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Council chiefs in Tower Hamlets spent more than £120,000 on lawyers and spin doctors to defend its reputation from a BBC investigation into allegations of corruption, it emerged today.
The controversial borough paid ex-BBC journalist Kim Catcheside £250-an-hour to coach mayor Lutfur Rahman for an interview with her former colleague, Panorama's John Ware.
The sums paid to PR specialists Champollion and City law firm Taylor Wessing were released by the Audit Commission almost five months after the 'The Mayor and Our Money' was broadcast in April.