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Brent: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

London Borough of Brent: London borough (unitary), England, London; part of the GLA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E09000005.

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The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by Brent for 2026–27: £1,724.76 of a £2,235.27 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 2 opened (2 academy converter), 3 closed (2 academy converter, 1 result of amalgamation/merger)

Malorees Junior School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: result of amalgamation/merger, 13 April 2026
Mount Stewart Infant School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
Mount Stewart Junior School (primary) — closed; reason recorded: academy converter, 30 June 2026
Mount Stewart Infant School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026
Mount Stewart Junior School (primary) — open; reason recorded: academy converter, 1 July 2026

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Brent reported it to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in England.

Brent: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education services	£321.2 million
Highways and transport services	£7.4 million
Children's social care	£109.2 million
Adult social care	£157.3 million
Public health	£28.5 million
Housing services (general fund only)	£80.9 million
Cultural and related services	£9.6 million
Environmental and regulatory services	£50.0 million
Planning and development services	£7.2 million
Police services	none budgeted
Fire and rescue services	none budgeted
Central services	£25.2 million
Other services	none budgeted
Total service expenditure	£796.5 million

Net current expenditure: net of sales, fees and charges; spending funded by the NHS, such as through the Better Care Fund, is excluded.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Revenue Account Budget 2026 to 2027, individual local authority data (part 1), updated 11 June 2026 (Open Government Licence).

Brent in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 352,976 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 34 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £30,402 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £690 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 42.3% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 7.5% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £546,135 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 13.9 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 65.2 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 64.5 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 2.7 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 86.9% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 366.9 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 17,530 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

57 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 26, Liberal Democrats 11, Conservative and Unionist 11, Green Party (E&W) 9.

Next scheduled council election: 2 May 2030.

All 57 councillors, by ward

Anton Georgiou (Liberal Democrats) — Alperton
Charlie Clinton (Liberal Democrats) — Alperton
Krishna Chauhan (Liberal Democrats) — Alperton
Rhoda Ibrahim (Labour Party) — Barnhill
Robert Johnson (Labour Party) — Barnhill
Ryan Hack (Labour Party) — Brondesbury Park
Tashi Thomas (Labour Party) — Brondesbury Park
Gwen Grahl (Labour Party) — Cricklewood & Mapesbury
Tariq Dar (Labour Party) — Cricklewood & Mapesbury
Arshad Mahmood (Labour Party) — Dollis Hill
Liz Dixon (Labour Party) — Dollis Hill
Parvez Ahmed (Labour Party) — Dollis Hill
Amandine Alexandre (Green Party (E&W)) — Harlesden & Kensal Green
Matt Kelcher (Labour Party) — Harlesden & Kensal Green
Tina Amadi (Labour Party) — Harlesden & Kensal Green
Anup Patel (Conservative and Unionist) — Kenton
Sai Madabhushi (Conservative and Unionist) — Kenton
Suresh Kansagra (Conservative and Unionist) — Kenton
Paul Ryan (Green Party (E&W)) — Kilburn
Stephen Malonga (Green Party (E&W)) — Kilburn
Suzanne Gallagher (Green Party (E&W)) — Kilburn
Jasbinder Bajwa (Labour Party) — Kingsbury
Saqib Butt (Labour Party) — Kingsbury
Keith Perrin (Green Party (E&W)) — Northwick Park
Nisha Vakani (Green Party (E&W)) — Northwick Park
Harshadbhai Patel (Conservative and Unionist) — Preston
Michael Maurice (Conservative and Unionist) — Preston
Barbara Want (Liberal Democrats) — Queens Park
Deborah Unger (Liberal Democrats) — Queens Park
Fiona Mulaisho (Liberal Democrats) — Queens Park
Jayanti Patel (Conservative and Unionist) — Queensbury
Kanta Mistry (Conservative and Unionist) — Queensbury
Manoj Mishra (Conservative and Unionist) — Queensbury
Fleur Donnelly-Jackson (Labour Party) — Roundwood
Jake Rubin (Labour Party) — Roundwood
Samiah Anderson (Labour Party) — Roundwood
Abdi Aden (Labour Party) — Stonebridge
Promise Knight (Labour Party) — Stonebridge
Trevor Blackman (Labour Party) — Stonebridge
Nirmala Patel (Liberal Democrats) — Sudbury
Paul Lorber (Liberal Democrats) — Sudbury
Muhammed Butt (Labour Party) — Tokyngton
Shamim Chowdhury (Conservative and Unionist) — Tokyngton
Amer Agha (Labour Party) — Welsh Harp
Iftekhar Ahmed (Labour Party) — Welsh Harp
Sapna Chadha (Conservative and Unionist) — Welsh Harp
Daniel Brown (Liberal Democrats) — Wembley Central
Hetal Jansali (Liberal Democrats) — Wembley Central
Jigar Shah (Liberal Democrats) — Wembley Central
Angela De Souza (Labour Party) — Wembley Hill
Floyd Rosario (Conservative and Unionist) — Wembley Hill
Lloyd McLeish (Labour Party) — Wembley Hill
Iman Moghaddam (Green Party (E&W)) — Wembley Park
Najib Warsame (Green Party (E&W)) — Wembley Park
George Burn (Labour Party) — Willesden Green
Mary Mitchell (Green Party (E&W)) — Willesden Green
Saqlain Choudry (Labour Party) — Willesden Green

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

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