everything that we the public want to do and then whitle them down in a public hearing. where things stand now is the department pretty much tells you earlier in the year what the general fund work programmes are going to be and by this budget has funded them. my key point here is this -- this is public money and it is under your authority. i'm asking you to discuss what general fund work programme efforts should be considered. i'm asking you to solicit public input and select the projects you believe should be funded and how they should be funded. in my opinion, your ideas about parking prohibition for new projects in some locations a great idea. it's going to lower housing costs while promoting our transit-first policy, but it does need a planning study. if you are looking to make your mark on this city through policy, i think this is the way to do it. but, again, if it doesn't get exmy sitly adopted by the budget process, if it doesn't have time-specific goals, it is not going to get done. likewise, the public's call to write more planning protections into the plannin

there were whitle—blowers coming forward in bangladesh, as far as i know.ce that we need to start because the funny thing about cases like this is, we always see them as reputational risks. but the way to manage reputational risk is not to keep silent. no organisation is too big, or our work with them too complex, for me to hesitate to remove funding from them if we cannot trust them to put the beneficiaries of aid first. 0n the specific case of oxfam, some supporters have already reacted. from friday to monday, 1,270 people cancelled their direct debits, four times the normal daily cancellation rate. however on monday, 78 one—off donations were made, a record high this year. and aa new direct debits were set up, the most in a day since march last year. however, one celebrity supporter, the actress minnie driver, has ended her ambassador's role, tweeting. .. 0xfam's major corporate partners are taking a different approach. waterstones has given a statement of support, saying the charity's work is of great value. others like marks & spencers, co—op bank and