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Pickles proposes Tower Hamlets intervention

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has insisted his proposed Government intervention package for Tower Hamlets LBC will be a ‘rare occasion’.

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By Dan Peters | 04 November 2014

Communities secretary Eric Pickles has insisted his proposed Government intervention package for Tower Hamlets LBC will be a ‘rare occasion'.

Mr Pickles was speaking in the House of Commons today after a damning report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) inspectors criticised the council's governance arrangements.

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