Centrist MP Virendra Sharma and Ealing Council leader Julian Bell have been named as co-defendants in a court claim by a local restaurant. The court papers say that Sharma and Bell […]
Tonia Ashikodi convicted on two counts of failing to declare homes owned when applying for council housing As the SKWAWKBOX reported a week ago, a London court heard testimony from […]
Evidence given by senior council officers in trial of councillor charged with housing fraud Senior council officers in Greenwich have told the Inner London Crown Court that their primary concern […]
Deputy council leader canvassing by text – and emailing support for suspended boss As the SKWAWKBOX reported last week, Redbridge Council leader and would-be Ilford South parliamentary candidate Jas Athwal […]
Local MP Streeting also continues support A group of Labour councillors in Redbridge have announced that councillor and would-be parliamentary candidate Jas Athwal will remain as council leader in spite […]
Cllr Jas Athwal suspended after review of anonymised investigation by independent body Jas Athwal, Redbridge council leader and hopeful in the contest to replace quitter MP Mike Gapes as Labour’s […]
Series of SKWAWKBOX revelations has culminated in condemnation by independent solicitor brought in by council’s monitoring officer Enfield’s right-wing Labour council leader, Nesil Caliskan, has been the subject of a […]
Email to Labour councillors confirms measures already revealed by SKWAWKBOX and that multiple allegations serious enough to be sent up to next stages of party’s disciplinary process – and potentially […]
As the SKWAWKBOX broke exclusively last month, the leader of Sandwell council in the West Midlands – an ally of Tom Watson and John Spellar in the heartland of the […]
Birmingham City Council (BCC) triggered a lengthy dispute with Unite and Unison members of its refuse collection force by making an extra payment to GMB members who did not participate […]