Council tax in Brent is set to rise by nearly two per cent to make improvements in children's service.


Residents in an average Band D property will have to pay just under £1,370 next year if the budget proposed by Brent Council is agreed at a meeting on March 2.


The budget is expected to be agreed at Brent Town Hall on March 2.

For more on this story see this week's Observer, out on Thursday.