tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post961873847716000427..comments2024-03-29T10:39:10.439+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Brent Council Risk Register reveals potential impact of the cutsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-7510784664581382082015-01-12T12:57:50.807+00:002015-01-12T12:57:50.807+00:00Brent resident's will have to wait longer to b...Brent resident's will have to wait longer to be re-housed this is a joke. I was on the councils housing register in 1992 and placed in temporary accommodation, during which time I was moved 7 times across the borough I was eventually permanently housed in 2012. 20 years on the waiting list is hardly TemporaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-82846044899118448452015-01-07T09:30:47.308+00:002015-01-07T09:30:47.308+00:00The Returning Officer in May showed a degree of un...The Returning Officer in May showed a degree of unfamiliarity and incompetence which was breathtaking. And Brent are totally complacent about the dodginess of some of the things that went on, too. Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-79231307338039934372015-01-06T14:11:07.091+00:002015-01-06T14:11:07.091+00:00Yes I got the same but then reached document again...Yes I got the same but then reached document again via agendas. I have amended the link in the article above but here it is again: http://democracy.brent.gov.uk/documents/s28679/Corporate%20Register%20Jan%202015%20v2xlsx.pdfMartin Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194641151012303116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-82561786191528701192015-01-06T13:20:42.856+00:002015-01-06T13:20:42.856+00:00Getting Access Denied on link to page on web site ...Getting Access Denied on link to page on web site now. Another blow for our democratic Brent council illusion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-19882872796583556502015-01-03T19:48:44.894+00:002015-01-03T19:48:44.894+00:00It's interesting that you should mention the (...It's interesting that you should mention the (still interim) Chief Executive's role as Returning Officer. Even if she is still in post come the General Election in May, at least she won't have the conflict of interests which could have existed if her husband, Tony McNulty, had been selected as the Labour candidate for Brent Central.<br /><br />However, I do remember reading somewhere about various Brent Executive / Cabinet members tweeting to say that Tony McNulty was actively campaigning with them for Labour in some local election in the past couple of years, so perhaps there has already been a conflict of interests in the Returning Officer's role! But who cares?<br /><br />Philip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-68007319289885323262015-01-03T19:38:28.043+00:002015-01-03T19:38:28.043+00:00Oh more commercial space, how wonderful. Because t...Oh more commercial space, how wonderful. Because there's a huge shortage of commercial units available for let on Willesden High Road....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-76246690330643977372015-01-03T19:02:26.794+00:002015-01-03T19:02:26.794+00:00Well it was only created about a year ago and alre...Well it was only created about a year ago and already disbanded, wanna bet the excuse for keeping her on (CEO) will be the general election in May.. No geting rid...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-62421182598336742302015-01-03T16:31:31.054+00:002015-01-03T16:31:31.054+00:00Very dystopian.Very dystopian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-70136395542367634102015-01-03T15:14:38.340+00:002015-01-03T15:14:38.340+00:00Philip is right that this seems to be about prepar...Philip is right that this seems to be about preparing the ground to blame residents for the failure of the Willesden Green Cultural Centre project.<br /><br />The intention was that the Willesden Centre serves as a southern hub to mirror what is provided at the Wembley Civic Centre but this has been downgraded into a second rate service. Already we have had broken promises with the scrapping of the dedicated Customer Services (aka One Stop Shop) contact space, the expansion of which was one of the primary arguments in favour of the entire development. <br /><br />What was going to be Customer Services space will now be commercially let while Customer Services self-service computers will be placed within the library itself - taking up 165 sqm of what would otherwise be bookself/study space and making a further mockery of claims that "the library will be bigger". Make Willesden Green supporters argued against this at a recent Brent Cabinet meeting but it typically fell on deaf ears. Meanwhile residents who signed up months ago to become "Friends of Willesden Green Cultural Centre" in an attempt to have some influence have heard precisely nothing.<br /><br />So we are left with 95 unaffordable flats providing a handsome profit for property speculators, a significantly smaller library facility, a large commercial space and no resident input but remember - it's all our own fault.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15764761452013039514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-1897509145034985922015-01-03T12:45:14.614+00:002015-01-03T12:45:14.614+00:00'ASSISTANT CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S DEPARTMENT'??...'ASSISTANT CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S DEPARTMENT'???? <br /><br />Why is this department necessary at all? Isn't the well-reimbursed Chief Exec doing her job? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-86114891620688080922015-01-03T11:43:05.168+00:002015-01-03T11:43:05.168+00:00'Political pressure from local community/ grou...'Political pressure from local community/ groups affect ability to deliver...'. <br /><br />Chilling comment. So much for democracy in Brent. Something to bear in mind in the long run-up to May's general election. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-23972590354831533412015-01-02T21:47:38.829+00:002015-01-02T21:47:38.829+00:00Oh, you and your nitpicking ways, Philip.
Ok, we’...Oh, you and your nitpicking ways, Philip. <br />Ok, we’ll tweak the wording a little. How about:<br /><br />'Training provided for those undertaking investigations to include training in lying more convincingly than hitherto achieved, dissimulation advice to be provided to senior managers involved in disciplinary activities’?<br />That do?<br /><br /><br />Mike Hine<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-75422808342199959502015-01-02T20:17:49.198+00:002015-01-02T20:17:49.198+00:00I wonder why there is a "Legal and Procuremen...I wonder why there is a "Legal and Procurement" risk of more Employment Tribunal cases? Still, Brent has plans in place to counter this:<br /><br />'Training provided for those undertaking investigations to include training on witness skills, legal advice to be provided to senior managers involved in disciplinary activities.'<br /><br />I note that this training is due to be provided by Fiona Ledden and by Andy Potts, Senior Employment Lawyer. I would have thought that Ms Ledden could do with some training on witness skills herself, judging from the following paragraph (para. 240) from the Employment Tribunal judgement in the Rosemarie Clarke case:<br /><br />‘With regards to the decision being taken to pursue disciplinary action against the claimant [Ms Clarke], following the termination of her employment, the respondents [Brent Council and Cara Davani] have been unable to state by whom or when that decision was made. Indeed, by the evidence before the tribunal a decision was taken following a meeting between Ms Cleary [a Brent HR Manager] and Ms Ledden [Brent’s Legal Director]. In her oral evidence, Ms Ledden confirmed that Ms Cleary’s role at the meeting was an advisory one only, but also that she, Ms Ledden, had not made the decision either. Ms Ledden could not identify who had made the decision.’<br /><br />Philip Grant.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-89322623652729619332015-01-02T20:08:16.750+00:002015-01-02T20:08:16.750+00:00It looks as if Brent's Regeneration Department...It looks as if Brent's Regeneration Department is preparing the ground to blame local residents who felt, rightly, that the views they expressed in the "consultations" on the Willesden Green proposals were not listened to, for any delay in opening or cut back in services provided at the new Centre.<br /><br />And what is the suggested "remedy" for this travesty of the truth? Andy Donald is tasked with delivering 'more effective PR'! A better solution would be listening to local people, working with them rather than against them, and not lying to them. Brent will never make progress if the senior officers in charge do not learn from their past mistakes.<br /><br />Philip Grant.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-36182085055397529302015-01-02T17:11:46.546+00:002015-01-02T17:11:46.546+00:00I found this puzzling too. I don't think it ha...I found this puzzling too. I don't think it has anything to do with FKRL but more the local community groups, eg Keep/Make Willesden Green trying to ensure that the promises made about provision at the WGCC are kept. Already it appears that the Brent Council One Stop Shop at the Centre will not be provided. Meanwhile the developer seems to be prioritising the luxury flats rather than the CulturalmCentre.Martin Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02194641151012303116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-90932696275026486352015-01-02T17:04:11.288+00:002015-01-02T17:04:11.288+00:00What does "
Political pressure from local com...What does "<br />Political pressure from local community/ groups affect ability to deliver the new Willesden Green Cultural Centre to budget and time" mean? Are they expecting Friends of Kensal Rise to get militant? This sounds insulting to community groups.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com