A business-as-usual consultation on community grants has started in Tower Hamlets. Sadly, despite the cheerfulness of the Council’s press release, the consultation exercise misses the point. What are community grants? Councils would say that they are funds they spend on ...

HAVE FUN… or else! is the message coming from Tower Hamlets Council. Their press release showcasing activities and events available to residents this summer is quite exhausting. There are events for residents of all ages. You have “opportunities to come ...

HOUSING HAS always been one of Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s priorities. He has spoken in public a number of times about the scandal of overcrowding in the borough, and how this makes residents miserable and holds them back. The Mayor made ...

SPORTS, ARTS, music, drama, cooking, days out… They’re all free – and there’s a healthy lunch too. That what’s on offer for children in Tower Hamlets this summer – but you have to book a place. The activities are banded ...

THE NEW Leader of the Labour Party today became Prime Minister of the UK. He took over after two years of the Starmer Government had brought Labour to an all-time low in the polls and at the ballot box. Surely ...

LONDON’S LABOUR Mayor, Sadiq Khan, has been given a seat in the House of Lords by Keir Starmer – but he is not receiving awards for good behaviour from London boroughs. A few weeks ago Khan came out with another ...

YORK HALL Leisure Centre has been closed – with Tower Hamlets Council insisting that this is a temporary closure. The Be Well The Spa, situated in York Hall, is also closed. Tower Hamlets Council says: “York Hall Leisure Centre, including ...

SAVE THE DATE! A bonanza of fun for all the family is coming to Victoria Park during the last week in August – and it’s free. There will be a whole four days of fun activities from Monday, 24th August ...

AN INVESTMENT OF £4.8 million is headed for Tower Hamlets schools to help them support pupils with special needs. The money will fund a range of measures designed to make schools more inclusive. Executive Mayor Lutfur Rahman has long been ...

“WHAT? ANOTHER ONE?” This is probably the thought swirling round Clacton after Nigel Farage MP announced he was going to resign as an MP – and stand to be an MP in the resulting by-election. At lunchtime on 7th July ...