Politics

OVER FIFTY London MPs and Assembly Members (AMs) joined local police officers out on the beat in their constituencies before Christmas. The outings were part of the #WalkTheMet initiative which seeks to make politicians more aware of what police officers ...

THE “BREXIT” crisis is over for now and the Government is unlikely to fall before the end of the year – but Theresa May’s problems are by no means over. The first phase of negotiations are over – some 18 ...

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s statement on Jerusalem has been slammed as “reckless and illegal” by the Independent Group of Tower Hamlets Councillors. The opposition group acknowledged that the new US policy will not be welcomed in Tower Hamlets, with its ...

WE ALL HOPE that no child we know will ever have to go to hospital for heart surgery. But we know that if the worst comes to the worst, there are world class facilities in London that can save young ...

CLLR RABINA KHAN has outlined her objections to John Biggs’s plan to cram thousands of residential units into the already highly developed south of Tower Hamlets. Cllr Khan’s comments were made in a submission to the Council’s consultation on the ...

“STAGGERING INCOMPETENCE” is how Cllr Rabina Khan has described John Biggs’s Draft Tower Hamlets Local Plan. “Brexit,” Cllr Khan told ELN. “Brexit. He’s forgotten about Brexit. Can you believe it? It’s not exactly a secret, Brexit, is it?” The Tower ...

THE PRIVATE TAXI FIRM Uber has lost the second round in its battle to avoid paying its drivers the full rate for the job – and the company now intends to appeal to the Court of Appeal and, if necessary, ...

THE BANK OF ENGLAND has today put up interest rates for the first time in ten years. It’s a tiny increase – from just 0.25% to 0.5%, but it is still likely to have an impact on the fate and ...

JEREMY CORBYN’s Labour Party has pledged to cut household bills for energy, water and post – by bringing companies running these services into public ownership when it forms a government. The Party estimates that the move could save the average ...

THE BOUNDARY COMMISSION has radically revised its proposals for new parliamentary boundaries in Tower Hamlets – and in doing so it has given sitting MP for Bethnal Green & Bow Rushanara Ali something of a lifeline. The Boundary Commission’s first ...