Biggs allegations – LBTH response and a POCA question

Odd that Tower Hamlets Communications Team only responds to requests for comment when it suits them,…

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.

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…

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…

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 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…

Poplar Papers – witness statement of Mark Edmunds now in public domain

The witness statement of Mark Edmunds in his claim for harassment and unfair dismissal against the…

LBTH very clumsy attempt to block media access to Poplar Papers

Tower Hamlets Council has sent a letter to the journalists attempting to gain access to a…

The Wapping Mole has been a very busy mole indeed

Moley apologises for not publishing many stories recently - about the Poplar Papers or anything else…

The Poplar Papers – What is all the fuss about?

Main index page for all content relevant to the Poplar Papers concerning the case for unfair…

An explanation of why the media are so interested in the Poplar Papers

A very good tweet from today asking a fundamental question about the current #PoplarPapers story concerning…

Allegations of widespread corruption under Rahman and Biggs since 2010

Although many of the allegations in the testimony of Mark Edmunds in his case for unfair…

Details of allegations of Tower Hamlets corruption cover-up emerge

Report of proceedings on Thursday 29th August 2019 of events at East London Employment Tribunal in…

National media fights LBTH attempt to block release of Poplar Papers

London Borough of Tower Hamlets (LBTH) Council can only be relied on to do one thing…

Edmunds v LBTH – temporary Reporting Restriction Order in place

In respect of the case of Mark Edmunds (Claimant) v The Mayor and Burgesses of the…