LONDON MAYOR Sadiq Khan is comparing his record of building new homes in the capital by the record of his predecessor(s) – rather than by housing need across London. Khan has just released new figures showing that council house building ...
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Henna triumphs in Worthing
WORTHING has its first Muslim Bangladeshi woman councillor. The elections on 2nd May saw Labour candidate Henna Chowdhury elected to represent Gaisford ward on the 37-member Worthing Borough Council. Worthing, a sleepy town on the south coast, near Brighton, has ...
Read More »Don’t let MPs sweep the homeless under the carpet
THE WORLD was shocked when Gyula Remes was found unresponsive in an underpass near Westminster Tube station last December and died shortly afterwards. It was even more shocking to learn that he was the second rough sleeper to die in ...
Read More »Labour blasts Tory Tec-Unis as too little, too late
QUEEN MARY, University of London, is one of three new “Institutes of Technology” which the Government plans to set up across the UK to act as a vocational alternative to universities. The UK has long been seen as a country ...
Read More »Dim Jim backs Tories, as Rushanara stays with Labour
THEY BOTH stood as Labour candidates – but the two MPs in Tower Hamlets voted different Ways on Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement when the House of Commons debated the issue (again) last Friday, 29th March. •Jim Fitzpatrick, MP for Poplar ...
Read More »Corbyn calls for General Election as May hints she’ll go
LABOUR LEADER Jeremy Corbyn MP has called for a General Election to be held once Theresa May stands down – so that the public can decide who is their next Prime Minister. With her authority over her Party’s MPs growing ...
Read More »Bring back democracy to Tower Hamlets?
A LONG JOURNEY starts with a single step – and that single step may have been taken in Greatorex Street in Tower Hamlets on Sunday night, 7th October when a number of community activists came together to discuss how to ...
Read More »Council consultation on nursery closures ends today
SUNDAY IS THE LAST DAY for members of the public to complete the Council’s online public consultation on nursery closures. Campaigners are calling on everyone who lives, studies or works in Tower Hamlets to take part – and reject the ...
Read More »Don’t lose your vote!
RESPOND TO YOUR HEF and you won’t have to Huff if you find you are not on the Electoral Register next time you go to vote in Tower Hamlets. The Council has sent a Household Enquiry Form (HEF) to every household asking residents to ...
Read More »Biggs wanders into nursery petition session
JOHN BIGGS ARRIVED at the (belated) Eid Party in the Christian Street Community Hub and Gardens on Saturday – just before a cloudburst that saw local revellers and Save Our Nurseries petitioners scrambling for cover. The Executive Mayor did not ...
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