Reclaim the City

Reclaim the City

Fr. William Taylor was a Common Councillor in the City of London Corporation from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2005 to 2008. As such he had access to the City's private 'City's Cash' accounts. He has this morning published the accounts from 2007 on his blog 'Hackney preacher'. This action is the result of Taylor's concern that a public body is spending millions of its 'private money' lobbying for the interests of finance.  


The City Cash

 Attached at the end of this blog entry are excerpts from the minutes of the City Corporation full council meeting from Nov 08, Dec 08, Jan 09. The excerpts relate to the matter of the City’s Cash. As a councillor, I had been asking questions in Common Council that relate to its ownership and the City’s accountability.

What is the City’s Cash used for?   ...