Haringey Council and property developer Lendlease have reached an agreement to end their legal dispute over the Labour-run authority’s decision to drop plans made under its predecessor Labour administration to form a 50:50 joint venture company to redevelop council-owned land and property in the borough. Lendlease had filed a claim against the council following its […]
Legal action has begun against Labour-run Haringey Council for its decision to scrap the formation of a 50:50 joint venture company with property giant Lendlease proposed by its predecessor Labour administration. Haringey, now dubbed the “Corbyn Council” because of its control by admirers of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn following their successful campaign last autumn […]
Haringey’s Labour cabinet has been advised to go ahead with the demolition of two housing blocks on Tottenham’s Broadwater Farm estate, boosted by the outcomes of consultations with residents which found large majorities in favour of the plan. A report to be considered at a cabinet meeting next Tuesday (13 November), recommends (see page 29) […]
Labour members hoping to contest the West Green ward council by election caused by the resignation of Ishmael Osamor following publicity over his recent drug offence conviction will have to undergo a more rigorous vetting process, the party’s local election campaign organising body has said. An email from Avril Baker, secretary of Haringey’s Labour’s local […]
Ishmael Osamor, the now former Haringey Labour councillor who resigned last night following increasing media coverage of his conviction for possession of Class A drugs, declared “nothing out of the ordinary” during his interview for becoming a potential Labour candidate, according to a fellow Labour member who sat on the interview panel. Sina Lari, who […]
The resignation of Ishmael Osamor as Labour councillor for Haringey’s West Green ward following growing media coverage of his conviction for possessing £2,500-worth of Class A and Class B drugs adds a retrospective twist to the murky saga of last autumn’s Labour candidate selection process. Forget the Guardian’s crowing coverage of the ousting of competent […]
Haringey’s Labour-led “Corbyn Council” is to ask London Mayor Sadiq Khan to be allowed to demolish and rebuild two housing blocks on Tottenham’s Broadwater Farm estate that have been found to be unsafe without first securing the backing of their residents through a ballot. The council’s intentions emerged following a regular meeting between residents’ representatives […]
Labour councillor for West Green ward Ishmael Osamor has been sentenced to a two-year community service order after pleading guilty to three charges of possession of illegal drugs with intent to supply, and a fourth of possession. Osamor, 29, was caught with the drugs by security staff as he attempted to enter last September’s Bestival […]
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