Debbie "Naughty Step" Jones, once Corporate Director of Children’s Services of our proud borough, has found…
Category: Investigations
Biggs allegations – LBTH response and a POCA question
Odd that Tower Hamlets Communications Team only responds to requests for comment when it suits them,…
Aspen Court families deserve to know why their loves ones died
Please sign the petition calling for an enquiry into the treatment of residents at Aspen Court…
Exclusive – Mayor Biggs protected Youth Service officer from investigation
Mayor Biggs protected a member of Tower Hamlets Youth Service from investigation and continues to enjoy…
Poplar Papers 16 – Organised corruption in Tower Hamlets council
Operation of organised crime networks within London Borough of Tower Hamlets council between 2010 and 2020.
‘Keeping spirits high at Aspen Court Care Home’
“There’s nothing like a pandemic to make you realise what’s important in life,” according to the…
More deaths at HC-One care homes, threat to operating license
HC-One, Aspen Court owner, has been identified as also owning Tower Bridge Care Home where 34…
Aspen Court – Data on care home Covid-19 deaths kept secret by CQC
The CQC is refusing to state which care homes or providers had the highest number of…
Details of Aspen Court Care Home deaths begin to emerge
Details of the deaths residents of Aspen Court Care Home have begun to emerge after the…
Poplar Papers 15 – Once again justice bypasses Tower Hamlets
Mark Edmunds has lost his claim for unfair dismissal against Tower Hamlets Council, proving once again…
Appeal for information. Did you send this email in 2014?
The Wapping Mole needs some help to shine some light on the Poplar Papers. Did you…
Residents without hot meals for eight weeks during Covid-19
Gaps in the council's response to Covid-19 have been laid bare by Sister Christine Frost when…
Poplar Papers 14 – How to earn your council pay while banged up in jail
A Tower Hamlets Youth Service worker received his full council pay while serving a three month…
Poplar Papers 13 – Secret money laundering system funding extremism
In July 2015 the Wapping Mole was told of a covert money laundering computer system inside…
Poplar Papers – 12 Easy ways to feed at the corruption trough
Our work over the years and the missing parts of the corruption jigsaw found in the…
Apsana Begum MP – Social housing investigation update
Tower Hamlets council has yet to conclude its investigations into the claims of irregularities in the…
Poplar Papers 11 – Intermission and the dismal story so far
A quick recap of the weary, dismal and depressing story that is the Poplar Papers so…
Poplar Papers 10 – Organised corruption networks inside LBTH
'Link charts' show connections between LBTH employees and the organisations established for the purpose of criminal…
Poplar Papers 9 – How Tower Hamlets Council avoids public scrutiny
That Tower Hamlets Council can avoid public or media scrutiny exposes the lack of oversight by…
Poplar Papers 8 – Youth Service Timeline 2003-2020
In 2012, under Mayor Rahman, Tower Hamlets Youth Service was moved from one council directorate to…
Poplar Papers 7 The £470,865 Youth Service credit card bill
Between 1st April 2013 and 30th October 2014, 27 card holders in Tower Hamlets Council's Youth…
Poplar Papers 6 – Abzal Ali, Interim Head of Youth Service
Mr Abzal Ali authorised £414,726 of AP1 payments during the 15 months for which we have…
Poplar Papers 5 – AP1 Vouchers Table of Payments
Details of AP1 payments authorised by five members of Tower Hamlets Youth Service.
Poplar Papers 4 – £1,288,815 AP1 Voucher Payments
In a 15 month period five members of Tower Hamlets Youth Service authorised AP1 Voucher payments…
Poplar Papers 3 – Youth Service investigation 2019 puzzle
Tower Hamlets Council's Youth Service still seems to be in trouble. Nothing new there then. Odd…
Poplar Papers 2 – The Summer Youth Programme 2016
Clean Up Board allegation CU 023 was that the procurement process for the LBTH Summer Youth…
Poplar Papers 1 – “The finish was more important than the task”
Today we start to publish the results of our investigations into the Poplar Papers. In this…
Poplar & Limehouse MP Apsana Begum makes maiden speech
Apsana Begum MP, who was elected to represent Poplar & Limehouse at the last General Election,…
Poplar Papers – let’s get down to business
Break over, let's get busy shall we? It's been very quiet around Wapping Mole HQ for…
Internal emails reveal LBTH corruption allegations made in 2011
In 2011 a whistleblower alleged that Labour councillors were involved in the creation of posts in…
Poplar Papers are here – corruption goes all the way back to 2008
Evidence bundle known as the Poplar Papers has been released - and the corruption in LBTH…
Poplar Papers – redacted evidence bundle to be released to media
The Employment Tribunal has made an order that the evidence bundles in the case of Mark…
Poplar Papers – all evidence given, tribunal judge considering
The employment tribunal case of Mark Edmunds v London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH) resumed on…
To report accurately media need the Poplar Papers evidence bundle
To do their jobs properly the media need access to the Poplar Papers evidence bundle in…
Will things ever be the same again? It’s the final countdown
Tomorrow the case of Mark Edmunds for unfair dismissal against the London Borough of Tower Hamlets,…
Media letter to Council asking for full access to evidence bundle
In a month the Edmunds case for unfair dismissal against Tower Hamlets Council resumes. Despite this…