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Tonight’s Newham Full Council meeting was dominated by two key announcements by Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz in her report to Council.
Firsty, she announced the result of a QC investigation on the London Olympic Stadium debacle where Newham Council lost at lea…Read more…
Since on Saturday I was affirmed by West Ham ward members as a Councillor candidate for May, I was not able to give my speech – so will blog it here instead 🙂
“My name is John Gray and I have lived in Newham for the last 30 years and have been honour…Read more…
This is really disappointing news. We are being ripped off by the Banks over our LOBO loans left, right and centre. This is a national issue not only a Newham issue.
Last night the BBC televised allegations that the Bank of England had been invo…Read more…
Well I never. Hot off the press. I will ask for further details (it is inaccurate in some respects) but I am really happy that it appears that some of the problems with LOBOs can be sorted.
“Newham Council could save up to £94 million in future after the council’s Cabinet today (Thursday 16…Read more…
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Through hundreds of Freedom of Information requests, Debt Resistance UK have obtained a dataset of LOBO loan contracts. These are risky and expensive loans miss-sold to local authority by financi…Read more…