Labour councillor rented three homes while she lived in social housing

A Labour politician collected thousands of pounds in rent from three properties while living in a council house, a court heard. Tonia Ashikodi, 30, allegedly lied to her town hall bosses while applying to be a council tenant. But the Greenwich councillor owned three homes which she rented out to private tenants, jurors heard. Ashikodi declared she had no other property in 2008 when she signed her council tenancy agreement then allegedly repeated the lie four years later, Inner London…