As has been reported elsewhere on this site, Council Leader, Jon Collins, and Berridge Councillor Toby Neale, were both very quick to say that the NCH housing scandal affair is all done and dusted, nothing to see here, etc. at a recent consultation meeting. However, new information obtained by what Neale referred to in disgust as "a certain website" (NCCLOLs) paints a rather different picture.

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THE city council has been criticised for how it managed employment schemes worth £12 million.

Concerns have also been raised over the conduct of former senior Labour councillor Hassan Ahmed.

The district auditor, Sue Sunderland, has completed an investigation into the £10.5 million Future Jobs Fund and £1.5 million Community Programme.

She concluded the council failed to meet the require…

Well, we finally have the Audit Committee meeting agenda up on the Council's website and they are indeed discussing the Annual Audit Letter which gives brief details of the crooked goings on behind the Future Jobs Fund and which I wrote about before when they mistakenly added it to their website a bit early.



They are also discussing the full report on the matter by the District Auditor but what's …

"Police in Germany have once again raided the headquarters of arms company Heckler & Koch, this time amid allegations that the company has been bribing Mexican officials to get lucrative arms deals. Around 300 officers raided company premises on November 10th, as well as the homes of several H&K executives." (Shut Down H&k)

If you've been reading the Post over the last couple of days you'll have noticed that they are going with a 'drip drip' style run of articles about the housing allocations scandal.



Yesterday started with this article claiming that 'sports club members' were among those who benefited from a leg-up the housing queue. Having loftily stated that they weren't going to name the club concerned they …

Lovely quote from Steve Evan's of the Police Federation in the Daily Mail today:

'I know which forces I'd rather be in if I was in trouble. What is gross misconduct, and therefore a sacking offence in Derby might be simple misconduct in Nottingham.'