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James King
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Your Full Name and age?
James Robert Venables King, 27
Educational Background?
Queen Mary, University of London. English & History
What personal achievement are you most proud of?
Leading a campaign to save Tower Hamlets Homes’ Rushmead One Stop Shop in 2012 is a highlight of the community work I’ve undertaken in my professional life.
What is your connection to Limehouse?
I’ve lived off Salmon Lane for 5 and a half years. My grandmother’s family were dockers from Limehouse, going back to early of Victorian times
What single personal skill will you bring to the job of representing the people of Limehouse?
Tenacity.
Here's a list of some of the Local Authority committees, which ones would you look to join?
Grants Scrutiny, Health Scrutiny, Housing Scrutiny, Overview & Scrutiny, Appointments, Audit, Development, Freedom of the Borough Ad Hoc Panel, General Purposes, Investigation and Disciplinary, Joint Committee of the Six Growth Boroughs, Licensing, Pensions, Standards (Advisory), Strategic Development
I would join Grants Scrutiny, Housing Scrutiny, Overview & Scrutiny, Appointments, Development, Licensing, Standards (Advisory), Strategic Development
If you could only take an active roll in only one committee, which one would it be?
Grants scrutiny
Is it more important to discover problems or find solutions?
Find solutions.
Currently the administration has these deputy mayor positions, if given the choice, which post would you want to be appointed to?
Cabinet Member for Culture and Youth
Cabinet Member for Environment
Cabinet Member for Education and Children’s Services
Cabinet Member for Community Safety
Cabinet Member for Resources
Cabinet Member for Health & Adult Services
Cabinet Member for Work and Economic Growth
Cabinet Member for Strategic Development and Waste
Which deputy position would you not prefer to take up?
Health & Adult Services
What do you feel is the most important issue in Limehouse today?
Tackling crime and antisocial behaviour.
What do you feel is the most important issue in Tower Hamlets today? Overdevelopment
If LBTH gave you £40k to invest in Limehouse today, what would you spend it on?
I’d use it as seed funding for a social enterprise to employ local young people. All done with a fair and transparent grants application process.
Is it better to be perfect and late or good and on time?
Good and on time.
If we needed to cut our public services budget by 10% what single service in Limehouse would you reduce?
The current councillor’s allowance.
Is it more important to consolidate opinion or explain a circumstance?
Consolidate opinion.
What is the biggest misconception about you?
I don’t think there are many misconceptions about me. I like to be direct and forthright in what I say and do.
If there are only two types of people in the world, what are they are which one are you?
Those who accept circumstances and those who seek to change them.
James Robert Venables King, 27
Educational Background?
Queen Mary, University of London. English & History
What personal achievement are you most proud of?
Leading a campaign to save Tower Hamlets Homes’ Rushmead One Stop Shop in 2012 is a highlight of the community work I’ve undertaken in my professional life.
What is your connection to Limehouse?
I’ve lived off Salmon Lane for 5 and a half years. My grandmother’s family were dockers from Limehouse, going back to early of Victorian times
What single personal skill will you bring to the job of representing the people of Limehouse?
Tenacity.
Here's a list of some of the Local Authority committees, which ones would you look to join?
Grants Scrutiny, Health Scrutiny, Housing Scrutiny, Overview & Scrutiny, Appointments, Audit, Development, Freedom of the Borough Ad Hoc Panel, General Purposes, Investigation and Disciplinary, Joint Committee of the Six Growth Boroughs, Licensing, Pensions, Standards (Advisory), Strategic Development
I would join Grants Scrutiny, Housing Scrutiny, Overview & Scrutiny, Appointments, Development, Licensing, Standards (Advisory), Strategic Development
If you could only take an active roll in only one committee, which one would it be?
Grants scrutiny
Is it more important to discover problems or find solutions?
Find solutions.
Currently the administration has these deputy mayor positions, if given the choice, which post would you want to be appointed to?
Cabinet Member for Culture and Youth
Cabinet Member for Environment
Cabinet Member for Education and Children’s Services
Cabinet Member for Community Safety
Cabinet Member for Resources
Cabinet Member for Health & Adult Services
Cabinet Member for Work and Economic Growth
Cabinet Member for Strategic Development and Waste
Which deputy position would you not prefer to take up?
Health & Adult Services
What do you feel is the most important issue in Limehouse today?
Tackling crime and antisocial behaviour.
What do you feel is the most important issue in Tower Hamlets today? Overdevelopment
If LBTH gave you £40k to invest in Limehouse today, what would you spend it on?
I’d use it as seed funding for a social enterprise to employ local young people. All done with a fair and transparent grants application process.
Is it better to be perfect and late or good and on time?
Good and on time.
If we needed to cut our public services budget by 10% what single service in Limehouse would you reduce?
The current councillor’s allowance.
Is it more important to consolidate opinion or explain a circumstance?
Consolidate opinion.
What is the biggest misconception about you?
I don’t think there are many misconceptions about me. I like to be direct and forthright in what I say and do.
If there are only two types of people in the world, what are they are which one are you?
Those who accept circumstances and those who seek to change them.