Labour politician ‘applied for council flat when she owned three properties’

A Labour councillor applied to rent a social housing flat despite being the owner of three other properties, a court heard. Tonia Ashikodi, 30, owns three flats in the Royal Borough of Greenwich but did not declare them when applying for a fourth, prosecutors claim. It is also alleged along with her father Tony, 50, she tried to pull off a cover-up by claiming she was not the beneficial owner but a trustee. According to the charges, on 30 May…