Here are the list of questions the Labour group will pose to Mayor Lutfur Rahman at next Wednesday’s full meeting of Tower Hamlets council.
None of them will be answered by him of course.
Denise Jones has an intriguing angle.
| Councillor | Question |
|
Cllr Rachael Saunders |
Is the Mayor prepared to be honest about how his re-election campaign is being funded? |
| Cllr Carlo Gibbs | Why has the Mayor suspended the community chest and transferred the funds to the community events fund? |
| Cllr Shiria Khatun | Why has enough not been done to reduce ASB on the brownfield estate in my ward? |
| Cllr Abdal Ullah | What has the Mayor done about the decimation of Safer Neighbourhood police teams? |
| Cllr John Pierce | What has the Mayor of Tower Hamlets done to improve cycle safety in the borough? |
| Cllr Denise Jones | Does the mayor agree that fraud has no place in our politics? |
| Cllr Ann Jackson | Can the Mayor enlighten us on the allocation of social housing in the Olympic park on a per borough basis and the rationale used for allocation? |
| Cllr Joshua Peck | What assessment has the Mayor made of the supply of large family homes (over three bed) in the open market in the borough and what does he plan to do to ease the shortage to allow growing families to stay in the borough? |
| Cllr Anwar Khan | What is the current vacancy rate in each of the borough’s town centres? |
| Cllr MA Mukit | How many incidents of anti-social behaviour in Weavers over last year? |
| Cllr Marc Francis | Can the Deputy Mayor and Lead Member for Community Safety services tell us what action is being taken to improve the safety of residents in Fish Island using the Hackney Cut and Hertford Union canal towpath? |
| Cllr Zenith Rahman | Why does the Mayor think almost 20,000 incidences of anti-social behaviour in one year is acceptable? If he doesn’t, why hasn’t he acted? |
Trial by Jeory 