Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s work on protecting residents from Tory welfare cuts has been praised as a model for other councils to follow. As Tower Hamlets voters went to the polls in the mayoral election, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation published a report (11th ...

The Election Court Judge is giving his verdict in the case against Lutfur Rahman. In a shock verdict, the Judge has voided the mayoral election held in May 2014.  He also appears to have removed Cllr Alibor Chowdhury from office. It ...

By Muhammad Abdullah, 20th February 2015 Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman was defending himself in court today against allegations that were made against him by four accusers. They were all politically involved in last year’s local borough elections. The Mayor ...

Friday’s our day off in East London News: and what better way to spend it, given that it is the last Friday of the election campaign, than touring the Borough’s mosques to get the last minute vibes? Imagine our surprise, ...

Metropolitan Police Service crime figures up to the end of March 2014 show that incidents classed as “Islamophobic crime” have nearly tripled, from 17 to 50 individual incidents. The increase coincides with the period of time in which Labour and ...

The elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, joined with construction workers and trade unionists to take part in International Workers Memorial Day on Monday, 28th April. The Mayor laid a wreath at the Building Worker statue in Tower Hill ...

To say that that the late John Onslow (1922-2008) was an old fashioned trade

Just a few days ago we revealed how the Labour Party

Five Labour councillors in Tower Hamlets have joined Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s team.

Tower Hamlets Council will meet on Tuesday 8 March seeking to agree budget proposals