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23 Feb, 3 tweets, 1 min read
TH Council has more money from the government than it expected, see financial analysis sent to O&S C'tee
Has made a financial surplus on COVID of £7.5 million this financial yr + extra grants next year = £19.7 million
Has some additional costs as well but I think £20.8m extra
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Calculation of £20.8 million = £7.5 million surplus 2020/21 + £19.7 million 2021/2 less £3.9 million collection fund deficit less £2.5 million Next Steps Accommodation as brings costs
What to spend this money on?
Can delay some of the savings programmes for this year until
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financial future clearer e.g.
Lockdown easing announced yesterday
Vaccine success?
Government budget next Wednesday
Future of New Homes Bonus
Business rates changes
But to do so Council will need to confirm that government did after all meet the costs of COVID in 2020/21!
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10 Feb
Yesterday was 25th anniversary of the IRA bomb on South Quay, which killed & injured many people
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cover a wide range of causes, movements & motivations, even if many were linked to Irish causes in some way
It is great to live in a free society but there will always be people wishing to harm us
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of attacks in the future
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8 Feb
How many residents died in Tower Hamlets care homes last year & why?
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democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/s180…
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But as you can see from the graph non-COVID deaths also peaked April
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7 Feb
Last year 16 Tower Hamlets elected politicians broke lockdown restrictions together, a day after their Council reminded them of the rules
4 at least wore masks, 1 later apologised & some had a work related argument to attend event
But what happened?
democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ieListDocument…
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In the two Standards Advisory Committees (last July & last Thursday) that the Mayor, Deputy Mayor & 14 Cllrs broke the rules to attend a party to celebrate the Milligan statue removal, crowding together, most not wearing masks on the evening that Health & Wellbeing Board was
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5 Ballot papers on the 6th May 2021 elections & referendums
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Last week at the Audit C’tee the Head of Internal Audit at TH Council said “it is my opinion that I can provide Limited
assurance that the authority has adequate systems of governance, risk management and internal control”
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“as well as the breaches of law in relation to Pensions Administration”
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I had 2 different COVID tests today both negative although both results not conclusive:
- a walk in lateral flow test at Canary Wharf that was v quick & easy except for putting the swab up my noise 😝
- an anti-bodies test (via a pinprick of blood) that I paid for at @BupaUK
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