Cllr. Johar Khan

Cllr. Johar Khan appointed chair of the LBWF Pension Committee: cue questions

August 28, 2024 Cllr. Johar Khan

A week or so ago, one of Cllr. Johar Khan’s oldest confidants e-mailed me with the news that the great man had been appointed chair of the LBWF Pension Committee (PC). At first, I thought he was pulling my leg, because Cllr. Khan has been out of the limelight for some time, but having checked, it’s true. Indeed, Cllr. Khan not only chaired the most recent meeting of the PC, but then issued a statement on ‘ethical investments’.  It’s certainly great to have him back in the public eye, because he’s clearly fun. In 2015, Private Eye reported on his antics as follows: Two years late... »

Some councillors seem to have been put on earth purely to entertain us. But are they having the last laugh?

July 3, 2023 Cllr. Ahsan Khan, Cllr. Alistair Strathern, Cllr. Anna Mbachu, Cllr. Johar Khan, Cllr. Keith Rayner

In a recent Waltham Forest Echo story, Local Democracy Reporter Josh Mellor reports that one of Waltham Forest’s finest, Cllr. Alistair Strathern, is standing for Labour in the eagerly awaited Mid Bedfordshire bye-election, and while a bit hazy about local issues, believes he is an upgrade on the Tory incumbent, Nadine Dorries, because she has been a ‘“part-time M.P”’, presumably a reference to her novels and TV work. A nice attack line, perhaps, but a somewhat strange one nevertheless. For since 2021, while Cllr. Strathern has been Cabinet portfolio holder for children and youn... »

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Register of interests wrap: five councillors did not update their forms as required, but others, including Cllr. Terry, are cleared

November 14, 2018 Cllr. Anna Mbachu, Cllr. Johar Khan, Cllr. Khevyn Limbajee, Cllr. Simon Miller, Cllr. Steve Terry, Mark Hynes, register of interests

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 issues that arise. Failure to update (a) Cllrs. Limbajee, Miller, and Mbachu As earlier posts have noted, LBWF Director of Governance and Law, Mark Hynes, has determined that Cllrs. Limbajee, Miller, and Mbachu did not updated their registers of interests as required (see links below). (b) Cllr. Johar Khan In a recent judgment, Mr. Hynes also finds against Cllr. Johar Khan on similar grounds, wri... »

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Cllr. Johar Khan: the prince of pranksters hits the skids?

July 25, 2018 Cllr. Johar Khan, register of interests, Waltham Forest Labour Party

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 cars, personalised number plates, flash weddings, and an impish way with facts – his back pages feature the lot. Who, for instance, could forget the time when, as finance director, he reassured his colleagues at a January 2011 E11 BID Co. board meeting that ‘All VAT, PAYE and tax matters had now been brought up to date’, only for the company’s spoilsport accountant to conclude some months later t... »

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Cllr. Johar Khan makes Private Eye

December 18, 2015 Cllr. Johar Khan, E11 BID Co., the Labour Party in Waltham Forest

From Private Eye, no. 1408, 19 December 2015 – 7 January 2016:     »

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Cllr. Johar Khan ‘suspended pending the result of an investigation’

December 2, 2015 Cllr. Johar Khan, E11 BID Co., the Labour Party in Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest Labour Party

I have written before about Cllr. Johar Khan, noting in particular his puzzling relationship with the by now notorious E11 BID Co.. This afternoon, the Waltham Forest Guardian reports ‘A Labour Party spokesman’ as saying: ‘“We can confirm Cllr Khan has been suspended pending the result of an investigation.”’ Coincidentally, in the last few days, I have received an anonymous letter about Cllr. Khan, which also alleges that the local Labour Party is involved in a cover up. I am aware that Cllr. Khan has some political enemies, for instance those who have not forgiven him ... »

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Cllr. Johar Khan and the E11 BID Co.

September 29, 2015 Cllr. Johar Khan, E11 BID Co., the Labour Party in Waltham Forest, Waltham Forest Labour Party

During his relatively short time in the public eye, Cllr. Johar Khan has attracted a fair amount of publicity, little of it flattering. The commentariat has had fun with his personalised number plates and ostentatious wedding. Peers have been less than impressed by his appetite for work, with one, the illustrious James O’Rourke, alleging: ‘When he and I were Councillors in High Street ward he did sod all’. And the fact that Cllr. Khan was not only much involved in the machinations that prefaced the implosion of the local Liberal Democrats, but also then jumped ship to Labour, has hardly burnis... »

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