Mayor Forhad Hussain has recommended Maria Christofi as the town hall's new chief executive, with a full council vote due next month. If approved, she would be Newham's third chief executive in three years
The government issued a 'best value notice' to the local authority in May last year – a warning that it was concerned with the way the council was running
As the Town Hall mulls further savings, interim chief executive Paul Martin says 15 years of austerity have made it difficult to identify uncontroversial cuts
