register of interests

Cllr. Anna Mbachu’s register of interests form prompts new controversy UPDATED

December 1, 2017 Cllr. Anna Much, Mark Hynes, register of interests

A  post on this blog of early November, cross-referenced below, related that (a) though senior Labour councillor and chair of the LBWF Housing Scrutiny Committee, Anna Mbachu, had been a director of real estate property and letting company Knice Industries Ltd. since February 2016, she had made no mention of this fact on her register of interests form; and (b) when questioned about this LBWF Director of Governance and Law Mark Hynes had responded as follows: ‘The company Knice Industries ltd [sic] is dormant and had [sic] never traded and that [sic] the councillor has applied to strike the com... »

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Cllr. Anna Mbachu’s register of interests form prompts new controversy

November 8, 2017 Cllr. Anna Mbachu, Mark Hynes, register of interests, the Labour Party in Waltham Forest

A recent post looked at Cllr. Anna Mbachu’s unfortunate performance at an employment tribunal. Now news emerges that her register of interests form is also generating controversy. It is a matter of public record that, alongside two others, Cllr. Mbachu is a director of Knice Industries Ltd (company no.10018580), a business formed in February 2016 to pursue the ‘letting and operating of own or leased real estate’. It is also a matter of public record that, though she is chair of the LBWF Housing Scrutiny Committee, as of today, she has not updated her register of interests form to acknowl... »

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LBWF councillors through the prism of their register of interest forms

March 23, 2016 LBWF, register of interests, Waltham Forest Labour Party

The LBWF councillor code of conduct requires each member to answer questions on a register of interest form at the beginning of their term of office, and then update as necessary, with the results being published on the authority’s website. In 2012, the Waltham Forest Guardian reported that councillors were finding this requirement challenging. Some had missed out crucial details, with, for example, the Leader, Chris Robbins, neglecting to mention his family home. Others – incredibly – overlooked their party membership. A few had simply failed to keep their forms up to date. The full sto... »

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