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It should be a matter of pride for Harrow that the Harrow council chief executive Michael Lockwood has been trusted and actively involved in the Grenfell remediation work. Working as the executive site manager, part of the government taskforce assembled in the wake of the Grenfell fire disaster, Mr Lockwood has met the state secretaries,Continue reading “Harrow council chief helping out Grenfell”

Third time lucky, Cllr Paul Osborn (photo) has been elected as the new leader of the Tory group on the Harrow council. Hopefully the opposition would have a change of direction and attitudes, better than a hair-dresser shop gossip culture! Background    Following our call ‘Time for Cllr Hall to step down’, Cllr Hall stepped downContinue reading “New Tory group leader”

Following our call ‘Time for Cllr Hall to step down’, we have heard that Cllr Hall is stepping down as the leader of the opposition Tory group at the Harrow council. The Tory group members have rightly wished to use their voice and aimed for the change of direction to unite the group and demonstrate strengthContinue reading “About time!”

Following is the summary of the feedback on our article Harrow obtained £400k on confused premises, and our further research. Money is money, however it is obtained. There have not been community consultations with the ‘migrant’ community or the ‘established resident population’ to ascertain needs and determine appropriate projects using £400K Migration Fund that areContinue reading “Use of Harrow migration money questioned”

Following our article regarding the £400k Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) to Harrow, we have obtained a copy of the application for the funding. Like the Section 11 funding* and its use/ misuse many years ago, Harrow application for £398,160 public money revolves around teaching English language to unclearly and uncertainly defined group of people. HarrowContinue reading “Harrow obtained £400k on confused premise!”

While the council is in summer recess, Edgware councillor Chika Amadi  (Lab) is facing calls to resign over her social media comments regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT). Having seen some intriguing comments by Tories apparently supporting what Pink News has reported and is demanding, Tories seem to be mindful of their success at Continue reading “Tory ‘hypocrisy’ on sexual matters!”

Harrow council has announced that nearly £400k has been awarded to Harrow from a government scheme designed to help migrants integrate in their new communities in the UK. The Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) was launched last November and allows local authorities in England to bid for funding totalling £100million over four years from 2016/17 toContinue reading “Specific funding for Harrow – history repeats!”

Harrow council is likely to introduce new arrangements for using the Harrow dump yard at the Forward Drive (formally known as Harrow Re-use and Recycling Centre). The HRRC review report before the cabinet meeting on 13 July, recommends measures to seemingly raise money and reduce the number of vehicles visiting the site – 35,000 carsContinue reading “New waste disposal plans”

We hear concerns that when suited the government praise public sector workers but do not really value them to give them a wage rise, resulting in some turning at food banks. Workers have had enough of this and so have the British public. Public sector pay cap must end. Harrow can’t be detached from theContinue reading “Harrow shares national concerns”

At the Commons on 27 June, Tory MP for Harrow East Bob Blackman asked the secretary for education, “Will she condemn the propaganda that is still going out from schools and the unions, claiming that there will be vast reductions in expenditure on a per pupil basis”? The national funding formula (NFF)  proposed by theContinue reading “Harrow East MP hits out at schools for their funding concerns”