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THE Labour Mayor of Newham in London is asking the Metropolitan Police to investigate allegations of a multimillion-pound fraud at her council.
The mayor, along with nine councillors, signed a letter alerting the police and the Serious Fraud Office.
Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz is concerned that her predecessors at the London borough overcharged for repairs to the tune of £8.7 million.
YVETTE WILLIAMS and JOE DELANEY dissect the institutional dawdling that rubbed salt into the Grenfell open wounds prolonging the agony of survivors
Liverpool Trades Council has unveiled a ‘People’s Budget’ to fight £56m cuts and council tax rises. DEAN YOUNG reports
Holding office in local government is a poisoned chalice for a party that bases its electoral appeal around issues where it has no power whatsoever, argues NICK WRIGHT
‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says