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Woolas trial: court delays verdict

Lib Dem Voice can reveal that the rare Election Petition Court which was held in Uppermill for the constituency of Oldham East and Saddleworth earlier in September will be delayed in giving its verdict.

Mr Justice Nigel Teale, one of the two High Court judges hearing the case, originally indicated that they would give their verdict sometime in mid-October.

Helen Mountfield QC asked whether there was a likelihood of a verdict at the end of the week of giving evidence, but Mr Justice Teale made plain in the politest and firmest way that neither he nor Mr Justice Griffith Williams, the other …

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  • Iain Donaldson
    Alex, wasn’t that how the conversion of council estates into housing companies started, with the mistaken idea that debt could be assigned outwith government ...
  • Alex B
    Not tax raising but debt raising capability. Anyway my experience is that local councils have no experience of large scale building projects. So whichever way y...
  • Iain Donaldson
    Jana, if Burnham's speech marks the beginning of a wider national debate, that can only be a good thing. England's over-centralisation is a genuine problem. How...
  • Paul Holmes
    Alex, you are not seriously suggesting that unelected and entirely unaccountable Housing Associations should be given tax raising powers? Also, can you point...
  • Paul Holmes
    Excellent points Ian. Local Government has been eroded for a long time but is now being replaced by local administration of Government policy at break neck spee...