We hear that Paul Davis-Poynter (see last news story) is now demanding an inquiry to find out how so much news from the New Deal for Shoreditch is "leaking out." Remember this is supposed to be a community-led initiative - so there should be no secrets, or meetings behind closed doors. From now on everyone on the New Deal Board should assume that everything they say is going to get back to the people who they are meant to be representing. The best community leaders will have no problem with that - but what have the others got to hide?

We also hear that Paul Davis-Poynter wants a retraction of our last news story. We won't do that, but we'll go one better. If Paul wants to write a reply of no more than 300 words, then we will put it on-line unedited as a news story.