Letter for Ilford Recorder
Dear Sir or Madam The community group “Investigate Jas Athwal” went to 10 Downing Street last year to deliver a letter to the Prime Minister requesting he order an investigation into Jas Athwal and his rental properties. The Prime Minister did not write back. Since then Andy Walker and Andrew Boff AM (who is not part of the community group) have put in freedom of information requests to Redbridge Council which have been ignored or refused. Andy sought information about correspondence between “Cllr Athwal's managing agents and Redbridge Council from the 1st January 2024 to the 10th October 2024” Redbridge Council are refusing to supply any information about Jas Athwal's agent, not even the name of the agent, despite the Council publishing landlords' agents' names on the public website on the internet. Jas Athwal relied on having an agent to shield him from from criticism when news of his substandard flats broke. His refusal to name an agent suggests he did not have h...