Tower Hamlets Conservatives have secured a major victory for local residents on the transparency of the licensing of pubs, clubs and strip clubs. At the Full Council meeting on October 27, Cllr David Snowdon and Cllr Zara Davis secured unanimous council backing for their plans

ONE OF the most popular football competitions in Tower Hamlets is taking place over the weekends of 19th/20th and 26th/27th September 2026. It’s an extravaganza of exciting football playing – and a little dose of competition. It’s a little hard ...

THE MAYOR led politicians, the police and council workers on a Day of Action against drugs last week. The team had a van and posters outside the Town Hall and workers spread out around the vicinity to help where they ...

HUNDREDS OF families in Tower Hamlets will welcome the news that the Council has submitted five planning applications to build new homes – another step forward in the “Mayor’s Accelerated Housing Programme”. Mayor Lutfur Rahman is pleased with this achievement. ...

WHEN Mayor Lutfur Rahman planned, in 2022, to install 1,000 Electric Vehicle Charging Points over the lifetime of his Administration, there were some residents who thought this was fanciful. How wrong they were! The plan was tailored to local circumstances ...

PRAISE was directed at Tower Hamlets school students last week as “A”-level results were announced. Although Mayor Lutfur Rahman often says housing is his top priority, he is known for his interest in education too. Speaking as the borough’s students ...

THERE’S NO hanging around in Tower Hamlets when it comes to delivering more social homes. The most recent step forward was a huge meeting of housing companies designed to move forward plans to build new homes. But is something missing? ...

AS EXPECTED – not least by him – Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform UK, has won the Clacton by-election. The by-election was called because the previous MP for Clacton, Nigel Farage, resigned and then stood again. It was less a ...

IT WASN’T just the winning – it was also the taking part. The Mayor’s latest sporting cup was not just about congratulating those who came top of their categories – it was also about flying the flag for this very ...

THE TORIES have revealed their answer to the UK’s housing crisis: move non-British nationals out of social housing. It is the latest in a series of announcements from Kemi Badenoch’s Tory Party that are racist and, frankly, cuckoo. The policy ...