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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Noah Vickers

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

Campaigners took to the High Court on Wednesday as they brought a legal challenge against Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman for deciding to remove a set of low traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) in Bethnal Green.

The Save our Safer Streets (SOSS) group put forward seven arguments against the decision, which were discussed in highly technical detail during the first session of a two-day hearing.

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