Politics

An anonymous leaflet – packed with lies and innuendo – is thought to have contributed to a last minute drop in votes for Independent candidate Gulam Robbani

East London News reports live from Spitalfields & Banglatown by-election count.

Exclusive from our correspondent with Syrian refugees in Turkey: As we were sitting in the lobby of our hotel, a man approached...

Just a couple of weeks ago, War on Want hosted a tour of Bangladeshi trade union organisers

getbacktheex.net Ken Livingstone was a pioneer in fighting racism and homophobia.  His socialism linked the two kinds of bigotry and he led the way in fighting for equality and diversity well before it was fashionable.  Why are establishment figures like Andrew ...

Cllr Helal Abbas has lost his appeal against a decision that he broke the Tower Hamlets Councillors' Code of Conduct.

"I helplessly watched frantic scenes of children and adults who were attending a football match as they lay injured and dying.”

Last month, ELN reported that anyone attending a Cabinet meeting ran a serious risk of being bored to death and we implored someone to save us from this fate. Someone must have been listening,

East London News: On 14th March, at a Cabinet meeting, the Mayor took a formal decision to “bring the youth service back in house”. Currently,

Tower Hamlets Labour Party bosses have stopped dithering and have rushed through