For once, Bangladeshi Labour councillors were rising from the benches, one after another, to speak in a Council debate. As they did so, they may have wondered why their non-Bangladeshi colleagues were sitting on their hands. This happened at the ...

Emdad Rahman Councillor Khales Ahmed, Tower Hamlets Council’s Speaker, took time out from his official schedule to participate in an information training session to understand and raise awareness of Dementia Friends. The long time community activist and Bromley North Councillor ...

All twenty-two Councils in Wales promised to accept refugees from war-torn Syria – but new Home Office figures show that only five (less than a quarter) have done so. The news has disappointed charities working with refugees. Carys Mair Thomas, ...

Tower Hamlets Council has welcomed government measures to reduce smoking this month – at the same time as it prepared to axe nearly £1 million from its own smoking cessation service over the next couple of years. The Council chose ...

The results of Tower Hamlets Council’s annual independent survey of resident satisfaction are out – and they’ve got John “one job” Biggs admitting “we face a significant challenge to keep improving services.” Interviews, conducted before the recent budget cuts were ...

Tower Hamlets Council has always taken its responsibilities to looked after children in its care very seriously. It runs a Virtual School, which it explains as a system “responsible for working with social workers, carers and professionals to promote educational ...

Tower Hamlets Council has announced that it is consulting residents on Open Space in the Borough. Residents will be able to “have their say on shaping future investment into parks and open spaces in Tower Hamlets,” the Council promises. Don’t ...

Tower Hamlets has been chosen as a finalist in the Britain in Bloom competition – one of only two London Councils to be nominated! The Britain in Bloom competition is organised by the Royal Horticultural Society. It’s a national competition ...

The Council is laying on various events for families and senior citizens at the end of April to mark two events which are seen as the epitome of “Englishness” – but is all as it seems? •On 21st April, the ...

Tower Hamlets Council is inviting community groups to apply for grants of up to £250 to fund street parties or local events to honour the Queen on account of her 90th birthday this month. Events may be held on any ...