BSF Judicial Review update

More from Waltham Forest council leader Chris Robbins: "We are now [Friday] into the fifth day of the case. The first day was referred to as reading day which set out all of the paper work and since Tuesday all of the six boroughs have been presenting evidence to the judge. It is expected that the Government's case will be completed today but it is unlikely that a decision will be made until late next week or the week after. This of course is subject to the usual health warning that the judge could present at any time he wishes. . . . .  we are now in unknown territory where we will just keep our fingers crossed and hope for a fair result. 

Where to find Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow this week

 

• Monday 31 January attending the launch of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Education for Youth, which I am vice-chairing.
• Tuesday 1 February going to the Public Accounts Committee to investigate how the Department for Work and Pensions deals with customer error.
• Wednesday 2 February attending the Public Accounts Committee to look at the Treasury’s asset protection procedures, and participating in a House of Commons debate to try to change the Government’s decision to sell off our national forests.
• Thursday 3 February leading a debate in the House of Commons on capping the amount that legal loan sharks can charge for credit (see below for more details of the loan shark campaign), and also attending a debate on the Government’s policy to cut legal aid.
• Friday 4 February hopefully having the second reading of my Consumer Credit (Regulation and Advice) Bill in the House of Commons, if parliamentary procedure allows it and attending the Walking Proud in East London exhibition at Vestry House Museum (details below).

Coming up this week

Monday 24 January


BSF Judicial Review (- from Leader Chris Robbins' weekly report):

". . . the BSF judicial review . . .is due to take place from Monday 24 January. The key points of this review are:

1/ The government withdrew in excess of £25M
2/ 19 schools have been affected, 17 secondary and 2 primary
3/ The government took no steps to speak to Waltham Forest to find out what the effect of the withdrawal of BSF money would have
4/ No alternative proposals have been put to our borough to replace the BSF programme
5/ Waltham Forest needs to find 500 extra places in secondary places in schools by 2015 and BSF was going to answer that problem
6/ We had already spent £17M on land acquisition, preparing design work and holding public consultation which we can ill afford to spend

We have strong support from the schools community and from our residents to pursue this review as it is the only option open to us. 5 other boroughs are also taking the same action."


Thursday 27th - Walthamstow CLP General Committee meeting - more details on the calendar page

Leafleting to highlight Waltham Forest Credit Union

On Friday 21 January at 12pm we will be leafleting outside our local high cost credit companies to highlight the alternative choice of the Waltham Forest Credit Union. 


All are welcome to join us in the St James Street end of Walthamstow High Street.

Where to find Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow this week

• Monday 24 January dropping into Kelmscott School to see the Central School Sports Partnership Key Steps KS1 Gymnastics Competition and holding an advice surgery by appointment only.
• Tuesday 25 January attending the Public Accounts Committee to examine the future funding of the NHS.
• Wednesday 26 January attending the Public Accounts Committee to look at HMRC’s investigations into tax affairs
• Thursday 27 January attending the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Financial Mutuals to support the mutualisation of nationally owned banks and then attending the Walthamstow Labour Party General Committee Meeting
• Saturday 30 January holding a drop in surgery for local residents at Sainsburys Supermarket in Walthamstow High Street between 12pm and 2pm.

Where to find Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow this week

• Tuesday 18 January attending the Public Accounts Committee to examine productivity in the NHS, and the Backbench Business Committee to urge the government to give time for a vote on capping the cost of unsecured lending.
• Wednesday 19 January attending the Public Accounts Committee to look into government departments’ accountability to parliament, and helping organise a vote in the House of Commons against the Government’s decision to scrap Educational Maintenance Allowances (see below).
•  Friday 21 January leafleting to promote the Waltham Forest Community Credit Union outside Walthamstow’s high street payday lending companies. Please do join us at 11am in St James Street to help.

Where to find Stella Creasy MP for Walthamstow this week

• Saturday 8 January giving a speech at the Netroots conference about a progressive response to public service cuts 
• Tuesday 11 January attending a public rally in parliament in support of the campaign to save Educational Maintenance Allowances. See below for more details. 
•  Wednesday 12 January attending the Public Accounts Committee to consider the delivery of youth justice services and then hoping to speak in the debate on the Postal Services Bill 
•  Thursday 13 January speaking in the report stage debate on the National Insurance Contributions Bill
•  Friday 14 January meeting with representatives of local businesses and holding an advice surgery – to book an appointment please contact my office on 020 8521 1223

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