Private Eye reports the new LBWF asbestos scandal (2)
From issue 1586, 18/11/22-01/12/22. »
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LBWF’s Town Hall asbestos scandal: an update and comment
Local Democracy Reporter Josh Mellor yesterday posted a story on the asbestos scandal under the amusing headline ‘Council investigating itself over former town hall asbestos’, here: https://walthamforestecho.co.uk/council-investigating-itself-over-former-town-hall-asbestos#article What follows is a complementary commentary, looking initially at how my own concerns have developed, before turning to scrutinize the context and substance of the council’s response. The key moment when I realised that something was not quite right about the way LBWF was dealing with asbestos in the Town Hall occurred in July 2022. I had asked LBWF under the Freedom of Information Act for ‘a copy of the asbestos pl... »
How Cann Hall councillors communicate with residents…
A resident writes: ‘We opened a community café and foodbank near that notice board, and wanted to put one of our A4 posters on display in it. We found out that – inexplicably – a local shopkeeper held the key, went to see her, and gave her a poster. She promised to put it up straightaway. Nothing happened. So we went to see her again. This time, she said she’d been busy, but promised to act. Nothing happened again. So we went to see her a third time, and on this occasion, because she wasn’t there, we gave a new poster to one of her staff, who promised to jog the owner’s memory. Still nothing. So we tried once more, again nothing happened, so we gave up. That notice board is a disgrace ... »
Private Eye reports the new LBWF asbestos scandal (1)
From issue 1583, 7-20/10/22. »
Leytonstone cartoonist Woox on LBWF and the Freedom of Information Act
(Reproduced by kind permission of Woox) »