’. Resenting voices within the Labour party that is now under new leadership, point out: “The Labour Party has to tackleContinue reading “‘Build a Labour Party that will fight for the future we need’ say socialists”

“After reviewing the Employment Tribunal judgement, the Conservative Group on Harrow Council has voted to suspend Cllr Chana for the maximum period allowed under our rules, which is six months. This will allow the Conservative Party nationally to investigate further and if appropriate to take further action” says the Conservative group on the council. ZeinabContinue reading “Cllr Chana suspended”

“After reviewing the Employment Tribunal judgement, the Conservative Group on Harrow Council has voted to suspend Cllr Chana for the maximum period allowed under our rules, which is six months. This will allow the Conservative Party nationally to investigate further and if appropriate to take further action” says the Conservative group on the council. ZeinabContinue reading “Cllr Chana”

We received reports of sighting Environmental Enforcement Officer at the Harrow Town Centre and were asked questions about their role, responsibilities and powers (couldn’t find this information on the Harrow council website!!).These officers are in a police-like outfit, including wearing Body Worn Cameras which should only be switched on when approaching people to issue finesContinue reading “Up to £100 fine for street anti-social behaviour”

UPDATE: On our specific question whether Dyson is going to appeal against the Bristol Employment Tribunal decision in Zeinab Alipourbabaie V Dyson case, Dyson has replied: “These allegations were investigated fully and disciplinary action was taken against Kamaljit Chana who was found to have acted inappropriately and no longer works for Dyson.” Regarding the TribunalContinue reading “Cllr Chana playing ‘appeal’ tactic”

Zeinab Alipourbabaie, a Muslim, has won claims for religious discrimination and constructive unfair dismissal after a manager Kamaljit Chana, also a Conservative councillor in Harrow, told her, “I do not like Muslims” the Times reported last Sunday.Bristol employment tribunal ruled that Zeinab Alipourbabaie, a senior electronic engineer at Dyson in Wiltshire, was excluded from meetingsContinue reading “‘I don’t like Muslims’: Conservative group objectively investigating the councillor”