This is a technical blog "for the record". It is a short post sent to today to the Interim Chief Executive of bent Labour Sandwell Council, Kim Bromley-Derry, copied to the Interim "Leader" Maria Crompton (for what that is worth) and to two of the Conservative opposition Councillors.
"Dear Mr Bromley-Derry,
THIS IS NOT A PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION AND IS BEING RELEASED VIA THE SANDWELL SKIDDER BLOG.
I have noticed that Sandwell Council is breaking the law (yet again) by failing to provide appropriate details on its list of Payments over £500 each month (a statutory requirement).
In particular, there are vast swathes of the recent lists redacted particularly from the "Resources" budget. Anecdotal evidence is that your legal department is attempting to censor the list using spurious data protection arguments but, if that is true, it won't wash as the payments - particularly Covid grants to businesses (even if one wo/man bands) since the payments are for businesses, not individuals.
There are allegations (and I put it no higher than that at present) that these redactions have been made to deliberately conceal payments to Labour members and cronies collecting these funds and/or receiving other SMBC payments out. I repeat that there is a statutory obligation to publish the full details except where the law permits redactions in very specific circumstances e.g in respect of children in care.
To avoid the expense of judicial review proceedings please ensure that the full unredacted details are published forthwith
Perhaps when replying you can kindly confirm whether KBD Solutions Limited or any other company controlled by you has received any payment which should have been listed but where the information has not yet been listed or has been redacted.
Julian Saunders
THE SANDWELL SKIDDER - COMMUNITY NEWS"
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