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Tower Hamlets Council has hit back at critics of its decision to target a new extra care housing scheme at the Islamic community.

The London borough said the 40-bed home, catering for older people from the Muslim community, was needed because a third of its population was Bangladeshi, and could rise to 70 per cent in the future.

An advocacy worker from an older people's charity in Tower Hamlets who works with Islamic groups said that the money would have been better spent improving culturally-sensitive domiciliary care services.

Conservative and Lib Dem politicians have argued that the scheme does not promote integration.