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The Mail reports  Freddy David, sentenced for six years for obtaining money by deception, gave £2,000 to the struggling Harrow West Conservative Party in 2013. His HBFS Financial Services Ltd also provided staffing support valued at £2,000, and administration services worth £4,000 to the party. Between 2013 and 2015, his business handed over £9,685 inContinue reading “Would Harrow West Tories return donations by a now convicted fraudster?”

Asif Iqbal MBE, president of Harrow and Brent United Deaf Club, is on the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 List, an annual publication of the 100 most influential disabled people in the UK. His place was announced at a recent Shaw Trust reception held at the South Bank Centre. The Disability Power 100 List isContinue reading “Harrow community activist honoured”

Tory councillor Marilyn Ashton, deputy leader of the Harrow council opposition group, follows the point-scoring tactics at the meetings practised by her long term archrival Cllr Susan Hall, previous leader of the Tory group and her time-wasting deputy (he was defeated at the last council election). Cllr Ashton grumbles that all sixteen questions by herContinue reading “Ashton in Hall’s foot-steps!”

Harrow council supported Harrow Police together with Brent and Barnet Police as part of a knife crime campaign, which aimed to reduce the number of people – especially young people, carrying knives. Operation Sceptre took place locally on Saturday 29 September around Brent, Barnet and Harrow to increase awareness of the dangers of carrying illegalContinue reading “Council supports knife crime campaign”

Tory appointed London assembly member Susan Hall, a Harrow councillor* with little participation in the work of the council now, uses her City Hall position to gain publicity, this time by asking London Mayor to divert part of the £500k prize money for the ‘Women We See’ competition into running an anti-fly tipping campaign onContinue reading “Hall point-scoring again!”

In money saving exercise, many parts of the UK are now moving towards three-weekly bin collections in a bid to cut down on residual waste and increase recycling, reports BBC. Not only this, but at least one council (Conwy) has gone to four-weekly bin collections after long trial which brought more rats, seagulls and flies.Continue reading “Could Harrow bin collections change?”

In expressing concern about the lack of government’s plan for policing, National Audit Office says that Home Office has ‘no overarching strategy’ for police. ”The Home Office must urgently address a lack of a plan for policing and “significant gaps” in its understanding of demand for police services” NAO demands. In a separate move, KevinContinue reading “MP proactive in policing matters”

Having calculated his votes, Harrow East MP Bob Blackman asks again what progress has been made in developing the legislation required to remove caste as a protected characteristic from the Equality Act 2010. Replying to his Commons question on 13/09/2018, Victoria Atkins the parliamentary under-secretary of state for the home department, minister for women, didContinue reading “Blackman divisiveness!”

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is investing in frontline policing, but like police and crime commissioners across the country, he is swimming against the tide of deep government cuts, which is why violent crime in the last three years has alarmingly increased in many areas. Harrow West MP Gareth Thomas informs that since Theresa May tookContinue reading “Crime & police numbers in Harrow – matters of concern!”

A variety of Labour supporters attended the event, held on 8 September 2018. Speaking at the event Harrow councillor Pamela Fitzpatrick, Labour parliamentary candidate for Harrow East, said she is a socialist who supports the Labour leader and would do her best to unseat Bob Blackman, MP for Harrow East. Cllr Pamela Fitzpatrick is concernedContinue reading “Unseat Tory MP Bob Blackman”