Politics

Cllr Golds is now giving his report. He says that the public asking questions were answering prepared questions which had been put in to support a THF General Election candidate, but THF had not had the confidence to stand. He ...

Now Cllr Danny Hassell is asking for motion 12.10 to be taken next.  This is agreed. More: question 6.10, from a member of the public, is being taken too, as it informs the motion. Ms Emma Price is asking her ...

The second petitioner is not present, so we move to the third petitioner. Terry McGrenera is now presenting his petition, which is asking for a community hall to be included in the new development at Watts Grove. He is giving ...

The witching hour – 7.30pm – is nearly upon us. FYI: Labour Councillor David Edgar was first to arrive in the Council Chamber – significantly before any other councillor. There was time to wonder whether everyone else had had a ...

Tower Hamlets Council is meeting tonight, Wednesday, 15th April. Watch this space for our live reports: http://eastlondonnews.co.uk/category/politics/ Reports start just after 7.30pm.

Mayor Lutfur Rahman has always said that his Administration in Tower Hamlets is an anti-austerity Administration. And Deputy Mayor Cllr Oliur Rahman is helping Mayor Rahman show this is not just a paper policy – by leading a delegation of ...

The first ever tour of the UK & Ireland by Freedom Theatre, which is based in Jenin Refugee Camp in Palestine, will be taking place in 2015. The tour includes a London performance of a brand new play called The ...

Cllr Joshua Peck made his usual appearance at the Tower Hamlets Cabinet last night, 4th February. He was there in his capacity as Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny (O&S) Committee – and in that capacity, he made his usual ...

Day one: and three victims are off the hook. We cannot stress enough that all political parties which stood candidates in last May’s mayoral and councillor elections signed an election protocol before nominations closed. Under its terms, they agreed to ...

At last, the Price Waterhouse Cooper audit report is out. At last, we can see what the Council Tax-payers of Tower Hamlets have paid for: paid for in terms of the charges made by the auditors and paid for in ...