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The E11 BID Co.: strike off discontinued, but accounts still overdue

July 28, 2016 E11 BID Co.

According to Companies House, the Registrar has discontinued the compulsory strike-off of the E11 BID Co.. On the other hand, the visitor who uses the Companies House webpages to check on the E11 BID Co.’s progress is still greeted by the following: As I’ve pointed out before, it does seem strange that an organisation which depends solely for its income on the hard work of local traders, and in the past has been showered with public money, cannot get its accounts in on time. Indeed, this is particularly so because not so long ago the E11 BID Co. was castigated for failing to pay its taxes, and being run chaotically, so might have been expected to carefully learn the requisite les... »

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Cllr. Liaquat Ali: an update

July 21, 2016 Cllr. Liaquat Ali, the Labour Party in Waltham Forest, Uncategorized

In the last couple of days, both Private Eye (‘Haq Attack’, see below) and the Waltham Forest Guardian have published versions of the Ali-Haq story. It is notable that the latter does not mention Senator Haq’s rantings about ‘Jews and Christians’, spineless journalism at its worst. Meanwhile, a rumour going round the Town Hall is that Mayor Khan has declined to re-appoint Cllr. Ali to the London Fire Authority (LFA), despite Cllr. Robbins’ recommendation. If this is true, the LFA will have to soldier on without Cllr. Ali’s notable expertise, always so eloquently delivered. However, at least the public purse seems set to gain. For it turns out that Cl... »

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Save Highams Park’s Library campaign – resident groups demolish LBWF’s business case

July 12, 2016 Waltham Forest Labour Party

Oliver Shykles writes as follows: ‘I chair the Highams Park Forum which is working together with the Highams Park Planning Group and The Highams Park Society to protest against LBWF proposals which could drastically affect library provision in Highams Park. At the time of writing, 3,956 people involved with Highams Park have signed a detailed petition against the Council’s scheme, while 1,117 people involved with Highams Park have joined a Save Highams Park’s Library Facebook Group. Over 200 residents attended a spring clean and protest outside their library last Saturday (images available in the press pack, here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5ylT69jXTlUT1E5VXVWRWs2Rk... »

More on Selwyn Primary School in Highams Park

July 8, 2016 Selwyn Primary School, the Labour Party in Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest Schools

A local resident writes: ‘As your blog has previously noted, LBWF plans to demolish our impressive Edwardian Primary School and replace it with a new “modular” prefab alternative, which has been described on the BBC website as an “Austerity school”.  It is confirmed that this proposal will go to the council’s Planning Committee on 12 July. As you have reported, too, SAVE Britain’s Heritage argues persuasively for keeping the present structure. But it is also worth underlining that the Victorian Society and other local groups are equally concerned by the plans. LBWF has stonewalled the local community.  At Hale End and Highams Park Community Ward Forum on 27 June, Cllr... »

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George Tomlinson Primary School, Leytonstone, again

July 7, 2016 Academies, George Tomlinson, the Labour Party in Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest Schools

A previous post (see link below) looked briefly at George Tomlinson primary school in Leytonstone, and the fears of some that it was surreptitiously being prepared for academisation. Since then, much has changed. The school has new governors, and a new management team, the latter led by Executive Head Lynne Harrowell. However, the sense of general unease seems if anything to have increased. Various alterations to the school’s everyday life have proved unsettling. Some teachers have left, apparently because they feared redundancy. A union representative has publicly complained of bullying. That said, it is the transformation at the top which has provoked the most comment. Ms. Harrowell has a ... »

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