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Search the Public Notice PortalThe new Reform administration in Havering will face questions on housing, regeneration, and council debt at its first meeting later this month.
A list of 15 councillors’ questions have been published, each addressed to a specific cabinet member in the Reform-led authority.
They will come from Havering Residents Association (HRA) councillors, which previously controlled the town hall; independent groups; and Labour, which was knocked down to two councillors from eight in the May elections.
Majorities of four each are addressed to the new council leader, Councillor Keith Prince, and Councillor Terry Brown, the cabinet member for planning and public protection.
Cllr Prince will be tested on how he plans to “get [Launders Lane] cleared,” after a recent commitment on the perennially burning, toxic former dump in Rainham.
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He will also be asked about the slow progress on Gallows Corner – which has remained closed for months longer than planned thanks to delays from Essex & Suffolk Water – and how his administration will stop other borough councils purchasing homes in Havering to house the homeless.
Though the questions have been published ahead of the meeting, the cabinet members’ responses will be read out in the chamber. Each councillor posing a question will be allowed to ask a relevant follow-up.
Councillor Martin Goode, with the independent East Havering Residents’ Group, will challenge new finance member Sue Benjamins on the measures she will be put in place in order to manage and control the increasing amount of debt and overspend Havering faces.
In February, the council was given its third government in as many years, bringing the total to just shy of £250million.
Cllr Brown can expect questions on parcel thefts in New Green, how the council is tracking and targeting violence against women across Havering, and whether the town hall will be implementing new powers to fine rogue landlords up to £27,000.
During the same meeting, Reform councillors are expected to pass a motion scrapping the former HRA administration’s climate emergency declaration.
It was largely a symbolic commitment that former Labour group leader Keith Darvill said “further emphasised both the urgency and seriousness” of the council’s climate policies.
However, Reform plans to scrap it and prioritise what it calls “proportionate, evidence-based, financially responsible” policies that align with residents’ needs – ultimately saving money for the cash-strapped authority, it says.
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