Politics

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 ...

MIGRANTS BEWARE! Keir Starmer’s Government is about to make an administrative error which could accidentally remove the rights of settled migrants in the UK – dwarfing the consequences of the “Windrush” fiasco. Most migrants in the UK have a Biometric ...

Boris had his parties at no. 10; Cameron his parties back at university; and Starmer had a bottle of beer in an MP’s office. But now there’s a new scandal brewing: and it’s to do with your personal health information. ...

LABOUR’S BUDGET, delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves but clearly endorsed by Keir Starmer, has divided economists and journalists alike. It’s also divided the three Tower Hamlets MPs. ●Poplar & Limehouse MP Apsana Begum took a balanced view – welcoming some ...

IT WAS not so much the knights of the round table as the suited and booted politicians of the round table as London Mayor Sadiq Khan sat politicians, experts and campaigners down on 29th October to discuss an Action Plan ...

CHESHIRE POLICE have confirmed that they were called out in the early hours of Saturday morning, 26th October, to investigate reports of an assault in the market town of Frodsham, near Manchester – birthplace of Gary Barlow. A short video ...

LONDON BANGLA COMMENT: WHERE HAS the Labour Party gone? Well, yes – into Government. And ministers don’t need the Labour Party website so much, as their press releases can now appear on ministerial press sites. But have they forgotten about ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council has been successful in applying to the Make Every Adult Matter (MEAM) Network. Yes, we’re delighted to. What does it mean? No idea, really. The announcement came in a Council press release dated 23rd October. This much ...