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In a public presentation, the Harrow Council meeting on 19 May is to mark their appreciation of the forty-five years service by Councillor Christine Bednell to the London Borough of Harrow. Since the creation of the London Borough of Harrow in 1964, no other councillor has given such long and diligent service. Christine, a ConservativeContinue reading “Appreciation for Cllr Bednell’s long service to the Harrow Council”

Soon after supporting the commonly condemned race specific and divisive campaign for London mayoral election, the Tory MP asked the Secretary of State for Health, how many tests for vitamin D were carried out in England in the last three years and the cost for providing such tests. It is common knowledge that Asians inContinue reading “Harrow East MP’s take on vitamin D”

Update: Cllr Hall was not seen at the social gathering at the Members Lounge after Harrow Mayor-making on 19/5/2016, perhaps to avoid embarrassment due to the police investigating her non-declaration of pecuniary interest at a council meeting or not to shake hand to greet the incoming mayor Cllr Rekha Shah which conventionally takes place atContinue reading “Things must be bad for Cllr Hall”

As predicted,  Cllr Sachin Shah has been elected as the leader of the Labour group and will lead the council from May 2016. Cllr Keith Ferry remains as the deputy leader. We wish them well! Sachin, Bsc (Hons), a Queensbury ward councillor, was first elected to the council  in 2010. He is Finance and MajorContinue reading “Breaking news about council leadership”

Following our report regarding Councillor Hall’s non-declaration of the pecuniary interest, we now understand that the Harrow Conservative Group Leader, Cllr Hall, is the subject of an investigation by the Metropolitan Police. The police are investigating allegations that Cllr Hall failed to adhere to Harrow Council’s pecuniary and non pecuniary declaration and propriety rules forContinue reading “Cllr Hall under police investigation”

Cllr Hall shows no remorse:  she is pleading everywhere that she has not really done anything wrong.  However, what really matters is the police verdict – watch this space for further update! 19/4/16 Political backlash: Cllr Hall now leads a highly divided group as 42.31% members of her group did not vote for her atContinue reading “Cllr Hall under police investigation”

Following our report regarding Cllr Hall’s non-declaration of the pecuniary interest and drawing authorities attention to investigate the breach, watch this space for a follow up news soon. In presenting a regeneration-specific Wealdstone petition, Cllr Hall said: “It will damage the entire Wealdstone business community”. The petition was debated at the council meeting but CllrContinue reading “Hall’s non-declaration of pecuniary interest – follow up news soon”

We hear that as Cllr David Perry is passing on the baton to a new leader of the council, the opposition should also have fresh leadership to put behind a sort of ‘Punch and Judy’ attitude at the council and  to work productively with the administration in the interest of effectively serving the community. TheContinue reading “Council on the brink of fresh political start”

Cllr David Perry is to step down as Leader of Harrow Council this May saying “It is now the right time for a new Leader to take up the baton and build on the foundations I have laid”. He became the leader after regaining the council in 2014. The new leader could either be CllrContinue reading “Harrow council leadership change”

While most of the state secondary schools in Harrow now have academy status, a vast majority of primary schools have not. We hear concerns about the government plans to turn every state school in England into an academy – many teachers from Harrow were at the recent academy protest in London and of course atContinue reading “Academisation”