At 8 this morning, Government inspectors arrived on the doorstep of Lutfur Rahman’s Tower Hamlets Council, with the power to enter any council building, seize any document and speak to any member of staff. A file has also been handed to the police. Computers have been locked down by the inspectors, I am told, and documents removed.
In its letter appointing the inspectors, the Department for Communities and Local Government asked them to pay particular attention to, among other things, “the authority’s payment of grants,” a subject we covered on the blog yesterday, and the “transfer of property to third parties.” That’s what today’s blog is about. [The Telegraph] Read more
