‘London Borough of Waltham Forest: “a property empire with a sideline in...
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The Labour Party in Waltham Forest and the financing of local elections: a...
A recent post, based on the evidence of a whistleblower, casts doubt on the way that the Labour Party in Waltham Forest has been financing its local government election expenditure (see link below)....
View ArticleWaltham Forest Labour : boosting the local economy…er sorry, a local economy
Here’s something funny. Councillor Clare Coghill is a great one for saying how important it is to boost the local economy, and often reassures us that, in its never ending search to make our lives...
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Leytonstone’s E11 BID Co: still more controversy
Over the years, this blog has regularly reported on the travails of the E11 BID Co. Ltd. (hereafter BID ONE), a private company that was specially set up in 2007 to run Leytonstone’s Business...
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Cllr. Johar Khan: the prince of pranksters hits the skids?
Cllr. Johar Khan, the Labour member for Markhouse, has always been a bit of a card. Spats with colleagues and adversaries, political implosions, party defections, suspensions, investigations, big posh...
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How local government works
1. In February 2018, the LBWF Cabinet agrees to set up ‘a joint venture with Mears Limited to acquire 400 properties to let to those living in temporary accommodation or on the Council’s housing...
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‘Knife crime in Waltham Forest: a nasty little scandal’ UPDATED
In May 2017, this blog published a post entitled ‘Knife crime in Waltham Forest: a nasty little scandal (1)’, which, somewhat unexpectedly, attracted a big readership. What follows provides an update,...
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STOP PRESS Leytonstone’s E11 BID Co. Ltd. threatened with prosecution
As this blog has demonstrated at length, Leytonstone’s E11 BID Co. Ltd. has become a byword for bad management, and a ‘couldn’t care less’ attitude to the norms of polite society. Slipshod...
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LBWF and government funding to encourage social cohesion (1)
In recent months, the government has awarded LBWF two large sums of money to help boost social cohesion, and this, and a succeeding post, look in detail at the justification for such funding, and how...
View ArticleHow local government works: (2) LBWF Director of Governance and Law Mark...
Between 19 June 2014 and 13 March 2018, senior Labour councillor Khevyn Limbajee’s register of interests recorded his sole employment as ‘Press Officer, Labour Party’. However, in March 2018, research...
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Labour Chief Whip Cllr. Steve Terry: rule book king, but does he really know...
Cllr. Steve Terry is Waltham Forest Labour Group’s Chief Whip, and works as a regional organiser for Unison. It is reasonable to conclude that, occupying such weighty offices, he must be an expert on...
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LBWF’s Making Places programme and the strange case of the Cann Hall...
In the summer of 2017, LBWF put out an open call to architects, artists, designers, and landscape artists, inviting them to take part in a programme called Making Places, which it was funding from its...
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Register of interests wrap: five councillors did not update their forms as...
This post briefly sums up the past few months’ revelations about LBWF councillors and their register of interests forms (grouping the findings under three broad headings) and then discuses some of the...
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LBWF’s Making Places programme and the Cann Hall side-wall fiasco: good news...
As a previous post has described in detail, LBWF currently plans to spend a dizzying £40,000 on tiling the large side-wall of a private commercial property in Cann Hall ward, all in the name of...
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How the Labour Party funds local elections in Waltham Forest: further...
Two previous posts have looked at how Labour in Waltham Forest manages its finances, and suggested that all is not as it should be, particularly with respect to transparency. What follows examines some...
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LBWF Director of Governance and Law Mark Hynes and Labour Councillor Liaquat...
At the beginning of November 2018, The Waltham Forest Guardian’s Alice Richardson reported that at a full Council meeting in 2015, the Labour Cabinet portfolio holder, Cllr. Liaquat Ali, had failed to...
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How local government works: (1) LBWF and Mears
1. In February 2018, the LBWF Cabinet agrees to set up ‘a joint venture with Mears Limited to acquire 400 properties to let to those living in temporary accommodation or on the Council’s housing...
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LBWF Director of Governance and Law Mark Hynes and Labour Councillor Liaquat...
At the beginning of November 2018, The Waltham Forest Guardian’s Alice Richardson reported that at a full Council meeting in 2015, the Labour Cabinet portfolio holder, Cllr. Liaquat Ali, had failed to...
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‘Public realm and shop front improvements’ in South Leytonstone: dogs get...
Recent posts have looked at LBWF’s plan to spend £40,000 turning the wall of a private property on Cann Hall Rd. into an alleged ‘artwork’, and the subsequent massive backlash. But as documents...
View ArticleThe £40,000 Cann Hall side-wall ‘artwork’ is cancelled, artists Mathew Raw...
As the linked posts (below) describe in some detail, for the past few months, and as part of its Making Places programme, LBWF has been intent on putting an ‘artwork’ made of tiles and costing an...
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