T he mayor of Tower Hamlets has been asked to justify allocating an extravagant 1.4million to expand his office in a cost of living crisis.Lutfur Rahman wrote in Jacobin Magazine that his Unite Party was reversing austerity using socialist policies since his election in May.But during an overview and scrutiny committee meeting on Monday night, his party was grilled on planned spending of 1.4m on the expansion of his office and hiring extra political advisors to take on council casework.
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