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Revealed: Council bought £90m of properties in four-month spending spree

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 Hannah Somerville
An office block in Surrey, a Yorkshire parcel hub, the Holland & Barrett HQ and a Skegness retail park are among the properties bought by Newham last year. Pictures: Cormack Advertising/Google Maps/PA

Newham Council splurged £91.5m on five properties hundreds of miles away in a series of back-room decisions last year, an investigation has found.

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