THE NHS is a universal health service, which everyone can use – right? No. Although most British citizens resident in the UK can use the NHS for free (at the point of use), many people are charged or even excluded ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCILLORS: what are they like? The hot topic in the Borough is the decision of Executive Mayor John Biggs to impose new contracts (“Tower Rewards”) on the Council workforce.  Do Labour Councillors back him or not? Ten councillors ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCILLORS: what are they like? The hot topic in the Borough is the decision of Executive Mayor John Biggs to impose new contracts (“Tower Rewards”) on the Council workforce.  Do Labour Councillors back him or not? Ten councillors ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCILLORS: what are they like? The hot topic in the Borough is the decision of Executive Mayor John Biggs to impose new contracts (“Tower Rewards”) on the Council workforce.  Do Labour Councillors back him or not? Ten councillors ...

WHAT A TIME to be cutting the number of hospital beds available in the East End! Who thought of that one? No wonder local health activists are jumping up and down – and holding a Zoom meeting tomorrow to discuss ...

THE ROY CASTLE Lung Cancer Foundation is organising a Retro Running Series which will take place throughout 2020. The Series offers a chance to re-live your favourite decades, to do a bit of healthy running – and to help support ...

DAVID may well have found a way to beat Goliath, but no one is laying odds that Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor John Biggs will succeed in defeating one of the UK’s largest trade unions in the Tower Rewards saga. On ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCILLORS: what are they like? The hot topic in the Borough is the decision of Executive Mayor John Biggs to impose new contracts (“Tower Rewards”) on the Council workforce.  Do Labour Councillors back him or not? Ten councillors ...

WE’VE BEEN stuck indoors for weeks – and kept out of all those places called the “hospitality industry”. It’s brought on cravings: some for the experience of eating food someone else has cooked, some for branded food – and some ...

Cllr Nazir Ahmed FRSA – barrister, writer, analyst and public representative – calls on the Home Office to lift the “No Recourse to Public Funds” restriction. No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) is a standard condition applied to those staying in ...