Further Westminster Council corruption on Panorama

Title

Further Westminster Council corruption on Panorama

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

17 May 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:03:38

Description

Max Cotton reports on last night’s BBC Panorama programme, which exposed allegations of corruption and gerrymandering against Westminster City Council for executing vote rigging policies on housing and other services in key marginal wards. Includes programme extract, with former councillor Patricia Kirwan implicating colleague and now Conservative MP Barry Legg; Andrew Arden QC, who represents a ratepayers group, condemning the council; BBC reporter John Ware alleging officers under former council leader Dame Shirley Porter were forced to execute the illegal policies or lose their jobs. Clips are BBC copyright.

Contributors

BBC; Max Cotton; John Ware; Andrew Arden; Patricia Kirwan

Keywords

BBC; Political corruption; Westminster City Council; Television documentaries; Panorama; City councils; Shirley Porter; Barry Legg

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