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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... »
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... »
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 Im... »
Waltham 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 liv... »
The Labour Party in Waltham Forest and the financing of local elections: a scandal in the making? (2)
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). T... »
‘London Borough of Waltham Forest: “a property empire with a sideline in local government”’ – the movie
The trailer from Limitedscope. Other Limitedscope productions can be found at vimeo.com/limitedscope »
LBWF’s refresh of its Gang Prevention Programme: spin, spin, and more spin?
It is abundantly evident that many people in the borough, from many different backgrounds, are worried about the seemingly unchecked level of local gang-related crime, and the grave impact that this i... »
The Labour Party in Waltham Forest and the financing of local elections: a scandal in the making? (1)
Over the years, a number of correspondents have approached this blog to express anxieties about how the local Labour Party (LP) is being run and financed. Some of their claims are plausible, others le... »
Silver Birch Academy Trust: Lost in the Forest?
As this blog has periodically observed, to mere mortals the world of primary and secondary school academies, and in particular their governance, is sometimes rather puzzling. Last Sunday, the Observer... »
LBWF councillors and their register of interests forms: an update and reflection UPDATED
Previous posts have looked at the problems that some councillors are having over accurately filling in their register of interests forms (see links below). What follows summarises the current state of... »