Labour Cllrs, Charities and your money stage 2

Some of you may remember the stage one complaint that i put into thew Council on how they are give funding to Charities and groups that are run and controlled by Labour. My biggest issue was that the Council give due process to due diligence with regards this matter. Here is that story.

So the Council said they would launch an investigation. So after weeks of waiting this so called investigation has simply brought more questions than answers. Also the Council - I believe - have waited deliberately for the run up to Christmas to send their response thinking this is a good time when people will not be interested on the matter and with the run up to Christmas they would be right but for me this is some quick cheap publicity issue but a serious one that involves your money.

Back to the response and the Council they have sent a couple of nicely drawn process charts, standard stuff but nothing that would come out of an investigation. Then they add that anything over £10,000 is approved by a small committee headed by 2 Labour Cllrs. So now we have evidence from the Council that Labour Cllrs are approving their colleagues funds request of £250,000, £400,000 or other large amounts.

On the matter of the Council giving Sunshine House getting tens of thousands that is then channelled through a layering process into the Council's Chief Executive boyfriends pocket. On this matter the council have said that they I will get a response from the group that go it the money. I don't want their response I want the council who we pay our taxes too to answer it as it is their responsibility to address the issue. This demonstrates the Council's inept at being able to and be trusted with our taxpayers money if they use it in this way and then try and hide it.

So what happen now? I have sent my response back to the Council and said that I am not satisfied and put in a stage 2 complaint. The Council therefore has one more chance to investigate and answer the matter that i raise otherwise I will then take the matter to the Ombudsman and external auditors of the Council. Whether the Council like it or not they have serious questions to answer whether it is to me or the Ombudsman they will answer them!