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They say that trouble comes in threes – and the last weekend of the campaign to be mayor of Tower Hamlets saw Labour red-faced over three incidents as they made their third attempt to take the Town Hall’s top post. ...

Twenty-four hours after nominations closed, Tower Hamlets Council has announced the list of candidate in the coming election for mayor of Tower Hamlets. The leading two contenders are Cllr Rabina Khan and John Biggs AM. Cllr Khan has been Cabinet ...

The first quarter of 2015 saw 40,000 new homes being registered in the UK, according to figures collected by the NHBC. Unfortunately, only 5,622 of these were in London and, across the whole of the UK, only 9,735 were public ...

The Tories have the luxury of not having a leadership contest – and David Cameron’s getting quickly down to the job of making sure there isn’t one anytime soon as he builds his new Cabinet.  [Adverts] George Obsorne returns as ...

Regular East London News contributor Emdad Rahman has been made a Freeman of the City of London. The award was made after the Court of Common Council passed an order for his admission. Emdad attended a short Freedom ceremony at ...

As the dust settles, the empty champagne bottles are cleared away or the full champagne bottles are returned, unopened, to the cupboard, all the political parties are beginning the analysis of their campaigns and to look to their futures. The ...

The General Election result will see a major re-think on the part of at least three political parties represented in the new Parliament as their leaders resigned the morning after polling day. Labour: Ed Miliband has stood down as Leader, ...

Every General Election is important, and tomorrow the nation has the chance to remove from office a Coalition Government which has protected its own at the expense of the many. What are we to put in its place? There’s not ...

League winners presented with championship trophy at Essex County Cricket Club Emdad Rahman Scintilla Cricket Club were honoured for their extraordinary 2014 Premier Division triumph as the Barking & Dagenham team were invited to The Essex county ground to watch ...

Are we on the brink of another Labour upset? Three weeks ago it seemed self-evident that the borough’s sitting Labour MPs would walk through to victory at the General Election. That was before the election court verdict in the case ...