Brent Civic Centre (Photo: Google Maps) Three councillors issued apologies last year after complaints around sharing alleged antisemitic material and breaking Covid-19 restrictions. Brent Council’s latest annual standards report – presented to an audit and standards advisory committee yesterday (Tuesday, May 11) – detailed complaints made against councillors in 2020. It noted 11 complaints had been formally dealt with, one of which resulted in a breach of the councillors’ code of conduct. Officers found Cllr Aslam Choudry (Lab, Dudden Hill) breached several sections of the code after he shared a video in a local support group that suggested the US is controlled by a “Jewish lobby”.
Three Brent Labour councillors issued apologies in 2020 after complaints around sharing alleged antisemitic material and breaking Covid-19 restrictions.
Brent Civic Centre
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A complaint accusing three Brent councillors of breaching the code of conduct by attending a foodbank has been rejected, with a report concluding the visit was to lend support rather than being a political stunt.
GLA election candidate and Dudden Hill representative Cllr Krupesh Hirani, Brent Council leader Cllr Muhammed Butt, Alperton representative Cllr Trupti Sangani and Harrow councillor Ajay Maru attended a surplus food market at Alperton Baptist Church, organised by Sewa Day, on January 9.
It’s tough out there for people and Covid-19 has exposed food poverty but proud to see organisations and people coming forward to help. @KitchenLondons have set up a new surplus food market at Alperton Baptist Church on Ealing Road @MAsgharButt2@AjayHMaru@SanganiTruptipic.twitter.com/pXhfoZ9NSE Cllr Krupesh Hirani for Brent and Harrow (@KrupeshHirani) January 12, 2021