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The Election Court Judge is giving his verdict in the case against Lutfur Rahman. In a shock verdict, the Judge has voided the mayoral election held in May 2014.  He also appears to have removed Cllr Alibor Chowdhury from office. It ...

Emdad Rahman reports from Wembley FA Cup semi final: Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool The 2015 FA Cup final will see Aston Villa take on Arsenal after Tim Sherwood’s men staged a dramatic comeback to win the second semi final at ...

On Saturday, 11th April East End Homes was scheduled to hold an Open Day for residents to drop in and learn about the housing association’s plans to redevelop the Holland estate. Residents of Brune, Bernard, Barnett and Carter Houses duly ...

Angry tenants and leaseholders of the Holland Estate in London’s Spitalfields are holding a protest on Saturday, 11th April against the proposed demolition and redevelopment of their estate by EastEnd Homes, the registered provider of social housing which owns and manages the estate. The protest will be between 11am ...

It was a strange Cabinet meeting on Wednesday (8th April) as politicians ploughed on with getting the necessary jobs done while waiting for the verdict of the election court – and, for that matter, the verdict of the electorate at ...

The London Borough of Tower Hamlets celebrated its 50th birthday on 1st April. Staff gathered in the Town Hall to mark the occasion. A cake was cut. Senior staff said appropriate things – including inviting residents to send in words ...

Tower Hamlets is 50 – not out! It was no joke on Wednesday, 1st April, as Council staff gathered to mark the 50th anniversary of the borough of Tower Hamlets Council. The metropolitan boroughs of Poplar, Stepney and Bethnal Green ...

Mayor Lutfur Rahman has always said that his Administration in Tower Hamlets is an anti-austerity Administration. And Deputy Mayor Cllr Oliur Rahman is helping Mayor Rahman show this is not just a paper policy – by leading a delegation of ...

Day one: and three victims are off the hook. We cannot stress enough that all political parties which stood candidates in last May’s mayoral and councillor elections signed an election protocol before nominations closed. Under its terms, they agreed to ...

It started today – but already all charges against one of the Defendants have been dropped. After last May’s mayoral election, four individual Tower Hamlets electors petitioned the election court, claiming that Lutfur Rahman could not have won the election ...