The Audit Commission has awarded Tower Hamlets Homes a two-star rating

Mayor Lutfur Rahman has welcomed a cash boost of almost £100m worth of funding to improve the quality of housing in Tower Hamlets.

LR: As a long term resident of Tower Hamlets I have seen the debilitating affect poor housing has on residents.

The biggest teachers meeting in Tower Hamlets for more than 35 years last week unanimously voted to ballot all NUT union members in the east London borough for strikes against cuts.

"We are working very long hours to keep things running and would be glad if cross party colleagues were willing to share the work in Cabinet." - Mayor Lutfur Rahman

Three Labour Councillors have pledged their support for working with Independent Mayor Rahman. Kabir Ahmed and Shahed Ali cited Labour’s refusal to work with the Mayor as primary reasons for breaking the Labour Group Whip. Cllr Abdul Asad also announced his decision to work with the Mayor.

Five Tower Hamlets councillors have been threatened with explusion from the Labour Party – and have hit back by asking whether the Labour Party is institutionally racist.

Tower Hamlets Council has announced that the result of the by-election in Weavers Ward is:

Cllr Helal Abbas has lost his appeal against a decision that he broke the Tower Hamlets Councillors' Code of Conduct.

As predicted in ELN, Tower Hamlets Council has called a by-election