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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

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

Lutfur Rahman is mayor of Tower Hamlets (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Wire)

Ministers will intervene in the running of Tower Hamlets council amid concern about the local authority’s “toxic” culture and lack of transparency, it was announced on Tuesday.

Decisions made by the east London town hall will be monitored by a Government-appointed envoy following a series of controversies under the borough’s independent executive mayor Lutfur Rahman.

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