Newham is in the News Again. For All the Wrong Reasons.

Writing in Prospect, the “Covert Councillor” lambasts the management of neighbouring Tower Hamlets council. He, (or she) then goes on to cast an eye over the management of Newham Council.

We quote from the report.

“Further east, in the borough of Newham, the local authority is now predicting that it could go bankrupt. The local mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, cites the council’s temporary accommodation bill as the cause, but the authority has been equally poorly governed. A Freedom of Information request by the Covert Councillor can reveal that since April 2020, the authority has spent more than £1m on 34 non-disclosure agreements. It follows reports of significant infighting—and indeed alleged bullying—between the mayor and her political colleagues.”

We could not have said it better.