Abdul Roqib, 45, is accused of contacting the 16-year-old on January 10 “to ask her to drop the charges against his son, ...

Lutfur Rahman, who was banned in 2014 from holding public office for five years after being found guilty of electoral fraud, was re-elected in May 2022. Inspectors have now been sent in to examine ...

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But in 2010 a Channel Four investigation linked Mr Rahman to the alleged fundamentalist group the Islamic Forum of Europe. When Tower Hamlets moved to an elected mayoral system in 2010 he was accused ...

It concluded the council's decision-making was "dominated by an inner circle" around the mayor, Lutfur Rahman, who leads the Aspire party. Rahman was banned from public office in 2015 when it was ...

Mayor Lutfur Rahman said he was "absolutely thrilled" with the rating Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman has said he is "absolutely thrilled" after Ofsted gave children's services the highest ...

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It concluded the council's decision-making was "dominated by an inner circle" around the mayor, Lutfur Rahman, who leads the Aspire party. The BBC has contacted the council for comment.

Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman has said he is "absolutely thrilled" after Ofsted gave children's services the highest possible rating, seven years after it was rated as "inadequate".