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LBWF dodges the Local Government Association’s acclaimed peer review scheme, and it’s reasonable to ask: why?
Since 2011, the Local Government Association (LGA) has run and financed a scheme called Corporate Peer Challenge (CPC), which it sees as ‘a core element of our sector-led improvement offer to local au... »
LBWF Leader Cllr. Clare Coghill and knife crime: some issues that need to be addressed, and urgently
According to the Waltham Forest Guardian, there were serious stabbings in Walthamstow on the 14, 16, and 19 November just past, leading the police to impose a section 60 order, which allows them augme... »
Fred Wigg and John Walsh Towers update
This blog has previously covered the disgraceful situation that is ongoing regarding the ‘redevelopment John Walsh and Fred Wigg Towers in Cann Hall. Pasted below are two updates prepared by the... »
Cllr. Anna Mbachu’s register of interests form prompts new controversy
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... »
John Cryer MP’s Election Agent, Ian McKenzie, and the local Labour membership: the rift widens
Reports emanating from Labour insiders reveal that John Cryer’s Election Agent, Ian McKenzie, has spectacularly alienated much of the local party membership, to the extent that some now see relations ... »
LBWF Leader Clare Coghill’s MIPIM muddle (2)
After this blog’s previous posts about Council Leader Clare Coghill’s 2016 and 2017 visits to Cannes for ‘real estate’s Glastonbury Festival’, the Marché International des Professionnels d... »
Hather Ali, of ‘bed in a shed’ fame, to stand for Labour in Higham Hill (naturally) UPDATED
News reaches this blog that the Labour Party has chosen Mr. Hather Ali as a candidate for Higham Hill in the forthcoming local elections. This is certainly very surprising, because a couple of years a... »
Cllr. Anna Mbachu, accusations of bullying, and an embarrassing Employment Tribunal verdict
Anna Mbachu is Labour councillor for Grove Green ward, chair of the Health and Housing Scrutiny Committees, and Deputy Group Leader. Her current public profile is low-key. But in the past, she has cer... »
Local Labour heavyweight Richard Price denounces internal party shenanigans
Eagle-eyed politicos have drawn my attention to a speech by local Labour heavyweight, Richard Price, at the party’s recent Brighton conference, which can be viewed here at I hour 51 minutes: htt... »
John Cryer MP speaks out on Labour anti-semitism UPDATED
Currently, the BBC is running a story about John Cryer and Labour’s anti-semitism: ‘A senior Labour MP has said he is shocked at some of the anti-Semitic tweets by party members that come ... »