http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/ Harrow Times /news/mps/ en-gb Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:23:17 +0000 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:23:17 +0000 http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/resources/images/1000727/?type=rsslogo http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/ http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/3837162.Securing_future_of_cancer_care/?ref=rss MOUNT VERNON’S future is safe. The cancer unit at Mount Vernon Hospital – one of Britain’s world-renowned cancer treatment facilities – will not be closed or moved but will be staying at Mount Vernon Hospital. This ends almost 12 years of uncertainty about the hospital and, in particular, about the cancer unit’s future. Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:25:18 +0000 3369817893e1238d921399499d6fa653 http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/3683158.Excuses_instead_of_action/?ref=rss Six months ago the Audit Commission published its report into how Harrow Council was run, rating the authority as the worst run in London – worse than Hackney, Lambeth and Bexley. Worse than authorities with larger budgets and those who have lower budgets. Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:11:16 +0100 2df03711e3455376842eea2683c9981f http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/2402984.Time_to_avoid_hysteria/?ref=rss Holiday times are approaching and I know that many people will be looking forward to a rest from the hurly-burly of their normal lives and I certainly wish everyone well in whatever form their holidays take, but we should all be aware of those for whom the summer means business as usual. Out of a sense of duty and public service, many people will simply carry on working to protect us and to carry out their usual duties. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:41:00 +0100 4ebe346a149ee018b98d27dd1c73bce6 http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/2402989.Council_must_rebuild_confidence/?ref=rss Since the Audit Commission published its damning assessment of Harrow Council this year, branding it as the worst-performing borough in London and the third worst in the UK, I have been advocating the need for a clear strategy to be adopted by the council to enable it to provide the high quality of services we Harrow residents deserve. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:45:00 +0100 6cf4e1e385f6010f2edbc5ad3ee62334 http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/2321140.Campaigning_for_parents/?ref=rss An extra four-and-a-half million parents in Britain will get the right to request flexible working, including many in Harrow, following the publication of an independent review prepared for the Government. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:51:00 +0100 3e333f5854e2ff7ed3b74a638fc847fe http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/2321131.Congratulations__protection_and_disappointment/?ref=rss I want to discuss three very important areas in brief in this month's column - each of them strangely interlinked. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:45:00 +0100 133257f5517602177f173af262a836f0 http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/2259063.Departments_must_communicate/?ref=rss Last week I met with Mr and Mr Aveyard, an elderly couple who live in Pinner, who were recently threatened with legal action by Harrow Council if they didn't remove a fence which Harrow Council itself put up. Fri, 09 May 2008 10:06:00 +0100 5ec60135294599a2a85ebed9f919016a http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/2186550.A_monument_to_Thatcherite_excess/?ref=rss The Civic Centre should be sold and the site redeveloped. It is far too big, encourages inefficiency and bureaucracy and is symbolic of the problems at Harrow Council which the Audit Commission so graphically highlighted last month. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:05:00 +0100 150b382f1d1864d77c2cd64d79a83c8b http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/2186511.Juggling_local_and_Government_duties/?ref=rss One of the most intriguing poltical questions, amongst many at the moment, is when a Government minister is allowed to also be a local MP? I have had the great pleasure and privilege of being the MP for Harrow East for nearly 11 years and have been a Government whip for almost eight of those 11 years. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:56:00 +0100 4f9ab94998cb6ad58516fe8440ccaac5 http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/mps/2097612.Willing_to_assist_the_council/?ref=rss THE recent Audit Commission report rated Harrow as the worst performing local authority in London and the third worst in the UK as a whole. I am sure Harrow Times readers will agree that this is an unacceptable situation. Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:01:00 +0000 6b01f9359ad93f2a9b653903206db9b8