Tuesday, 13 January 2026

BREAKING: Woodfield Special school strikes paused while negotiations take place

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 The NEU has paused the long-running strikes at Woodfield Special School in Kingsbury as the dispute goes to ACAS. The strike pause is in ex...

Greens take up key scrutiny roles on Brent Council as new appointments announced ahead of tonight's Council EGM

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The full list of Cabinet and Committee changes has been published ahead of tonight's Extraordinary General Meeting of Brent Full Council...
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Monday, 12 January 2026

UPDATED: Proposed Stopping-up Order near Olympic Steps - Does Brent Council really want to embarrass itself in Court?

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Guest Post by Philip Grant in a personal capacity   The meeting where submission of the Stopping-up Order application was approved. (Note t...
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LETTER: When is 9.9% NOT 9.9%? Brent's core funding increase claim challenged.

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  Dear Editor, On 21 December Wembley Matters posted a story based on Labour spin. Stating that Brent is to get an increase of 9.9% in “core...
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London pensioners launch mass petition defence of their Freedom Pass including proposal to limit it to buses only

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  London Councils is to conduct a formal review of the provisions of the Freedom Pass LINK , the free travel pass for London Pensions that g...
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Together Against the Far Right - campaign building meeting January 28th 7pm Chalkhill Community Centre

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Friday, 9 January 2026

Update on recent cases on adult social care highlighted by Wembley Matters

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 I wrote in the week before Christmas about a pensioner with dementia who left his care home for 7-1/2 hours and ended up in hospital. An of...
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Barry Gardiner MP raises the case of hunger striker constituent Heba Muraisi in Parliament

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Given previous coverage of calls for Barry Gardiner to act, this is the Hansard record of an exchange in the House of Commons yesterday; ...
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