A tale of two licences




David Lammy went fishing without a licence recently, but confessed afterwards and reported himself to the Environment Agency. This led to an Agency investigation and a warning for Mr Lammy.

Contrast this with the conduct of Jas Athwal who forgot to pay for his landlord licences and let his flats turn into slums.

Mr Athwal did not report himself to Redbridge Landlord licensing and the Council refuse to say whether any investigation took place.

Not only that, later on this year, Redbridge Labour will be spending tax payers money at the Information Commissioner's Office saying they can keep it secret whether an investigation has taken place and whether they knew who Mr Athwal's agent was when the slum flats story broke last year.

It is a nonsense that we cannot be told who Mr Athwal's agent was because Landlord's agents go on the public register.

If it comes out that Jas Athwal did not have an agent, it will mean he will have misled the public and the Labour party leadership.

It took Heather Brooke five years to MP expenses published via freedom of information. However, I hope Redbridge Council and Jas Athwal and publish everything now that happened last year that so we know the truth of what went on.

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