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Emily Twinch 12 November 2024

Government parachutes in envoys to oversee Tower Hamlets LBC

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Government envoys will oversee the management of Tower Hamlets LBC after inspectors found a ‘toxic' political environment was stopping the council ‘moving forward'.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) said an envoy and assistant envoy will ‘work intensively with the authority' and be allowed unfettered access to council premises, documents and staff.

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