tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post5721776638866366460..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Kingdom 'litter police' under scrutiny on Panorama tonightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-48869045959810097652017-05-26T23:39:44.133+01:002017-05-26T23:39:44.133+01:00Don't litter and then they wouldn't fine y...Don't litter and then they wouldn't fine you for the offence!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-84030646616995871922017-05-19T11:56:51.638+01:002017-05-19T11:56:51.638+01:00Precisely - that is why there needs to be the inde...Precisely - that is why there needs to be the independent investigation which Cllr. Duffy has asked for. Philip Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216646114377430489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-68989061711701460192017-05-18T17:28:31.327+01:002017-05-18T17:28:31.327+01:00Particularly as it is claimed that there are no wr...Particularly as it is claimed that there are no written records of the awarding process, or so we are led to believe. <br />The whole procedure has been very unsatisfactory and open to fraud or similar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-83545552865731908312017-05-18T10:28:57.347+01:002017-05-18T10:28:57.347+01:00I have now watched the Panorama programme on iPlay...I have now watched the Panorama programme on iPlayer. <br /><br />It seems clear, from the evidence shown, that Kingdom are happy to promote (and reward) unethical, and possibly unlawful, practices by their staff in order to maximise the profits from their contracts with local authorities.<br /><br />This does make you wonder what incentives they would be willing to pay to Council officers and councillors with the power to award those lucrative contracts.<br /><br />Philip.Philip Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216646114377430489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-4490399347124962072017-05-15T21:47:16.482+01:002017-05-15T21:47:16.482+01:00Nice little earner for both the company ('prov...Nice little earner for both the company ('providing a service') and the council; as long as you don't give a shit about civil life in this country. <br />What a fine example of shameless Tory England in action. And how unsurprising to see Butt's porkers with their noses in the trough.<br /><br />Mike Hine Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-49339860983521947492017-05-15T17:40:27.428+01:002017-05-15T17:40:27.428+01:00People are fined for littering, but the Department...People are fined for littering, but the <a href="http://kilburnunemployed.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/nspcc-and-crown-immunity-over-dwp-neglect.html" rel="nofollow">Department for Work & Pensions claims Crown Immunity when it comes to the systematic abuses to vulnerable people committed via Universal Credit claiming procedures</a>.<br /><br />Fines on top of fines where the person is unable to pay have led to suicide. See Camden New Journal entries on the <a href="http://camdennewjournal.com/search/%22jerome%20rogers%22" rel="nofollow">suicide of Jerome Rogers</a>. There is also this from an excellent Big Issue article by barrister Alan Murdie <a href="http://www.bigissue.com/news/great-british-council-tax-scandal-big-issue-investigation/" rel="nofollow">The great British council tax scandal – a Big Issue investigation</a>: The long, drawn-out nature of enforcement means it seldom receives media attention or comment, save where death occurs. One instance that did make the news were observ-ations by a Dunstable coroner in June 2013, at the inquest of Peter Williams, a 63-year-old inventor who killed himself after losing his home following a council tax bankruptcy. Although not blaming the council, the coroner commented that the increase from a disputed sum of £1,350 to £70,000 with costs “may strike the man in the street as remarkable”.Kilburn Unemployed Workers Grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281633520479831796noreply@blogger.com