CLLR MUMTAZ KHAN was elected to Newham Council in 2018 as a Labour councillor representing Green Street West ward. At this year’s AGM, Cllr Khan was selected as the Deputy Chair of Newham Council. She will work with the Chair ...
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First Mayor of London backs Directly Elected Mayor option
THE FIRST elected Mayor of London Ken Livingstone supports the Mayoral system. The twice-elected London Mayor has put his weight behind the elected Mayoral system in Tower Hamlets’ referendum. Ken Livingstone said, “If you look at the Mayor system that was ...
Read More »Labour Mayor axes Day Care Centres
JOHN BIGGS has been at it again – closing down facilities which serve some of the most vulnerable members of the community in Tower Hamlets. It is a move which saw users of Council day care centres stage a public ...
Read More »At last! The Mayor’s computer is talking to us!
WE ARE STILL waiting to hear from the Executive Mayor – but today we have taken a step forwards in our attempt to offer John Biggs and Cllr Haque the opportunity to tell the public why they were stepping out ...
Read More »Supreme Court gives welcome ruling on Uber practices
ANOTHER CHAPTER in the long running dispute between cab service Uber and the British state ended today, as the Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers – at least, the two who brought the test case – are workers. The saga ...
Read More »John Biggs still cavalier on walkabout question
JOHN BIGGS appeared in (virtual) public last night, 17th February – but he continued to ignore requests to explain why he had gone for a walk with Cllr Ehtasham Haque around the St John’s estate, E14. The meeting was organised ...
Read More »Lord Woolley tells MPF: we’re fighting two pandemics
WHY DID THE UK BAME community suffer disproportionately from the Covid pandemic? Because institutional racism in UK society let BAME people live in overcrowded conditions and take the lowest grade jobs. Why did the Black Lives Matter movement protest so ...
Read More »Walkabout Mayor joins Covid Advice Panel
“WHY WAS Executive Mayor John Biggs walking round the St John’s estate, with Cllr Ehtasham Haque, on 6th February?” is one of the questions on the lips of many residents in E14. Now there is a chance to push for ...
Read More »Mayor tight lipped as community asks for answers
THEY ARE keeping it zipped – but members of the community are continuing to ask for Executive Mayor John Biggs and Blackwall & Cubitt Town Labour Councillor Ehtasham Haque why they were going walkabout on the Isle of Dogs this ...
Read More »Are apologies enough when lockdown rules are broken?
AROUND THE UK Councillors have been helping local communities during the various Covid lockdowns and tier experiences. They have delivered food, helped community groups and reorganised council services (and budgets) to meet the new situation. Sometimes, though – with so ...
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