Fantastic profile of Lutfur Rahman and 'one of the most remarkable comebacks in British political history' by Miles Ellingham and Cormac Kehoe:

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.Lutfur Rahman isn’t bothered by criticism—why should he be?
After winning a landslide victory two years ago, write Miles Ellingham and Cormac Kehoe, the populist mayor is more powerful than ever…

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Great profile of Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman by Miles Ellingham and Cormac Kehoe in this month's Prospect: prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/65477…

For the past few months Prospect I’ve been profiling the mayor of Tower Hamlets, alongside Cormac Kehoe a fellow at the Centre for Investigative Journalism.

Mayor Lutfur Rahman is a complex political figure. He’s both Icarus and Lazarus.
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Miles Ellingham and Cormac Kehoe
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🚨Personal News🚨

After two years Financial Times I’ve decided to go freelance and pursue writing. If you’re looking for stories/features, please get in touch (gmail address in bio). I’ll miss my colleagues but I’m proud of the pieces I’ve produced at the paper. Some highlights below 👇

👉 “Bethnal Green’s LTN divide – are the most deprived shouldering the burden of traffic?” ➡️ bit.ly/45CGHle
a #CBLocal supported project ➡️ bit.ly/3sUK9Kk
Cormac Kehoe Bethnal Green LDN
#crossborder #Collaboration #EU #London #Dublin #CarReduction #Traffic #Mapping

👉 “Bethnal Green’s LTN divide – are the most deprived shouldering the burden of traffic?” ➡️ bit.ly/45CGHle
a #CBLocal supported project ➡️ bit.ly/3sUK9Kk
Cormac Kehoe Bethnal Green LDN
#crossborder #Collaboration #EU #London #Dublin #CarReduction #Traffic #Mapping

Article I wrote for Bethnal Green LDN with funding from Journalismfund Europe. The piece, through data-analysis, examines the Mayor's claim that the recently axed Bethnal Green LTN is cementing class inequality by displacing traffic onto boundary roads.

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London needs quality local journalism like this so that communities are able to have their voices heard & can hold local decision makers to account.

We’re proud to have supported this investigation as part of our community investigative journalism programme with The Centre for Investigative Journalism.

'The ‘regeneration’ of the area, in reality, is simply banishing working class and BME citizens to the peripheries.'

An excellent & important investigation by Cormac Kehoe into the on-the-ground impact of Brick Lane's gentrification

whitechapellondon.co.uk/truman-brewery… Social Streets

Proud to have supported, in partnership with Trust for London, this investigative series on the Truman Brewery Redevelopment in historic Brick Lane. By Cormac Kehoe with Social Streets, it's a real deep dive into the issue and the power structures behind it -…

This is some supreme journalism here. Honestly, out of this world investigations...

Who really owns The Truman Brewery + what are the numbers? whitechapellondon.co.uk/offshore-owner…
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Part one of an important series of stories about Tower Hamlets, its politics, corruption, developer influence on the planning process, and foreign ownership of land
They are the most detailed stories about Tower Hamlets since the days of Ted Jeory & Mark Baynes
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