AS BLAIRTE Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer battles to stamp his authority on the Labour Party, voting has started on the membership of the Conference Arrangements Committee (CAC). It may – it does – sound like the dullest election ever, ...
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Is One Housing selling off Island residents?
ONE HOUSING has revealed that it plans to join the Riverside Group – and talks about the takeover are well underway. The news has come as a shock to residents of its properties in Tower Hamlets, the bulk of which ...
Read More »Labour praises its own failings on child poverty
OVER THE last five years, child poverty in Tower Hamlets has increased by just over 5,000 – that’s around an extra 20 children a week, nearly three children a day, living in families that just can’t make ends meet. During ...
Read More »UK democracy? Face up to the flaws
IF UK DEMOCRACY is a shining example for the rest of the world to follow, then someone needs to help the rest of the world. Two institutions crucial to the functioning of a democratic society have been found wanting today: ...
Read More »Coalition targets Palestine for protests at G7 summit
SEVERAL GROUPS have joined together to organise protests at and about the G7 summit which is to be held in Cornwall next weekend. One of the main issues protestors wish to raise is the G7 countries’ support for the Israeli ...
Read More »Ramadan Mubarak!
We wish all our readers Ramadan Mubarak! May we all enjoy a healthy and peaceful month in these unprecedented times.
Read More »Summer sun brings out good and bad on Island
THE SUN broke through the clouds on Tuesday, 30th March, as the school Easter holidays got underway – and hundreds of Tower Hamlets residents came out to celebrate the easing of lockdown restrictions. Responsible and reckless behaviour were both on ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets Homes keeps up the community spirit
A REMINDER of the community spirit that used to exist in Tower Hamlets years ago has been given by Tower Hamlets Homes (THH) – the managing agent for the Council’s remaining housing stock. THH looks after around 20,000 properties on ...
Read More »Bangladesh at 50: is it really as good as gold?
As Bangladesh celebrates its golden anniversary, Mak Kunwar reflects on the country’s achievements – and on developments which are giving cause for concern. “The struggle now is the struggle for our emancipation; the struggle now is the struggle for our ...
Read More »MPF calls for Rohingya aid after Cox’s Bazar fire
A MASSIVE FIRE devastated the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on 22nd March. The scale of the disaster is so great that the Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF) has called on the international community to step in and help. ...
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