SAFETY FOR residents and visitors; respect for our heritage; police resources; and road safety were the key concerns of councillors who rejected, for the second time, a planning application to build a new Chinese embassy at Tower Hill. The issue ...
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Community welcomes Mayor Rahman’s fuel payment
A UNITED pensioner community came out to welcome Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s winter fuel payment last week. The launch was held to mark fuethe day when letters were sent out to pensioners eligible to claim the Council’s payment. Mayor Rahman was ...
Read More »Assisted dying: how did your MP vote?
THE ASSISTED Dying Bill (ADB) has received its Second Reading in the House of Commons. A committee of MPs will now consider it in detail, line by line, and think about any amendments that may improve it. The ADB will ...
Read More »Deputy Mayor leads where Wood follows
YOU COULDN’T see the trees for the Wood at the November meeting of Tower Hamlets Council. The trees are surrounded by wonky paving stones: and Isle of Dogs resident Andrew Wood was petitioning the Council about them. However, Mr Wood’s ...
Read More »It’s a dog’s life down at the Council
JUST HOW hard should we be on dogs – and their owners – in Tower Hamlets? Over the summer, Tower Hamlets Council has been consulting the public on a new dog-control policy: and dog owners are… barking mad about it. ...
Read More »Peace and harmony break out at Council
ONLY KIDDING! The last full Tower Hamlets council meeting of 2024, held on 20th November, took place under a blanket of calm respect. But it was only superficial: under the blanket seethed the usual passions over who should be governing ...
Read More »Saturday 16th: day of action for Palestine
GAZA, PALESTINE: we have not forgotten, and we are still taking action to support you! One of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s (PCS’s) key campaigns is to persuade Barclays Bank to stop funding the Israeli state’s genocidal attack on the people ...
Read More »Viva Viva Palestina launches on Friday
THE PALESTINIAN struggle for freedom is being celebrated at the Rich Mix Centre in Tower Hamlets with an exhibition and a series of performances running through November. The series of events will be launched formally at the Rich Mix centre ...
Read More »Council “will make envoy welome”
Government inspectors spent several months in Tower Hamlets Council this year, inspecting the Council’s observance of its “Best Value” obligations. Their report was released on Tuesday, 12th November. Below we print the Council’s response to the report. A link to ...
Read More »Inspection Report: Council to get “envoy”
IT’S OUT. The Best Value Inspectors sent into Tower Hamlets Council by the last Government have produced their report and it will be out on Tuesday, 12th November. We know this, because it says so in The Guardian. The Guardian ...
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