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Housing in east London borough hit by 'shoddy workmanship' from repair firms, mayor says

Lutfur Rahman said he believed Tower Hamlets Council’s housing repair service was ‘not fit for purpose’

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London council forced to spend £8.5m to 'plug the gap' from Government's disability cuts

The leader of Tower Hamlets has called for the Government to reverse ‘the entirely avoidable suffering’

Evening Standard

Pro-LTN campaigners hail 'brilliant' news that Bethnal Green row will be heard in Court of Appeal

‘Going to court is a last resort for us, after all our attempts to engage constructively with the council failed,’ campaigners say

Evening Standard

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London's oldest and cheapest spa reopens in world famous East End boxing venue

Reopening the venue on Thursday, the borough’s executive mayor Lutfur Rahman called in the ‘People's Spa’

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Rogue landlords who crammed up to 23 people into two bed flat where man died in e-bike fire fined £90,000

Father-of-two Mizanur Rahman, 41, died from the effects of smoke inhalation after the fire in the flat in Shadwell, east London

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets: Ministers formally intervene at east London council after 'toxic' culture found

Ministerial intervention comes after report found Tower Hamlets’ failings was not providing value for taxpayers

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London’s most controversial mayor? Inside the complex world of Lutfur Rahman: power struggles, corruption…and popularity

Struck off as a solicitor and once banned from standing in elections, Lutfur Rahman remains a divisive figure

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Have London councils been given the green light to get rid of unpopular LTNs?

A High Court ruling could potentially have shifted the legal dial for councils looking to remove low traffic schemes

Evening Standard

Road safety campaigners lose high court challenge against Tower Hamlets mayor

Save Our Safer Streets ‘extremely disappointed’ judge finds against them over removal of low traffic neighbourhoods

The Guardian - UK

Tower Hamlets axing low traffic neighbourhoods is lawful, High Court rules

Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman had promised to ‘abolish the failed Liveable Streets scheme’ in his 2022 re-election manifesto

Evening Standard

London council in legal action against building owners over ‘dangerous’ cladding

Tower Hamlets said it is the first local authority in the country to bring a legal action of this kind.

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1,500 London pensioners given Winter Fuel Payment to replace Government cut

Tower Hamlets steps in to pay pensioners Winter Fuel Allowance after Government cut

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets: London council orders removal of dangerous Grenfell-style cladding in 'UK first'

Tower Hamlets said order against freeholder of building in Stepney was first of its kind in the UK

Evening Standard

'Interference with democracy': High Court battle over LTN removal ramps up

Mayor Lutfur Rahman is said to given ‘unintelligible and inadequate’ reasons for removing three LTNs in Bethnal Green

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OPINION - Woke councils should stay out of canine business

The news that Tower Hamlets is plotting to bring in new rules to insist dogs be on leads at all times has led to a twilight bark of outraged protest across the capital.

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Legal challenge against mayor Lutfur Rahman's bid to axe Tower Hamlets LTNs begins at High Court

Campaigners argue that removing low traffic schemes from Bethnal Green is ‘putting lives in jeopardy’

The Guardian - UK

Tower Hamlets mayor taken to court over removal of low-traffic neighbourhoods

Save Our Safer Streets crowdfunds to challenge Lutfur Rahman over scrapping three LTNs in London borough

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman faces High Court battle over bid to axe LTNs

Campaigners say ruling could be landmark for other car-reduction schemes across the capital

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Government confirms intervention over failings at ‘toxic’ council

Local government minister Jim McMahon said officials will be appointed to oversee improvements at Tower Hamlets Council.

The Guardian - UK

‘Toxic culture’ around mayor at Tower Hamlets council criticised by inspectors

East London council found to have a ‘suspicious and defensive’ culture centred on Lutfur Rahman and his allies

Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets 'toxic' culture warning: Government intervenes in running of London council

Decisions made by the east London town hall will be monitored by a Government-appointed envoy following a series of complaints under the borough’s controversial mayor

The Guardian - UK

Ministers to oversee Tower Hamlets council amid concerns over leadership

Exclusive: inspectors raise alarm about mayor Lutfur Rahman, who previously served a five-year ban from office

Evening Standard

London council to fund winter fuel allowance for pensioners set to lose it under Government plans

Elderly Tower Hamlets residents will receive £175 from the council if they will miss out on the benefit

Evening Standard

London borough U-turns on plan to send homeless over 90 minutes outside capital after public outcry

Tower Hamlets had proposed housing families far outside London and the home counties

The Guardian - UK

Faith groups want more say in secular Britain. Labour should tell them to go to hell

Most Britons don’t identify as religious, and would prefer to keep worship out of schools

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