Below is a copy of a letter from Mawneys Team Member, Graham Price to the Romford Recorder, concerning the on going problems at Homes in Havering. Dear Sir,
This has not been a good year for Homes in Havering and, as your article"Where's the cash gone", (Recorder, 31st October), graphically illustrates, it's going from bad to disastrously worse.
This is Havering Council's 'arms-length management organisation' which has come in for repeated criticism in the local press, and at three consecutive meetings of the North Romford Area Committee. At the April meeting I described the then Chief Executive, Stephanie Miller, as being "not fit for purpose". Within weeks she had resigned and, courtesy of Cllr. Curtin, she walked away with a pay-off of some £87.000.
Such was the furore arising from this, that Cllr. Curtin then resigned as Chairman of The Board of HiH. It is interesting to note the quoted comment of the Cabinet Member for Housing, Cllr. Armstrong, that "We will obviously be there to ensure that we hold HiH to account". Brave words, but I have grave doubts that they will be sufficiently effective.
Yours sincerely,
GRAHAM PRICE
Collier Row and Mawneys Residents Association
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Cash prizes for failure in public services are a disgrace. I note that the Labour government makes loud noises about city bonuses, but does precious little to stop shelling out in circumstances like this. The same thing happens in the NHS too.
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