ERIC PICKLES

Call for further Pickles intervention in Tower Hamlets

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has been urged to intervene in Tower Hamlets LBC’s arrangements for next year’s General Election.

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By Dan Peters | 01 December 2014

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has been urged to intervene in Tower Hamlets LBC's arrangements for next year's General Election.

Andy Erlam, who has launched a petition in court accusing Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman and the council's acting returning officer John Williams of electoral malpractice and misconduct over the elections in May this year, wants changes in 2015.

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