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Evening Standard

Children protest against Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman's decision to axe school street

Sadiq Khan has announced £69m a year to create more “school streets” across London – as one borough mayor infuriated parents by ripping out a scheme protecting primary school children.

Lutfur Rahman, the mayor of Tower Hamlets, ordered workmen to remove the traffic restrictions around Chisenhale school in Bow on Thursday morning, including planters and seats that the pupils helped build.

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