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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... »
Steven Saxby, the ‘red vicar’ of Walthamstow, and Mr. Mahmood ul Hassan Raja, the ex-imam who praised an Islamist killer, but joined the Labour Party because ‘Mr. Corbyn will fix knife crime’.
A good barometer of Labour’s ongoing moral collapse is the ever-expanding list of questionable characters who are currently being welcomed into its ranks, even (as Guido Fawkes regularly demonstrates)... »
Waltham Forest Matters: 100,000 views up
In the past few weeks, Waltham Forest Matters has sailed through the ‘100,000 views’ mark. As is obvious, ‘view’ does not mean ‘read’, and ‘read’ does n... »
Redevelopment in Waltham Forest: the shocking fate of Section 106 ‘planning gain’ UPDATED
In recent years, there has been growing unease in Waltham Forest about the character of redevelopment, particularly in terms of the balance between public and private good. While LBWF in theory is cha... »