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A previous @mhclg Secretary of State Eric Pickles appointed Commissioners to take over parts of Tower Hamlets Council saying that Mayor Lutfur Rahman used the grants system to direct £ towards organisations that he liked with limited transparency
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 thetimes.co.uk/article/minist…
Reading the @thetimes article & then the NAO report
nao.org.uk/report/review-…
I was immediately reminded of what happened with Lutfur Rahman, it was alleged that he tried to use the grants system for electoral advantage
How ironic another SoS is alleged to be doing the same
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at the national level
This will provide Lutfur Rahman & his supporters with evidence that it was a stitch up, he was only targeted because of his religion/ethnicity
If Ministers can do it why not Mayors?
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Some thoughts about Robert Jenrick responses at HoC Select C'tee today
Long answers from the Minister meant not as much ground covered as you would expect & nearly all his responses repeats of what he had already said
See 1st 49 minutes here
parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/64…
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Jenrick said that only meetings had to be declared in
his decision letter, even if you accept that a dinner sat between Richard Desmond and four of his employees was not a meeting, Annex A to his decision letter shows a list of representations made after the enquiry closed,
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all were in the form of letters
So not clear why a dinner + text message exchanges should not also be disclosed?
This again suggest knowledge of his dinner & text messages in the department was very low & not documented anywhere
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Questions for Robert Jenrick today at the House of Commons about Westferry Printworks, a thread
13th July I sent @CommonsHCLG & Clive Betts MP, 10 pages of suggested questions to ask the Minister, an updated version is attached
I amended Q1.3 and added more background on
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viability issues in s6
The full set of questions can be found here on my website
The questions are in red with backup & sources in black
There is also a link to the PDF file from which you can click on the hyper links
cllrandrewwood.com/news/suggested…
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Hopefully the committee will find these useful as a supplement to the 26 they asked previously
It is of interest that @mhclg have not answered any FOI yet, I suspect like the release of docs on the 24th June that will happen after any Parliamentary appearance to ensure FOI
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Restaurants open for dining
Restaurants have had a hard time recently and some have started re-opening for dining inside/outside not just takeaway (but a number remain closed or takeaway only)
Here is a list of those I think or know are now open for dining
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Capeesh, Italian next to South Quay DLR station, dockside, good pizza, can dine outside

capeesh.co.uk/italian-restau…

Hazev, south quay close to pedestrian bridge towards CW on the Marsh Wall side, next to Hilton hotel, good range of food, lots of space

hazev.com/locations/haze…

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Moira, turkish, corner of Byng and Mastmaker rd, great food
moirarestaurant.com

Breakfast Club, above Crossrail/Elizabeth line station CW
thebreakfastclubcafes.com/locations/cana…

Byblos Harbour, Lebanese dockside of Millharbour road, north of Pepper St bridge
byblos-harbour.com

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