Councillors in London will enjoy an extra three weeks in office this electoral cycle, with the announcement that the 2014 elections will be held on
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Report shows “benefit scroungers” are a Tory myth
The Conservative-led Coalition Government has defended its controversial “welfare reforms” on the basis that most welfare benefit claimants are undeserving, work-shy scroungers who have been living a life of luxury funded by the hardworking tax-payer. Back on planet earth, the ...
Read More »Cost of uni mounts under Tories
Research from Santander has provided up to date figures on just how expensive going to university is for the average student these days. Making students pay for their own education is pretty much a wet dream for the Tories, who ...
Read More »The benefits of the “health and safety” culture
The debate over health and safety is one which brings out the differences between the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. At the start of 2012, David Cameron famously announced that his new year’s resolution was to get rid of ...
Read More »Is faith enough?
Tower Hamlets Council is working with faith groups to protect and preserve places of worship in the borough. The Historic Places of Worship Support Scheme, due to run till 2016, builds on English Heritage’s annual update of its “heritage at ...
Read More »STOP PRESS: EDL RETURNS TO TOWER HAMLETS
The EDL website has announced that it will be holding a demonstration in Tower Hamlets on Saturday, 7th September.
Read More »Hackney says no to whitewash
The Black and Ethnic Minority Arts Network (BEMA) had to step in and sort out the London Borough of Hackney last week. Hackney is redesigning the Narrow Way – that bit at the top of Mare Street where the ...
Read More »How do we stop the EDL?
So you have this group of blokes. And they want to meet up on a Saturday, in a pub. And then they want to
Read More »EDL leaders bully woman copper during arrest
Shocking new video footage of EDL leaders Tommy Robinson and Kevin Carroll being arrested on 29th June has emerged, giving a different view of events.
Read More »Labour split again as Council debates gambling
Labour Councillors departed from official party policy to veto Mayor Rahman’s attempt to protect the borough from a gambling explosion.
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