As I exclusively disclosed in this blog, bent Labour Sandwell Council has given a highly-paid job - with payments off the PAYE system via IR35 - to a crony of Keir "Sir Woodenarse" Starmer, Ms Imogen Walker. Presumably when Starmer promised to sort bent Sandwell out he actually meant he wanted to ensure jobs for the boys or, in this case, girl. But the Bouffant Braggart singularly failed to clean out his Party's sh*t, with the corrupt Labour Borough being put in Government "special measures" lol!
Not only was the Imogen Walker appointment process rigged, but NOW the corrupt Council is fighting to keep the amount of the payments to her secret. Of course, if Starmer has an ounce of decency in him (which seems unlikely given his conduct relating to the alleged rape of one of his MP's by a GMB Union official*) he would ask Walker to supply the information voluntarily and save us taxpayers a lot of money. Don't hold your breath ...
Incidentally, when the Tories were recently looking to reform the IR35 payment system Sir Woodenarse said nothing about this in his Labour Conference speech. Perhaps because so many of his rich pals benefit from it?
HELP PLEASE!
Kim Bromley Derry was at Newham Council in London from 2007 until 2018. From 2010 to 2018 he was Chief Executive. Meanwhile, Walker was a Councillor in the London Borough of Lambeth from 2009 until May, 2018 rising to Deputy Leader of the Council. KBD says he never met Walker prior to his rigged appointment of her (see below). Anyone in London know differently?
How would a straight Council (as opposed to a bent one like Labour Sandwell) create a senior post from nothing and then fill it? It would formally approve the creation of the post and the ancillary costs in accordance with its constitution and then advertise the post. It would shortlist candidates for interview and convene an unbiased panel to select the best candidate. But that's not the bent Labour Sandwell way.
Here is the shocking timetable of events - where the conduct of Government Commissioner and Director of McLaren Construction Group (a property developer) Kim Bromley Derry is truly appalling.
KIM BROMLEY DERRY AND IMOGEN WALKER APPOINTMENTS
Pre: July 2021
Bent Labour Sandwell Council becomes synonymous with corruption, cronyism and incompetence. Council officers communicate with councillors and inter se by WhatsApp, private emails and encrypted phones to avoid leaving an incriminating paper trail revealing their unlawful and wrongful activity. Meetings and telephone calls are un-minuted or made without attendance notes. One would have thought an experienced local government operator like Kim Bromley Derry (KBD) would follow proper procedures, but not a bit of it.
19th May, 2021
The highly inexperienced, but supremely arrogant, Labour Cllr Rajbir Singh (aka “The Boy Blunder'' - pictured below) is mysteriously elected as Leader of the bent Council.
On or around 5th July, 2021
Singh attempts to sack the appalling Chief Executive, David Stevens (he botches the job and the departing Stevens receives a still undisclosed, but allegedly very substantial, pay-off from the taxpayer).
26th July, 2021
The corrupt Labour Council agrees in an Extraordinary (non-public) Meeting to ignore all normal recruitment rules to appoint a new “Interim Chief Executive”. A whistleblower claims that Singh has lined up Kim Bromley Derry for the job already (which sleazy Labour deny). Bent Sandwell say they consulted with two recruitment agencies but KBD was, in fact, a “referral” from the Local Government Association (LGA - an establishment mafia protecting the interests of their own) instead. KBD has a meeting with Singh but the latter’s diary has allegedly now been “destroyed” by the Council and KBD “can’t remember” the date! KBD has a face to face meeting whilst another candidate (said by the whistleblower to be a makeweight to try to give legitimacy to the rigged process) is only seen online via Teams.
August, 2021
Singh appoints KBD at £1,300 a day plus expenses as Interim Chief Executive.
KBD as Managing Director Commissioner is now blocking SMBC from saying via a FOIA request how he was paid (IR35/PAYE), and how much he has been paid (including expenses).
It is recognised that Singh is out of his depth and so KBD decides to create a brand new post in the cash-strapped Council, “Head of Leader’s Office”. On or around 1st September, 2021 Imogen Walker, the partner (or recently the partner) of Keir Starmer’s actress-loving Campaign Director (and former Chief of Staff) Morgan McSweeney, is given the job without any competition whatsoever.
The details of this appointment are truly amazing. Walker has used London addresses but claims on social media that her address is in Lanarkshire (Scotland) - very handy to run an office in Oldbury, West Midlands (i.e. the English Midlands lol!)
This is the (undated) "job description" which bent Labour claim was prepared BEFORE Walker was given the job. I've seen longer ones for bog-cleaners!
KBD claims the post was created following un-minuted discussions with Singh. Why on earth were no records kept? KBD also ensured that SMBC kept no records whatsoever relating to the creation of the post including discussions with elected members and Sue Stanhope/HR department. And yet a “job description” (above) was produced so that discussions clearly did take place.
Because Imogen Walker was pre-selected no other candidate was considered, including no male candidate which appears to be a clear breach of the Equality Act.
Even more astonishingly KBD purported to use his “delegated authority” to appoint Walker. Such decisions are meant to be recorded but £1,300-a-day plus expenses KBD couldn’t be f***ing arsed. This alone requires immediate disciplinary action (but see below!)
Walker was to be paid via the IR35 tax system but KBD claims, yet again, there are no records of this being set up which begs the question how much she is being paid and how?
The Council claims it consulted with West Midlands Employers and our old friends the LGA again but is “unable” to produce any documentation that this is true. They refuse to name the person or persons at the LGA who “recommended” Walker, as does the LGA itself.
Fact One - West Midlands Employers are directly associated with the LGA;
Fact Two - Imogen Walker is an LGA greaser claiming to me a "Member Peer of the LGA" and she also claims to have been an LGA adviser to another Labour basket case Council in 2018;
As Walker is a contractor there should have been a procurement process. There wasn’t.
All payments over £500 to third party suppliers - like Walker -- have to be listed in a publicly-available list but KBD is refusing to do this. I say that this is unlawful and am getting solicitors on the job. KBD also refuses to disclose how much Walker’s daily rate is and her expenses, noting she publicly claims to live in Lanarkshire, Scotland!
KGD’s defence is that he could totally ignore all proper procedures since, as with his own appointment, this was an “Interim Appointment”, but Walker has been in post for over one year already. He still had a duty to keep proper records which he has deliberately chosen not to do (surely in breach of contract?)
Sue Stanhope, at HR, supposedly interviewed Walker but, guess what, there is no record of this.
This matter is being referred to the Information Commissioner at further expense to the public purse. As above, I am also looking at the possibility of a Judicial Review.
16th November, 2016
Rajbir Singh not only resigns the Leadership of bent Sandwell but also his ward seat amid lurid allegations of wrongdoing (which he refuses to discuss). KBD then caused and/or permitted the destruction of some or all or Rajbir Singh’s records at the Council.
May 2021 - March, 2022
KBD’s administration is mired in controversy e.g. threats to evict tenants who criticise councillors on social media, the SEND fraud/fiasco etc. He stays silent when the new Leader openly lies (twice) in a full Council meeting within minutes of her appointment, and supports the cover-up of the Cox Review etc.
March 2022
Notwithstanding the above, the (then) Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Michael Gove, appoints KBD as the "Managing Director Commissioner" when he ordered a belated Government Intervention into the failing Labour Council - with a small pay cut to £1,200 a day plus expenses. But KBD is also allowed to continue his directorship with property developers, McLaren Construction Group.
The Secretary of State admits that KBD’s appointment followed a ministerial meeting with representatives of - guess who - the LGA! What the f**k is going on here?
Ultra Vires?
Bearing in mind that KBD kept no records of the bent Walker appointment and, more particularly, KBD did not record a supposed exercise of his delegated authority there is now a question of whether the payments to Walker are actually lawful. I duly wrote on 3rd October, 2022 to the Labour Leader [sic] of the Council, Kerrie "Dim Kez" Carmichael, with a copy to Cllr Fisher, the Conservative Opposition Leader (although neither have bothered to reply):
"To Cllr Carmichael Cc: Cllr Fisher.
THIS IS NOT A PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION
I am sure you knew all along about the murky appointment of Imogen Walker but YOU are now fixed with notice - thanks to SMBC FOIA responses that Kim Bromley Derry maintained no records whatsoever in respect of the appointment of Walker; failed to record the purported exercise of his delegated authority, and caused and/or permitted Rajbir Singh's records to be destroyed.
All these matters are serious derelictions of duty and breaches of his employment terms. I am writing to ask what action YOU will now be taking in respect of these issues?
Further, the failure to record the alleged exercise of KBD's delegated authority - which Sandwell admits - makes the appointment, and more particularly payment, of Walker ultra vires the Council's powers and so unlawful. What steps are YOU going to take to recover the monies paid to her to date for the taxpayer?"
I also wrote to Mark Lloyd, the Chief Executive of the LGA asking who at the LGA actually "recommended" Bromley Derry and Walker to the bent Labour Council/Department of Levelling Up. He was too grand to deal with this serious matter but an underling replied with some meaningless waffle. Suffice to say Lloyd would not identify who was actually involved.
I have reported all this to the Department of Levelling-Up (also asking which of the LGA mafia family helped KBD get the Commissioners job) and await a reply. I am sending them a copy of this post and will keep you posted on their reply.
* https://crowmultimedia.blogspot.com/2022/06/starmer-mumsnet-rape-misgogyny.html
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