The email of 21st February below shows an email from a Council Officer saying our deputation against the cuts is in order and asks us for details. On Monday 24th February at 20:02pm I wrote to the Town Hall to seek permission for Syed to join us. Then on Tuesday 25th February at 10;29am the deputation was banned on spurious grounds per the email below. No mention is made of the deputation being agreed on the 21st February I have appealed to Cllr Rai to let the deputation stand with no reply as yet. If the ban stands then I and others will speculate to as why. My view if that Syed had been in the chamber he may have repeated various allegations he has made about Jas Athwal. Jas has never denied these allegations, but if Syed were to say them on the public record in a recorded council meeting just before a by-election due to Jas standing down in Mayfield ward it would be embarrassing. This is example of some of the allegations below. Of course, Kam Rai could end th...
Y ears of benefit cuts have led to the poorest 8 year olds dying at 10 times the rate of the most wealthy children ("Is a healthy retirement only for the rich?" 23.6.23 by Eade Hemingway ) The Guardian reported in December 2023 that m alnutrition and rickets admissions to hospital have tripled in the last 10 years. The benefit cuts being considered now by Redbridge Council will make the poor suffer more. The Guardian ran a story on 7th February saying: "The thinktank said living standards for the poorest tenth of families, after adjusting for inflation, remained 18% below 2019-20 levels even after accounting for government support – delivering a financial blow worth £4,500 in today’s prices." The full article is at UK’s poorest have borne brunt of cost of living crisis, says thinktank | UK cost of living crisis | The Guardian Come to the meeting on the 13th February at 7pm at Studio 1 at Ilford Central Library to make your contribution to the campaign to these...
Last night, residents were blocked from speaking out against Labour cuts which will make the poor even poorer. Cllrs Canal & Johnson tried to let us speak but Labour stopped them. We had a brief chant of "shame on you" and then left the public gallery. The video below shows what happened. An earlier blog showed our deputation was passed, but then blocked when Syed Siddiqi of the Greens. Our campaign needs to be better organised next year when more cuts are planned. Outside the Town Hall
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