Harbi Farah - Councillor for Brent ( Welsh Harp)

Councillor Harbi Farah

 Labour  Welsh Harp  Cabinet Member for Safer Communities, Jobs and Skills

Email: cllr.harbi.farah@brent.gov.uk

Council: Brent

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Cabinet (Committee Member) Barham Park Trust Committee (Committee Member) Council (Committee Member) Health and Wellbeing Board Trading Standards Joint Advisory Board General Purposes Committee Senior Staff Appointments Sub-Committee

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

43 meetings · Page 1 of 9

Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Monday 8 December 2025 10.00 am

The Brent Council cabinet is scheduled to meet on 8 December 2025 to discuss housing performance, homelessness, corporate performance, substance misuse services and cycle parking. The meeting will include a review of the draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2026-2031, and a discussion of the Housing Management Property Services Performance Report for the first two quarters of 2025. Also on the agenda is the proposed re-procurement of the Integrated Treatment Recovery Wellbeing & Substance Misuse Service, and a programme for the delivery of secure cycle parking across the borough.

December 08, 2025
Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Monday 17 November 2025 10.00 am

The Brent Council Cabinet met to discuss budget proposals for 2026-27, approve a health and wellbeing hub in Gladstone Park, and address school place planning. Councillors also approved adopting the socio-economic duty to reduce inequality and backed a collaborative procurement for sexual health services.

November 17, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Monday 10 November 2025 6.00 pm

The Brent Council meeting on 10 November 2025 addressed a range of local issues, including community safety, housing, environmental concerns, and financial planning. Motions were passed regarding bee corridor management, support for free childcare, and reforming the two-child benefit limit, while a motion on affordable housing was defeated. The council also formally adopted the Brent Youth Justice Plan 2025-28.

November 10, 2025
Cabinet Committee Member

Cabinet - Monday 13 October 2025 10.00 am

Here's a summary of the Cabinet Meeting held by Brent Council on 13 October 2025:

October 13, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Monday 15 September 2025 6.00 pm

At a meeting of Brent Council, councillors debated topics ranging from local traffic concerns to international relations, and also reviewed the council's finances. The council approved a motion to push for visitor levy powers, but voted down motions on street cleaning and illegal immigration.

September 15, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

236 decisions · Page 19 of 48

Draft Brent Tree Strategy

From: Cabinet - Monday 19 May 2025 10.00 am - May 19, 2025

...to approve public consultation on the draft Brent Tree Strategy and delegate consideration of consultation responses and adoption of the final strategy to the Cabinet Member for Public Realm and Enforcement.

Recommendations Approved

Sale of a converted dwelling house at 1a-1d Greenhill Park, Harlesden, NW10 9AE to First Wave Housing.

From: Cabinet - Monday 19 May 2025 10.00 am - May 19, 2025

...to approve the sale of a converted dwelling house at 1a-1d Greenhill Park, Harlesden, NW10 9AE to First Wave Housing Ltd for £1.45m, with First Wave Housing covering refurbishment costs.

Recommendations Approved

The Future of Islamia Primary School

From: Cabinet - Monday 19 May 2025 10.00 am - May 19, 2025

... to note the proposal for Islamia Primary School to relocate to the Gwenneth Rickus site as a 2FE school, subject to statutory consultation by the Governing Board, with the Cabinet as the final decision-maker, and to note the potential transfer of the site to the Yusuf Islam Foundation under a Trust Deed to protect the school from future eviction.

Recommendations Approved

Any other urgent business

From: Cabinet - Monday 19 May 2025 10.00 am - May 19, 2025

...to approve the recommendation that there were no items of urgent business to consider.

Recommendations Approved

Declarations of Interest

From: Cabinet - Monday 19 May 2025 10.00 am - May 19, 2025

...that no declarations of interest were made during the meeting.

Recommendations Approved

Summary

Meetings Attended: 43

Average per Month: 1.9

Decisions Recorded: 236