How Lutfur Rahman’s Aspire Party was created by civil war in the Labour Party

Tower Hamlets has one of London's most interesting political scenes. But how did it come to be this way? In our piece, we explore how a bitter Labour civil war, triggered by the creation of the mayoralty, preceded Lutfur Rahman’s exit and the birth of Aspire, reshaping Tower Hamlets’ politics for a generation.

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