Coalition in denial about child poverty
Brent Labour is concerned about the impact of the Lib Dem and Conservative policies that are putting more people into poverty. The renowned Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has produced a report...
View ArticleUniversity applications down
An article on the BBC website has revealed that initial figures show that “University applications for 2012 are running at 9% below last year’s level.” Even more concerning, is that “when overseas...
View ArticleFull Council meeting yesterday
Yesterday was the first reading of the Budget in the Brent Town Hall Council chamber. There is a bit of a gloomy outlook with Brent having to make further cuts to the Budget as part of the wider £104...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Government figures value public sector contribution to economy at...
According to Government calculations, the strikes over public sector pensions on 30th Novermber will cost the UK £500million (LINK). That is just for a single day’s strike. So let me see…. if I...
View ArticleAre we really all in this together?
The well respected Institute for Fiscal Studies has analysed the figures from the Chancellor’s Autumn statement last week. They show that the poorest in society are taking on the biggest burden as a...
View ArticleCllr Hirani Slams Brent Tory Liberal Hypocrisy
I was absolutely dismayed at the level of hypocrisy shown by the Brent Liberal Democrats and Brent Tories at the Full Brent Council meeting this week. I tabled a motion at the meeting reading, “This...
View ArticleGuest Blogpost from Richard Lynch: “So much for cracking down on executive pay!”
WikiImage The way Britain’s top executives have been awarding themselves grossly excessive pay increases, at a time when the rest of us are having to contend with falling living standards, has caused...
View ArticleThe Osborne Effect
The LabourList website has an illustration of how [in]effective the Tory Liberal Government have been since inheriting a growing economy from Labour – LINK Their policy of cutting too far too fast has...
View ArticleDisabled people targeted by cuts
An article I want to bring to your attention highlighting how disabled people are being sidelined in society and literally being locked away due to budget cuts – LINK This is the internationally...
View ArticleGuest Blogpost: Richard Lynch – No medal-winning performance from the coalition
During the past month, Britain’s sporting heroes in Team GB have taken on the world at the Olympic Games and, with performances which exceeded expectations, have delivered our biggest haul of medals...
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