IT WAS a text book case in hownot to rob a restaurant. And now two men have been found guilty of burgling a Camden eatery in a story which could be the basis of a “Carry On Burgling” film. The ...
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Labour stuck as Aspire leads pension divestment
IT WAS unprecedented. Tower Hamlets Councillors united, almost to a person, to stop the Council’s pension fund investing in companies involved in the arms trade. The Council and its employees both contribute a small sum to a pension fund each ...
Read More »Tulip of Hampstead damned
IT IS HARD to know who has come out of the Tulip Siddiq saga the worse: her, the MP for Hampstead & Highgate and former Economic Secretary to the Treasury; or him, Leader of the Labour Party and UK Prime ...
Read More »Put your foot down on Electric Vehicles!
WHO KNOWS what’s happening with the transition to electric vehicles? We all know it would be a Good Thing because it would cut carbon emissions – but it seems that no one can figure out how to do it. It ...
Read More »Starmer and the buses: spin or substance?
THE GOVERNMENT is blowing its trumpet today as it announces that it is keeping the cap on bus fares going. The cap, introduced by the last Government, means that travellers outside London won’t pay more than £3 for a bus ...
Read More »Don’t go to Harlow – just Be Well at home
HARLOW IS miles away from East London, but apparently the Harlow & District Sports Trust runs a place called the Harlow Leisurezone – and they have found time to comment on some recent research. Someone has looked into how often ...
Read More »Two Mayors; Two Manifestos… and double standards?
A MAYOR will always want to implement their Manifesto – but some, it seems, will find it easier than others. For example… In 2015, Labour’s John Biggs promised that if he was elected he would give the Rich Mix Centre ...
Read More »Young Tower Hamlets is recruiting!
“WE WANT to deliver an excellent Youth Service…” said Deputy Mayor Cllr Maium Talukar, “so we are looking for some excellent youth workers!” As Cabinet Member for Education, Youth and Lifelong Learning, Cllr Talukdar oversees the Youth Service and its ...
Read More »Food Banks: does one size fit all?
“I WOULD love to go to a Food Bank.” There were the words of a Tory Government Minister, speaking on the radio a couple of years ago. “All that free food. People are really lucky and they don’t appreciate it.” ...
Read More »Faith, Climate, Recycling: the Summit 2024
HOW DO we see our future? Local politicians and faith-based communities have a great deal in common when it comes to answering that question – as they found out at the recent Faith in Environment Summit 2024. The Summit was ...
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