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Walks, words and wristbands: when Harrow’s VAWG “Day of Action” becomes a publicity exercise
£17.4m SEND boost for Harrow welcomed – but can troubled services deliver for children?
City Hall welcomes Harrow Monitoring Group’s call for more accessible planning documents and consultations
Much of £11bn Covid scheme fraud ‘beyond recovery’: what does that mean for Harrow?
Arise makes its mark: Harrow’s new political party launches energised first canvass in Marlborough Ward
Harrow’s apparent rightward shift leaves vulnerable children exposed as poverty crisis deepens
Harrow talks tough on violence against women — but the action still doesn’t match the message
Is Harrow really ‘putting residents first’ – or just leaving vulnerable children behind?
From ULEZ to police stations: Harrow Tories revive costly Anti-Khan warfare
Harrow Conservatives drift right as Reform looms
Harrow children’s services plunged back into instability as another director departs
Harrow must step up as PCCs are scrapped
Harrow’s new Station Road paving fails within months – costly design and engineering oversights under fire
Harrow police station closure – local concern or political theatre?
Harrow renters win major protections as the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 becomes law
Restoring real respect: local action revives Roxeth Hill war graves
Another blow for Harrow: Ombudsman exposes failures in children’s services
Pamela Fitzpatrick slams Labour MP for promoting private health firm
Harrow impact as Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2025 nears finalisation
From budgets to better streets: the positive impact of joined-up thinking in Harrow
Ofsted tightens focus on SEND: providers warned to raise inclusion standards
Harrow Children’s Services Still in Recovery

Best Start Grants: ambitious plans, modest means

Riding in the Dark: Harrow’s stations feel safe only on paper
SEND in Harrow: local reflections of a national crisis
Local power, national decline: the Harrow Conservative paradox
How the London Mayor’s policies are helping Harrow thrive
Harrow urged to back Warm Home Discount extension as fuel poverty bites
Council tax politics: Harrow Conservatives accused of misleading spin on funding fairness

Harrow faces major new duties in domestic abuse response

Harrow Conservatives push through symbolic motion on “Illegal Migrants” amid pressure to track right

Redevelopment of Travellers Rest refused – urban design in a suburban setting

Keeping Rayners Lane moving – trial of red route restrictions

Deficient Harrow Planning Report: Travellers Rest Redevelopment

Harrow complaint over Mandelson–Epstein links dismissed by Lords watchdog, fuelling scrutiny of political self-policing 
   
Mayor’s conduct sparks fresh concerns over council standards in Harrow
Harrow MP loses ministerial role in Starmer reshuffle

Harrow SEND school politics

Harrow council: leadership gaps, weak services

Harrow parking fines set to rise – but will it work?

Quiet vehicles, big risks: safeguarding Harrow’s visually impaired

Harrow Labour hails victory as a Harrow school secures new ‘lollipop’ crossing guard after funding U-turn
After ‘inadequate’ children’s services, Harrow offers red tape instead of reform

Northwick Park staff praised by patients as NHS Trust rankings published

Harrow’s health prevention talk is cheap – Harrow needs action, not another paper exercise

Don’t let conservation divide Harrow

Harrow’s hidden struggles: beyond the suburban façade
   
Labour’s centralised control over local democracy
Harrow council under fire despite big spending pledges

New Political Party ‘Arise’ Launched in Harrow

Harrow Conservative administration shows disregard for some people, so it looks!

“Palestinian statehood is the inalienable right of the Palestinian people” – a Harrow MP

Hall ‘doesn’t understand crime & policing in the UK’!
Under improvement notice “inadequate” Harrow children’s services, and cabinet ‘failure’ to address key issues
A Harrow mayor praised for donation
Proposed closure of Harrow Police station front desk, resented
Headstone Manor Park, a winner!
A Harrow MP on ‘asylum hotel’ as well
Harrow council administration playing down “inadequate” children’s services
 
Physician Associates role redefined: shouldn’t diagnose patients
Under Improvement Notice Harrow children’s services need wider safeguarding collaboration
Harrow history:  ‘Ugandan Asians’ welcomed
Harrow cabinet member for children’s services needs to go!
Government’s revised NPPF helps Harrow planning regime
Remembering Grenfell – but in Harrow?
NHS waiting list falling
Harrow land use needs rethinking ‘putting residents first’!
Harrow’s green belt and homelessness!
Congratulations on your achievement, Cllr Lammiman!
Could new powers for councils to combat fly-tippers help Harrow waste ‘crisis’?
Would Harrow deputy mayor behaviour improve when mayor?
Call for investigating dumping at site near Harrow Leisure Centre that needed £348,000 to clean-up
Harrow council administration condemns cemetery vandalism but not overtly
No Harrow schools get London mayor green scheme money
Harrow council work improving but needs better consistency
Harrow Air Quality Action Plan fails to credit ULEZ impact
Harrow ready for full pothole money  
Thomas on Gaza!  
Colonialism conference at a school near Harrow  
Harrow children’s services not good overall, finds Ofsted  
Accountability and transparency of Harrow mayor office?
£348,000 cost to clear-up fly-tipping at Leisure Centre site
Well-intentioned litter-picking distracts from the real issues
Many Harrow families would benefit from free breakfast provision for children¸ says Labour  
Increased opportunity to tackle rising anti-social behaviour in Harrow
Harrow patients would have more and better access to treatment under new plan
Mayor of Harrow’s Charity Fund needs transparency
 Fuss over children’s home comments
Hall, a political loser!
‘Child Sexual Abuse’ politics: divisive Jenrick in Harrow

More Ombudsman decisions against Harrow council
Harrow mayor’s choices?
Harrow council marking Srebrenica genocide
Harrow deputy mayor’s ‘incivility’ brushed aside  
Sir Sadiq Khan
Harrow council budget, opposition concerned
Guidance for Harrow mayor’s charity seen inadequate
Christine Bednell, well-reasoned Harrow politician, will be missed  
Planning supremo Harrow councillor’s 25 years on the council recognised  
A Harrow community centre design wins award
Harrow petition to prevent Harrow deputy mayor becoming mayor next year
Harrow deputy mayor “disrespectful” at the council meeting  
New evening parking charges in Harrow ‘selectively’ introduced  
Ring-fence School Streets income
Some disables have limited access to Harrow council webpages
Changes in dealing with authorised push payment scams
Harrow swimming facility & £300,000 of taxpayers’ money?
Harrow Youth Justice Plan, a mixed picture!
Leading Harrow Conservatives who supported “odious” Rwanda plan, should apologise
How well Harrow council is doing – CPC review?  
A typical street in some parts of Harrow
Harrow community came together to defeat racism
Well done Harrow Law Centre!
Harrow West Tory candidate ‘restoring pride back into Harrow’!
Harrow West independent kicks off election campaign
Harrow West independent in action
Sadiq Khan, 3rd time London Mayor 
Would Susan Hall be rejected by Londoners?
Independent parliamentary candidate for Harrow West
Hall’s misleading election leaflet reported
Sadiq Khan launches re-election campaign with pledge for more homes
Council Serious Violence Strategy – a mixed picture!
Ex-Labour stands for Harrow West
Thomas struggling for political recovery
Harrow happy hunting ground for politics!
Harrow not building adequate affordable homes
Harrow West MP on “injustice” faced by Palestinians
Another past Harrow mayor passed away
Harrow voters could have more options at elections!
Infrastructure delivery plan has wider scope
Harrow follows national trend to hold politicians to account!
Public money wasted on unsuccessful judicial reviews
Harrow Community Safety Strategy – a mixed picture!

Harrow council needs to ‘go faster and further’ in tackling climate change!
New ward for Northwick Park Hospital delights a Harrow MP
ULEZ high court ruling, timely lesson for London’s far right politics
2-child benefit cap, deepening poverty in Harrow
Harrow violent crime has increased!
‘Concrete jungle’ not an answer to Harrow’s housing crisis
A Harrow ex-chief executive charged for rape  
Overgrown vegetation in Harrow, more so in Labour wards
Would ULEZ play help Cllr Hall nomination for London Mayor?
Would Hall be acceptable to Londoners?
58th Harrow mayor sworn in
Harrow council leader set to face ULEZ-violence backlash
Cost of living crisis, Harrow TUC in action!
Harrow housing failed to meet statutory health and safety requirements
Sikhs demand apology from Blackman for his damning outburst
Ultra Low Emission Zone play in Harrow
Harrow council budget ‘dangerous’: says Labour opposition
Harrow MPs doing seen as ‘dividing’ British Indians & Hindu society!
Tale of the ‘tall’ buildings in Harrow!
Free school meals for primary school children in Harrow, part of London Mayor scheme!  
Harrow Conservatives waste collection has faced backlash!

Harrow council should not be wasting public money on Ulez legal action
Harrow council new vision not working!
Harrow retains Kodak icon!
Katie needs attention!
Harrow council workforce missing equality balance
Harrow council ex chief in national headlines
5G phone mast in Harrow Weald strongly objected – call-in the planning application
GLA Conservative, also a Harrow councillor, attacks Prince Harry
Ex-councillor Camila Bath honoured!
One hour’s free parking not helping side street shops in some areas
Harrow West MP named in Labour conduct investigation
Harrow council has new chief executive  
Well done JFS: only one from Brent & Harrow on the list of top 396 schools

One election promise delivered
  
Low profile PSPO notices at Harrow Town Centre   
Harrow Labour summarises cost of living crisis    
Harrow council in ‘feasibility’ gear!  
£1.47m Household Support Fund for Harrow   
Limiting tall buildings in Harrow 
New style Harrow council cabinet! 
Council to scrap bulky waste collection charges 
A  Harrow Tory councillor, ‘Lord’ 
New Harrow mayor 
Row over Harrow council logo redesign 
Harrow Smart Card 
‘Putting residents first’, emphasises new leader – but..   
New Harrow council leader appoints his cabinet 
Harrow Labour group leadership challenged – update! 
Harrow Labour group leadership challenged?  
Conservatives won Harrow council because of Indian votes, claims a Tory  
Conservatives gain Harrow!   
‘People before politics’ says a Harrow council candidate 
Exploiting Harrow’s minority voters is unacceptable 
They want your vote on May 2022! 
Harrow Alderman Keith Toms passed away – sad!  
Harrow council elections 2022:  some interesting candidates  
CCG ‘unreasonable’ in seeking money re a Harrow development 
Checkpoint at Northwick Park Hospital A&E 
Harrow ex CEOs flying flag of fairness at IOPC
Wealdstone stabbing again! 
Hospitals explain arrangements for Covid-19 care, Harrow included
Covid spread in Harrow is alarming!
Harrow civic centre move & concerning Wealdstone crime rate, defended!
Labour’s retrospective punishment challenged!
Council using learner Moped riders: ‘lack of concern for employee and …’!
Labour Party in big mess – latest victim, a Harrow Cllr!
Covid booster data poorly linked – Harrow no exception!
‘Community Cohesion’ lacking within Harrow Labours
Harrow council keen on ‘equality’ but vague on ‘community cohesion’!
Kenton West by-election:  Labour to exercise ‘positive discrimination’!
Little known counter staff cuts at the Harrow Post Office causing chaos
“We defy you! Do your worst!”, message to Starmer’s Labour Party
Harrow councillor plays on being a ‘woman of colour and Muslim’!
Labour under Starmer more divided now!
Harrow council work crumbling under ‘pandemic pressure’, sad!
Harder for residents to contact Harrow council, ongoing concern
Harrow socialist councillor harassed!
Cosmetic use of high streets fund in Harrow, deplored!
Harrow council seemingly distances relevant officers from community
‘Destruction’ of a Green and wildlife corridor in Harrow
Racist attack on a Harrow immigration solicitor: ‘anti-immigration rhetoric
and its awful consequences’

Cash injection for historic Harrow sites welcomed
Tory Cllr Chana suspended
Up to £100 fine for street anti-social behaviour

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