British Politics

The Boundary Commission has proposed the following changes to parliamentary seats in the key East London boroughs. Tower Hamlets Currently two MPs: Bethnal Green & Bow; Poplar & Limehouse Proposed one MP for Stepney & Bow; some wards combine with ...

BOUNDARY COMMISSION has published revised proposals for new parliamentary constituencies in the UK. There will now be a further period of public consultation before a final recommendation is made to Parliament to adopt these boundaries with effect from the next ...

ECONOMISTS are getting the jitters this week as official data has revealed that house prices are lower in real terms that there were a decade ago – this in 58% of the local government wards in England and Wales. The ...

THE ANNUAL INFLATION rate, as measured by Consumer Prices Index (CPI), crept up to 3% in September – taking the rate up to a level not seen since April 2012, when the Tory-led Coalition Government was just getting into its ...

TOWER HAMLETS Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Bromley-by-Bow Centre are joining forces to support a free showing of the Oscar-nominated film 5 Broken Cameras on Thursday, 24th October. The film is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in ...

Cllr Rabina Khan’s speech to BNP Paribas Diversity Conference, October 2017. First, I would like to thank Anne and Connor for organising an event on behalf of BNP Paribas to recognise how important diversity is, both in Britain and globally.  ...

HACKNEY EMPIRE has refused to allow a Music Wales Theatre (MWT) production of The Golden Dragon to be performed at the East London venue as it features Caucasian singers playing the part of Asian characters. The opera was due to ...

Rabina Khan addresses BNP/Paribas Diversity Week TOWER HAMLETS Councillor Rabina Khan was chosen to give a major speech at the BNP/Paribas Diversity Week – which this year has extended to nearly two weeks and four countries. The annual Diversity Week ...

JOHN BIGGS is re-writing history when it comes to social housing in Tower Hamlets say the Independent Group of Councillors. They’ve put a motion on the matter to this week’s Council – but expect Labour Councillors to manoeuvre it off ...

PATH COUNCILLORS have condemned John Biggs for throwing away £3.5 million of Council Tax-payers’ money on consultants to help him decide how to run the Council. The spend has been condemned as tantamount to privatising the community. The criticism from the People’s ...