CAN WE HAVE our MP back please, Mr Starmer? That was the thought on many minds as Jeremy Corbyn joined members of the community at Iftar last week in his Islington constituency. The Iftar was supported by the Finsbury Park ...
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And they’re off! Aspire showcases breadth of support
ON 5th MAY, London’s voters will be going to the polls. All local council seats are up for election – as are Directly Elected Mayors, in those boroughs which have them. We’ll be looking at all the mayoral candidates in ...
Read More »And they’re off! Labour clings firmly to the past
ON 5th MAY, London’s voters will be going to the polls. All local council seats are up for election – as are Directly Elected Mayors, in those boroughs which have them. We’ll be looking at all the mayoral candidates in ...
Read More »Councils can bumbling Government over Ukraine refugees
COUNCILS IN England and Wales have made public their concerns over government delays in the process of housing and taking care of Ukrainian refugees who have fled the war in their country. The concerns were raised by the Local Government ...
Read More »Will it be third time lucky for Lutfur?
HIS FIRST mayoral election victory came in 2010. The second happened in 2014. Now, as he prepares to launch his campaign, Lutfur Rahman is hoping he can make it the third victory in a row in 2022. A win in ...
Read More »The Council’s fighting Covid – one test at a time
HOW MANY Tower Hamlets Council staff does it take to change a light bulb? Our guess is that no one knows (the search facility on the Council website returned 2,369 results to this question, but they didn’t seem to have ...
Read More »Councillor has football injury repaired
Muhi Mikdad A TOWER HAMLETS Councillor hopes that a recent operation on an injured leg will see him return to being fully match fit. Councillor Shah Shuhel Ameen represents Whitechapel ward in Tower Hamlets. He took part in an exhibition ...
Read More »Research reveals residents want consultation on LTNs
RESEARCH INTO how controversial Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) are going down with Londoners shows a strong desire for consultation over new LTNs – real consultation and working up the detail together, not just imposition of schemes dreamed up in Town ...
Read More »Covid isolation cut: driven by science or money?
HAS SAJID JAVID forgotten what his job is? England’s Health Secretary has told the House of Commons that those who test positive for Covid can now come out of isolation after five days – not seven, and not ten. The ...
Read More »One Bill; one Mosque; and two MPs
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS has managed to pass the Government’s controversial Nationality and Borders Bill, which is now being debated in the House of Lords. It remains to be seen whether the “revising chamber” of Parliament will amend it before ...
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