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How an electoral fraudster became mayor of Tower Hamlets (again)

Lutfur Rahman was removed as mayor of Tower Hamlets in 2015 after being found guilty of vote-rigging and bribery — now he has just won his third term

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London local elections: Which boroughs have mayors and who will win?

Residents in Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Croydon will cast their votes to appoint a mayor for their council

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New lido revealed for London's Victoria Park as Aspire launches Tower Hamlets local election manifesto

Independent party which runs Tower Hamlets promises new outdoor swimming pool for Victoria Park and free travel for low income university students

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‘A safe space to come and just be’: the radical, utopian return of Britain’s youth clubs

After a decade of austerity closed more than 1,000 centres, the government has promised £500m to renew youth services. We tour a glossy new venue in Preston – and a girls-only one in London

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Tower Hamlets councillors dodge questions after Government threatens takeover of ‘deteriorating’ borough

Councillors for Tower Hamlets’ ruling Aspire party voted down calls for a debate about Government claims the town hall’s ‘financial management and governance appears to be deteriorating’

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Tower Hamlets mayor acted unlawfully in attempted removal of LTN schemes

Road safety activists ‘vindicated’ after success of campaign supported by NHS trusts and headteachers

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East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save LTN low-traffic schemes

London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan

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London council threatened with action as ministers warn: 'Financial management is deteriorating'

Ministers formally intervened in Tower Hamlets council last year when a damning report raised concerns about a ‘toxic’ political culture under elected mayor Lutfur Rahman

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The bitter battle over the future of Truman Brewery

A £500m redevelopment plan is pitting Labour’s data-centre ambitions against Brick Lane’s heritage and a desperate need for housing — it’s a political powder keg

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Major London council set for £19 million overspend

Borough mayor Lutfur Rahman told his cabinet: ‘you can’t live on handouts’

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'Save our LTNs!' £100,000 crowdfunded battle to save three low traffic neighbourhoods in east London reaches Court of Appeal

Campaigners say it would cost £2.5m for Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman to axe the schemes

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Tower Hamlets makes bold affordable housing pledge despite Sadiq Khan's new 20% target

EXCLUSIVE: Tower Hamlets has said it will ‘grow upward’ to deliver more affordable homes in the borough

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London borough becomes first in country to install specialist drug squad after record deaths in capital

Tower Hamlets Council’s seven officer team has seized a £50,000 haul of illegal substances from a vehicle in Blackwall Way car park

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Steve Reed convenes Tower Hamlets envoys as concerns over council persist

Exclusive: Communities secretary calls meeting over two councillors seeking electoral candidacy in Bangladesh

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‘History is repeating itself’: fight against far-right in London’s East End goes on

Eighty-nine years after residents drove Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts from Tower Hamlets, anti-far right coalition is still vital in borough

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Muslim Women’s Network says charity run could have been more inclusive

But the organisation said it was also ‘concerned about the disproportionate media attention given to the event’.

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Tower Hamlets mayor backs 'inclusive sport' following row over ban on women taking part in Muslim charity run

The website claimed the event was ‘family friendly’ and ‘inclusive’, despite not being open to women and girls over the age of 12

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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’

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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

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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

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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

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