Friday 25 September 2015

'Independent person' to review alleged breaches of standards by Brent councillor

Philip Grant has sent the following update regarding his referral of a Brent councillor to the Standards Committee LINK:
UPDATE: Following correspondence between myself and the Monitoring Officer, copied to Brent's new Chief Executive, a way forward for dealing with this matter has been agreed. Although my allegations of breaches of the Members' Code of Conduct, by one of Brent's elected councillors, will not be referred to Standards Committee at their meeting on 1 October 2015, the matter will be reviewed by an independent person in early October. If that person advises that the actions by that councillor, which I have complained of, do represent potential breaches of Brent's Members' Code of Conduct, then my allegations will be referred to Standards Committee, probably at a specially arranged meeting.
There was an earlier case involving the then council leader Ann John in which she was exonerated which may be of interest in terms of procedures LINK

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's good to hear - but please make sure the independent person is truly independent and not a Cronie of Brents ruling clique, such as Shahidul Miah or a retired officer.

Anonymous said...

Power concedes nothing without demand.

Anonymous said...

On the subject of 'Standards', there is a rumour circulating that Cllr Butt is to be investigated by London Region.

I can't imagine why...

Anonymous said...

About time

Ex Staff said...

Yippee

Anonymous said...

Ratepayers demand ..

Philip Grant said...

I don't know who the independent person will be, except that she (?) is a "Designated Independent Person" under the Localism Act, 2011.

Philip Grant.

Anonymous said...

London region of what? And what's the charge? It could be one of so many things!

Anonymous said...

Yes, so many things...

Anonymous said...

I think a few questions should be asked about their association with certain people and organisations before agreeing to this 'independent' person

Anonymous said...

Labour First?

Anonymous said...

Shahidul Miah Director of Bloomsbury Resourcing that had a large contract with Brent Council? Cllr Bernard Collier was also director of Bloomsbury Resourcing wasn't he?

Anonymous said...

'designated independent person'? Independent of what? Designated by whom?

Mike Hine

Anonymous said...

Words: elite, scam, sham and shame come to mind..

Anonymous said...

Words:- Corporate, elite, scam, sham & shame come to mind..

Anonymous said...

Labour first - only if it's saved by honest individuals like JC who may save us from the corrupt minority of racketeers who have brainwashed the public into thinking austerity is the answer.

Anonymous said...

FURTHER UPDATE - FOR INFORMATION:

Readers can find the outcome of this "review", and my response to it, in a blog of 27 November at:
http://wembleymatters.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/standards-at-brent-council-open-letter.html .

To those who queried the identity and independence of the 'Independent Person', I still don't know who it was, by it does not appear to have been a properly appointed 'Independent Person' under the Localism Act 2011, as it appears that Brent has not had any of these since May 2014, despite what the Standards Committee page on Brent Council's website claims!

Philip Grant.