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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”

With reference to the council’s planned regeneration of Wealdstone, Cllr Hall, reportedly said: “This (Premier Banqueting) is a very important business, this will be harmful to a lot of people who work for that business. This is their business, their livelihood put on the line here. She said Premier Banqueting, in Canning Road, employs aboutContinue reading “Hall in breach of councillor’s code of conduct?”

While the Harrow West MP (Lab) is worried that the walk-in centres at Alexandra Avenue and the Pinn Medical Centre could be handed to a private company because of the government’s new rules, Mr Thomas has taken no notice of the local concerns about the shaky confidence in and potential conflict of interest at theContinue reading “Ongoing concerns about the potential lack of transparency at Harrow CCG!”

Harrow East Tory MP Bob Blackman voted for the cut as the House of Lords has been unable to stop a planned £30-a-week cut to disability benefits forced through by Government MPs. The cut will see people receiving Employment and Support Allowance go from claiming £103-a-week to £73-a-week, and will affect people who are deemedContinue reading “Blackman voted to take £30 per week off a disabled person”

Nationally, nearly half of social care services inspected by the Care Quality Commission in the past year were found to be failing the frail and vulnerable, in what relatives and experts say is a symptom of the growing financial crisis in the sector. There is also growing evidence of the crisis having an effect onContinue reading “Financial crisis in social care sector”

Full credit goes to the Harrow East Tory party for their part in systematically securing this site for the Hindu secondary school. In 2012, Labour run council decided to make the Whitchurch Consortium its preferred bidder for the tender to take over the lease and to redevelop the Whitchurch Pavilion and Playing Fields, saying thatContinue reading “Intriguing politics of Whitchurch playing fields!”

Citizen Advice’s recent research report on the hidden charges alerts that older people living in care homes risk getting a poor deal for a variety of reasons. They may have physical or mental health conditions which limit their ability to advocate for their own interests. Some care homes give extremely short notice periods for feeContinue reading “Hidden charges in care homes”

Harrow stands on the brink of its biggest regeneration opportunity in decades and needs wider support to deliver the programme in a borough that has diverse population and different but equally important social, cultural and religious aspirations. The following regeneration picture emerges from the information sent to us by the council: Several short and longContinue reading “Regeneration challenges”