Politics

TOWER HAMLETS Council has claimed the credit for a cut in air pollution since 2019. This comes at the same time as academic research has shown that London ULEZ has led to a huge improvement in children’s lung capacity. Tower ...

THERE’S NO hanging around in Tower Hamlets when it comes to delivering more social homes. The most recent step forward was a huge meeting of housing companies designed to move forward plans to build new homes. But is something missing? ...

COUNCIL TAX bills are up – as are so many household bills. Mayor Lutfur Rahman has stepped in to offer the poorest households assistance with paying them, as part of his work to help residents with the cost of living. ...

AS EXPECTED – not least by him – Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform UK, has won the Clacton by-election. The by-election was called because the previous MP for Clacton, Nigel Farage, resigned and then stood again. It was less a ...

COMMUNITIES in Tower Hamlets have apparently been expressing concern about increasing levels of online hate – and attacks on Tower Hamlets by people who don’t live here but are keen to create division and tension in the borough. In response, ...

SADLY, September is approaching – already. That means for many families across the UK, it’s time to buy new school uniforms. And that shows where living in Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s Borough offers a better alternative. Keir Starmer recognised that it ...

WHAT DO you think Thames Water – which supplies most of East London – is spending your money on. The UK is heading for its fifth heatwave and drought: surely it’s maintenance and investment to stop leaks? No. The BBC ...

THE TORIES have revealed their answer to the UK’s housing crisis: move non-British nationals out of social housing. It is the latest in a series of announcements from Kemi Badenoch’s Tory Party that are racist and, frankly, cuckoo. The policy ...

IT’S BEEN A short honeymoon.  Andy Burnham became Prime Minister on 20th July 2026. His initial message of hope – and a few eye-catching policy announcements – led to good ratings in the opinion polls for Labour. Just two weeks ...

HOUSING HAS always been one of Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s priorities. He has spoken in public a number of times about the scandal of overcrowding in the borough, and how this makes residents miserable and holds them back. The Mayor made ...