An anonymous leaflet – packed with lies and innuendo – is thought to have contributed to a last minute drop in votes for Independent candidate Gulam Robbani

East London News reports live from Spitalfields & Banglatown by-election count.

Last month, ELN reported that anyone attending a Cabinet meeting ran a serious risk of being bored to death and we implored someone to save us from this fate. Someone must have been listening,

East London News: On 14th March, at a Cabinet meeting, the Mayor took a formal decision to “bring the youth service back in house”. Currently,

East London News:  There were not just one but in fact two protest lobbies outside the Town Hall before the meeting of Tower Hamlets Cabinet on 4th April. In Tower Hamlets, we are used to politicians rushing forwards into the ...

Tower Hamlets Labour Party bosses have stopped dithering and have rushed through

ELN: The local press would not have to mention former councillor Michael Keith so often if

Emdad Rahman: The organisers of the London Triathlon are facing a massive fine after a pensioner was killed while crossing the track. A pedalling cyclist crashed into 67 year old Alhaj Jain Ullah as he was walking on a supervised ...

Galloway’s success in Bradford West was spectacular – and no political party can deny it. But if they can’t deny it, they are at a loss

East London News: The shadow of George Galloway’s by-election victory in Bradford West is hanging over the Weavers by-election in Tower Hamlets.