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  • Post Brexit Immigration

    • Reference: 2018/2885
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 19 October 2018
    What support can you provide to ensure that London's economy has the skills it needs to thrive when/if the UK leaves the EU?

  • Closure of the Swaminarayan School (Brent)

    • Reference: 2018/2290
    • Question by: Navin Shah
    • Meeting date: 13 September 2018
    The Swaminarayan School, the only independent Hindu school in Europe, will close its doors by 2020, it was announced this week. I know the Akshar Educational Trust, which runs the school has said that it was proving difficult to "recruit and retain teachers''. However, many parents have contacted me to express their concerns. Parents have been given one year's notice to find an alternative school. I understand the Department for Education is in talks with Avanti Trust, which runs state-funded Hindu schools, to open a new school elsewhere in the borough of Brent. What are your thoughts on the closure...