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A motion at the Council meeting on 18 July 2019 demands the incoming Tory prime minister to take responsibility for the terrible human cost of his party’s austerity programme and make the necessary investment to properly fund public services. The movers of the motion councillors Graham Henson and Adam Swersky point out that “Austerity hasContinue reading “Harrow challenges Government’s austerity programme”

Harrow council’s Standards Working Group found that Tory councillor Stephen Wright, a Pinner ward colleague of the opposition leader Cllr Paul Osborn and once a close friend of the controversial previous opposition leader Cllr Susan Hall, brought his office and the council into disrepute. Last June, Standards Working Group considered complaints from a female residentContinue reading “A Harrow Tory councillor condemned”

“I have seen the devastating impact of violent crime on my doorstep – last year, there were 89 stabbings in Harrow and 202 in Brent” informs the Brent-Harrow London assembly member Navin Shah (photo). “The consequences for the people involved, their families and the wider community are heart-breaking” he said. Knife crime has risen by 60%Continue reading “Knife crime – serious concerns in Brent and Harrow”

A one-off increase of £3.8bn would be needed to reverse 8% cuts in per pupil school spending, the Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis shows. In Harrow 46 of 50 schools have suffered £27.2M cuts to per pupil funding between 2015 & 2019 which on average is £286 per pupil loss – source Harrow school fundingContinue reading “Education cuts hitting hard!”

It can only be good that Harrow council scrutiny committee commissioned a review into preventing youth violence as the fear of this crime is high  in the borough. The purpose of the review was to investigate how the council work might contribute to reducing youth crime and anti-social behaviour. While the rationale for the reviewContinue reading “Harrow youth violence scrutiny review lacks rigour”

Transport for London is proposing some changes to the bus network in Harrow town centre, particularly between Harrow bus station and Northwick Park Hospital. They are seeking views on the proposed changes to routes 186, H9, H10 and H14. Their proposals are to: Withdraw route 186 between Harrow bus station and Northwick Park Hospital. RouteContinue reading “Proposed Harrow bus route changes”

Harrow East Labour becomes the first CLP (constituency Labour party) to send the Momentum backed  Labour Against Racism And Fascism motion – End Immigration Detention – to the Labour conference 2019. The motion asks an incoming Labour Government to end the Detention Estate and adopt a community-led response for migrants that challenges xenophobic sentiment andContinue reading “Harrow East Labour supports ending immigration detention”

Councillor Marilyn Ashton, a planning expert who has been kept away from the planning committee by her successive group leaders since her return to the council in 2011, grumbles that the Harrow Labour administration is not providing real opportunities for a cross-party work on regeneration programme. Delivering action plan for the Heart of Harrow OpportunityContinue reading “Ashton V Ferry!”

The Labour is the big winner in Harrow in the European Parliament elections, securing 16,312 votes (Lib Dem: 14,116 Brexit Party: 12,004 Green: 5187): source Tories with 9814 vote are in the fourth place and in London no longer have any MEPs having lost the two seats they won in the 2014 European Parliament elections.Continue reading “Labour tops EU votes in Harrow”

Councillor Kareema Marikar,  ex-Harrow mayor, breached the code of conduct by bringing the council into disrepute, finds the council’s Standards Working Group. Cllr Marikar visited high ranking officers of the Sri Lankan Army during her trip last year and posted photos of her meeting in which she is wearing the mayoral chain. “She conducted herselfContinue reading “Outgoing Harrow mayor found in breach of code of conduct”