Politics

IS JOHN BIGGS guilty of double standards? This is the question local activists are asking after Tower Hamlets Council refused to allow The Big Ride for Palestine to end a charity bike ride in a public park as it may ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL has been found out refusing to host a charity event organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) – on the grounds that it might be construed as anti-semitic. An article in The Guardian today has revealed that ...

JOHN BIGGS – Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets – has decided to cut the amount of money spent on Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). And now he’s consulting the public on how to do it. As usual, ...

CLLR RITA BEGUM has been nominated by the Westminster Labour Party to be a considered as the Labour candidate for the West Central seat on the Greater London Assembley (GLA). Cllr Begum has represented Maida Vale ward on Westminster Council ...

IS THE USA about to launch another military attack on a Middle Eastern country? Rational people around the world have been baffled as to why US President Donald Trump is goading Iran – and are fearing the consequences. Iran had ...

IT’S LIFE IN prison for James Alex Fields Jr, 22 – an active member of the far right in the USA. And as he prepared to be sentenced, he apologised for killing 32 year old anti-Nazi protestor Heather Heyer. No ...

IT IS JUST OVER 70 years since the National Health Service (NHS) was established in the UK. It clung to one basic principle: everyone pays in according to their income; everyone receives healthcare according to their need. In recent years ...

THE BANGLADESH Caterers’ Association (BCA) has welcomed an announcement from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), which has pledged to recommend a relaxation in government immigration policy. MAC advises government on how to change immigration policy. With Brexit on the horizon, ...

LAST SUNDAY, 9th June, Councillor Humayun Kabir marked his election as Mayor of the London Borough of Croydon at his Inaugural Dinner at The Hilton Hotel, Purley Way. The Mayor was joined by many distinguished guests, including the Rt Hon. ...

THE COUNCIL has a new “Speaker” – Cllr Victoria Obaze, who was elected at the AGM on 15th May. But will she be a dignitary who sits in the Town Hall or one who comes out and confronts difficult issues ...