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4 LondraGazete.com/English Londra Gazete, Thursday 27 August 2020

Mertcan: “Schools have taken necessary

measures to prevent Covid-19”

NURIYE Mertcan, Chair of the tunately, there were errors due to their education for ve months.
UK Turkish Language Culture and the algorithm used in the A-Levels Unfortunately, the participation
Education Consortium, evaluated results due to the mistakes made. of students from our communi-

the recently announced exam re- e same mistakes did not occur ty to the lessons provided dur-
sults and the new education period in the GCSE results, as schools and ing the pandemic period was low.
to Londra Gazete. students opposed this.” erefore, it is very important for

Mertcan, who is also the deputy students to continue their educa-
principal at Duke’s Aldridge Acade- MESAURES TO PREVENT tion. Schools have taken necessary
my, also touched on the important COVID 19 measures to prevent Covid-19.
of children going back to school. Mertcan stated that education If the families nd out what

e A-Level results announced is important and it is vital for stu- these measures are, they can send
two weeks ago cause a great out- dents to go back to school next their children with more relief. By
rage and disappointment for stu- week.
“I believe that I do not need to law, our children must be at school
Enfield Labour councillor’s dents. Last week it was announced repeat the important of education. and I will send my children to
that GCSE students achieved a re-
breakaway to form new group cord-breaking set of results. Students have been away from schools too.”

ERROR DUE TO THE

FOUR councillors from En eld ty had mishandled a conduct case ALGORITHM
council have quit the En eld La- in which he was accused of bully- Mertcan spoke about the method

bour party and formed a new polit- ing. Months after the initial ruling of determining A-Levels and GCSE
ical group called Community First. by the council’s monitoring o cer results, “After the exams were an-

Former En eld Labour chair Cllr that he had bullied council o cers nounced to be cancelled, little in-
Dinah Barry and Cllr Derek Levy and breached the code of conduct, formation was given to schools on
established the group earlier this he has been unable to have his ap- how to determine the results. Ac-
year and have now been joined by peal heard at a meeting of the con- cording to the information provid-
Cllr Daniel Anderson and Cllr Dino duct committee. ed later, schools and teachers made
Lemonides. Cllr Lemonides said he had been great e orts to give students the

Community First is classed as dissatis ed with the Labour group most appropriate results. Unfor-

the council’s minority opposi- for some time. A recent decision to
tion group. It gives the ex-Labour hike councillors’ pay and the par-
councillors the right to sit on com- ty’s handling of Cllr Anderson’s
mittees and speak at full council conduct case pushed him to leave. Last chance for Hackney businesses to apply for grant scheme
meetings, which they would have

been unable to do as independent e councillors added that they Businesses that have already re-
BUSINESSES a ected by coro-

members. had been expected to support poli- navirus will have one week to apply for micro businesses.
Since it was launched by the ceived grants through the Small
All four councillors expressed cies that they felt were against La- for up to £10,000 in funding after Council in June, nearly £1.3m

concerns about an apparent lack bour values. ese included chang- Hackney Council today reopened has been paid to 245 businesses, Business Grant Fund, or Retail, Lei-

of democracy in the Labour Group es to En eld’s council tax reduction a £3.4m grant scheme ahead of and hundreds more applications sure and Hospitality Grant Fund
under the current administration, scheme. a Government-imposed deadline are still being processed. But with are not eligible to apply. More than
En eld Council’s Labour lead- Cllr Levy added: “We (Commu- next month. A e Discretion- some funding likely to still be avail- £62million has been distributed

ers Cllr Nesil Caliskan said there nity First) are true pretty much to ary Grant Fund is aimed at small able, the Council has now reopened to thousands of businesses by the
claims were “personal struggles the (Labour) manifesto on which businesses who have experienced the fund. Council since March through these

and grumblings”. we were elected, and we would like a signi cant fall in income due to e Government told councils funding programmes.
Cllr Anderson resigned from La- to see some of the decisions being coronavirus and still face ongoing earlier this month that applica- Applications for the reopened

bour on August 4, claiming the par- made re ecting that.” xed property-related costs and tions must be made by 28 August, Discretionary Grant Fund will
are not eligible for previous Gov- with funding paid by 30 Septem-
ernment business grant schemes ber, otherwise money would be close at midnight on 28 August. To

launched in March. ere are two returned to the Treasury. ese re- nd out more you can visit Hack-
Virgin media announces packages levels of grants – up to £10,000 for strictions were not communicated ney Council website and visit the
small businesses and up to £5,000 when the scheme was set up.
Discretionary Grant Fund page.
for universal credit claimers
VIRGIN Media is launching and family, access support, or Joanne McCartney calls for change as
an "essential" broadband plan search for jobs.
aimed at those facing financial Those taking up the broad-
difficulty as a result of the coro- band-only plan will have to pro- Covid-19 deaths link to air pollution
navirus crisis. vide proof that they are on uni-
The service, costing £15 a versal credit. LONDON Assembly Mem- mortality rates. Toxic air dispro- don has seen a drop in toxic NO2
month and with no fixed contract The offer will be available from ber for En eld & Haringey Joanne portionately a ects the poorest emissions which is ve times great-

length, will be available to people the autumn initially for existing
claiming universal credit. Virgin customers. A customer McCartney has called for the Eniv- in our capital and even before the er than other parts of the country.
Virgin's initiative was wel- coming off universal credit can roment Bill to be amend follow- pandemic, contributed to the pre- In this success, when it comes to
comed by the government's dig- continue to use the service at the ing evident published by the Of- mature deaths of almost 10,000 the air that we breathe, we can-

ital infrastructure minister Matt higher price of £23 a month or ce of National Statistics suggest Londoners per year. is is an not a ord to be complacent. is
Warman. move to another package, Virgin Covid-19 deaths could be link to awful symptom of social injustice, is why the Government needs to
The deal entitles customers to said. air pollution. In a statement she but with the right political will, we amend its Environment Bill to give
broadband speeds of 15Mbps, There were 5.6 million people said: “We have yet more evidence can do something about it. City cities more funding in this area and

with the aim of helping people on the benefit at the start of July, from the O ce of National Sta- Hall gures show that in the wake allow London to access the Clean

stay keep in contact with friends up from 3 million in March. tistics, suggesting a link between of the ULEZ and other Mayoral Air Fund, so even more can be done
air pollution and higher Covid-19 schemes coming into force, Lon- at a regional level.