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- BFI identifier439855
- Date1995-03-12 (Television)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisInvestigation into fraud allegations in local government and also the "references for sale" service offered by shady businessmen to people who want a council job. Many council staff are revealed to have obtained jobs by deceit, using false references and non-existent previous employers. Often glaring errors in application forms were ignored because the people dealing with them were involved in the fraud system. A researcher poses as a Nigerian immigrant and buys a reference from the underground trade. There are interviews with Bernard Crofton, former Head of the Housing Dept; Ken Ostler, Tenancy Audit Team 1991-5; Cllr John McCafferty, Leader of Hackney Council; Capt Eze Ezedinome, New Ages Agency; Dennis Bartholomew, Race Unit, Hackney Council 1984-94; Cllr Kevin Daws. (Synopsis)
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Title
Hackney Council Scandal (Archive)
Category
Non Fiction- The London Programme
Series Work - 773278
United Kingdom - TV - Non Fiction
- +Hackney Council Scandal
Work - 439855 - 1995-03-12 (Television)
United Kingdom - TV - Non Fiction
- +Hackney Council Scandal
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