African Families Service The first public petition to be heard at the Council meeting on 16th September came from the Pastors and Community Leaders Group, asking the Council to note their opposition to the African Families Service being cut. Labour ...

FOR FIVE consecutive years, Tower Hamlets has been recognised as a Tree City of the World by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and Arbor Day Foundation. The borough has also been awarded five stars in the inaugural Growth ...

THE MAYOR and Deputy Mayor of Tower Hamlets have welcomed a report issued by Ofsted Inspectors on how the Council and its partners investigate child sexual abuse within families. Ofsted had previously inspected Children’s Services as a whole, and judged ...

THE NEW Labour Mayor of Newham, Forhad Hussain, will have an interesting four years as he battles a Council without a Labour majority. In one sense, the composition of the Council does not matter, as the Executive Mayor has delegated ...

HE IS BACK. Lutfur Rahman has won a decisive victory in the election for Mayor of Tower Hamlets. He topped the poll with over 31,000 votes – winning his fourth mayoral election. The ringing endorsement from voters came as a ...

SENSITIVE AND personal information about residents was probably “copied and taken” during a cyber attack affecting three London Councils last November. A helpline and email address have been set up to answer questions from worried residents. Westminster Council is the ...

BEFORE WE look forward to 2026, let’s take a moment to look back at what was happening in Tower Hamlets in 2025. What was the Council up to? What were its memorable moments? Here’s the highlights of the first six ...

THE STARMER Government is planning to reduce public expenditure by cutting welfare benefits and restricting the number of people who can apply or them. This has come as a surprise to quite a number of Labour MPs, and some members, ...

A “PEOPLE’S BUDGET” has been passed by Tower Hamlets Council on Wednesday, 26th February, after nearly three hours of debate. This was the third budget proposed by Mayor Lutfur Rahman since he was elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets, for the ...

AN EXECUTIVE MAYOR is accountable to the public who elected them, rather than to the Council. Nonetheless, the Mayor is alloted six minutes every meeting to address the Council. That’s about half an hour a year, or two hours each ...