The Latest Breaking News from Lutfur Rahman

A London borough whose mayor is pursuing a pro-car agenda has been stripped of more than £1 million in transport funding — and faces losing a similar amount next year.

Transport for London is withholding more than £1m from a borough mayor who is considering axing road schemes designed to improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists.

Council contractors arrived in the dead of night to move barriers and a play area that formed part of a “school street” in Tower Hamlets.

Children celebrated after their action prevented traffic calming measures being removed at the order of mayor Lutfur Rahman

Latest attempt to dismantle primary ‘school street’ in Tower Hamlets disrupted amid pollution concerns

Mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman has reintroduced the Educational Maintenance Allowance for students from lower income backgrounds, a Blair policy that was scrapped by the coalition in 2010

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…

Protest comes after London mayor Sadiq Khan announced £69m a year for borough schemes, including more school streets

A London borough mayor committed to “reopening the roads” ripped out a popular traffic-calming measure after receiving only six complaints.