Jas Athwal must be investigated

The campaign team wrote to Cllr Kam Rai, his monitoring officer and chief executive to about our concerns over misconduct in public office. The officer wrote back per the below and would not say if an investigation has taken place. I say why unacceptable per the below.   Dear Mr Walker   Thank you for your e-mail.   The Council applies its policies and procedures appropriately and consistently, this includes the consistent application of residents’ general right to confidentiality.   Your reference to an apparent offence of misconduct in public office is baseless and without merit and will not be commented on further.   Yours sincerely   Pervinder Sandhu (pronouns she/her)

I sent this email to Cllrs earlier today Dear Councillors Concerns over a potential misconduct in public office charge re no investigation of Cllr Jas Athwal MP and his rental properties re Awaab's Law.   Recently, a cross party group visited 10 Downing Street to urge Sir Keir Starmer to order an independent investigation into the conduct of Jas Athwal MP regarding his rental properties and that of his managing agent at the time.   Yesterday, I personally delivered another cross party letter to the Chief Executive, the monitoring officer, and the Leader of the Council, outlining concerns regarding a potential offence of misconduct in public office which listed three court cases as for why an investigation into Jas Athwal should have taken place The letter to the Prime Minister and the letter to senior Redbridge staff can be found on my Twitter. Today, I am reaching out to inquire if any Councillor is interested in supporting the campaign to investigate Jas Athwal.   Parti...

The campaign team will be delivering a letter to the Town Hall on Tuesday 22nd October at 7pm asking why Cllr Jas Athwal and/or his managing agent has not been investigated for not holding a landlord licence. Consequently, it appears that the offence of misconduct in public office  may have been committed by senior Redbridge staff. The letter is below which requests a reply by the 25th October.   Join us for the photo shoot at 7pm on 22nd October outside the Town Hall   Investigate Jas Athwal Community Group C/O 120 Blythswood Road 22/10/24 Ilford IG3 8SG Adrian Loades - Interim Chief Executive Redbridge Council by hand and email Pervinder Sandhu - Monitoring Officer Councillor Kam Rai - Leader of Redbridge Council Dear Adrian Loades, Pervinder Sandhu & Councillor Kam Rai Why no investigation into Jas Athwal We are concerned that you may have committed the offence of misconduct in public office. ...

 Thank you to everyone attending yesterday. Text of letter is below Investigate Jas Athwal C/O 120 Blythswood Road Ilford IG3 8SG Sir Keir Starmer The Prime Minster 10 Downing Street 10 th October 2024 SW1A 2AB Dear Sir Keir Starmer Investigate Jas Athwal We are concerned by reports that Cllr Jas Athwal MP has not renewed his landlord licences. Should this be correct his tenants may have suffered harm. This is because if he had renewed his licences an inspection may be been triggered which would have led to the reported defects being remedied.   Redbridge Council is refusing to commission a transparent investigation into whether Cllr Athwal or his managing agent should be questioned. We say this is unacceptable, we say we must be equal before the law, anything else undermines faith in our democracy. We ask you you to commission an independent investigation in Cllr Atwal and his managing agent...

  Dear Sir Keir Starmer We are concerned by reports that Cllr Jas Athwal MP has not renewed his landlord licences. Should this be correct his tenants may have suffered harm. This is because if he had renewed his licences an inspection may be been triggered which would have led to the reported defects being remedied.   Redbridge Council is refusing to commission a transparent investigation into whether Cllr Athwal or his managing agent should be questioned. We say this is unacceptable, we say we must be equal before the law, anything else undermines faith in our democracy. We ask you you to commission an independent investigation in Cllr Atwal and his managing agent to include:   An immediate Council inspection of all 15 properties owned by Cllr Athwal An immediate Council inspection of a selection of similar properties managed by Cllr Athwal 's managing agent to discover if the faults found at Cllr Athwal's properties were a one off or typical of th...