Politics

“I WOULD love to go to a Food Bank.” There were the words of a Tory Government Minister, speaking on the radio a couple of years ago. “All that free food. People are really lucky and they don’t appreciate it.” ...

SAFETY FOR residents and visitors; respect for our heritage; police resources; and road safety were the key concerns of councillors who rejected, for the second time, a planning application to build a new Chinese embassy at Tower Hill. The issue ...

A UNITED pensioner community came out to welcome Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s winter fuel payment last week. The launch was held to mark fuethe day when letters were sent out to pensioners eligible to claim the Council’s payment. Mayor Rahman was ...

THE ASSISTED Dying Bill (ADB) has received its Second Reading in the House of Commons. A committee of MPs will now consider it in detail, line by line, and think about any amendments that may improve it. The ADB will ...

YOU COULDN’T see the trees for the Wood at the November meeting of Tower Hamlets Council. The trees are surrounded by wonky paving stones: and Isle of Dogs resident Andrew Wood was petitioning the Council about them. However, Mr Wood’s ...

JUST HOW hard should we be on dogs – and their owners – in Tower Hamlets? Over the summer, Tower Hamlets Council has been consulting the public on a new dog-control policy: and dog owners are… barking mad about it. ...

ONLY KIDDING! The last full Tower Hamlets council meeting of 2024, held on 20th November, took place under a blanket of calm respect. But it was only superficial: under the blanket seethed the usual passions over who should be governing ...

Government inspectors spent several months in Tower Hamlets Council this year, inspecting the Council’s observance of its “Best Value” obligations. Their report was released on Tuesday, 12th November. Below we print the Council’s response to the report. A link to ...

AN EXPERIENCED Labour Party Councillor who resigned from the Party four months ago in concern over the direction the Party was taking has now joined the Aspire Party in Tower Hamlets Council. Cllr Sabina Akhtar, who represents Stepney Green Ward, ...

By Mak Kunwar In a stunning turn of events, Donald Trump, a convicted felon, has made history by reclaiming the US presidency in 2024, defying all odds and reshaping the political landscape. This analysis delves into the key factors that ...