TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL has defended its practice of asking residents to sign into its website before completing online surveys – claiming the practice is more convenient and “robust”. A few days ago we reported that Tower Hamlets Council was asking ...

A NEW BLOCK of Council flats is being built in Wapping – and local councillor Abdal Ullah has announced that the block will be named after former Wapping resident Altab Ali. Altab Ali is a household name among the Bangladeshi ...

IT IS BAD ENOUGH that the General Secretary of a national trade union has had to step in and point out it will support its members in Tower Hamlets, who are opposing the Labour Mayor’s plan to impose new contracts ...

UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis joined the May Day virtual rally called by Tower Hamlets Unison on Friday – and pledged that the national union would support local workers fighting “Tower Rewards”. Tower Rewards – re-named “Tower Robbery” by the ...

LOCAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS were delighted when Tower Hamlets Council declared a “climate emergency” – linking in with campaigners across the world Imagine their disappointment to see, weeks later, the Council felling mature trees. It’s a difficult debate – made very topical ...

FOUR residents of Tower Hamlets have been diagnosed as having the Corona virus, also known as Covid-19. At the start of the week, only one case had been reported: the 300% increase was revealed today, Tuesday, 10th March. One infected ...

IT WAS business as usual down on the Tower Hamlets Council meeting on Wednesday, 19th February as the ruling Labour Group managed to force its budget through. As the agenda item began, Executive Mayor John Biggs introduced his Budget to ...

CAMPAIGNERS WILL BE lobbying Tower Hamlets Council on Wednesday, 15th January to press the case for free speech in the Borough on issues affecting Palestine and the Palestinian people. Councillors will be asked to act on a petition being presented ...

Muhammad Talha COUNCILLOR Victoria Obaze, Speaker of Tower Hamlets Council, has spoken about her passion to use her public platform to help raise awareness of issues which impact communities. The Whitechapel Member took part in a Dementia Friends Information session ...

THERE CAN’T BE many Councils in the UK which have banned charities from using their local parks – but Tower Hamlets Council is one of them, with officers’ reasoning only being discovered after Freedom of Information Requests. The Big Ride, ...