ONE OF THE reasons why Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs decided to explore privatising the Borough’s three remaining day care nurseries was the cost. His former Cabinet Member for Education and Children’s Services, Cllr Rachael Saunders, who resigned from the ...
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More signs of house sale slowdown
FIGURES RELEASED this week by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) show that house sales are stagnant – and prices are, overall, very steady too. This is not very good news for the economy as a whole. The level of sales ...
Read More »First Cabinet Member speaks out on parking
THE VERBAL JOUSTING between Tower Hamlets councillors has hotted up as the Cabinet Member for Environment, Cllr Amina Ali, has joined in the debate over the current parking consultation. The Council is currently conducting a consultation over parking in zones ...
Read More »Labour stops stalling on parking confusion
THE LABOUR Group of Councillors have broken their silence on the parking consultation in Bow and Mile End currently being conducted by Tower Hamlets Council. Earlier last week the Council indicated that it was consulting all residents and some businesses ...
Read More »Cllr Ohid Ahmed calls on Biggs for clarity on parking
AS HIS PETITION on parking breaks through the 5,000 signature mark, Cllr Ohid Ahmed is calling on John Biggs to provide some clarity on the consultation currently underway. The Council has begun a consultation with residents and businesses in controlled ...
Read More »Cllr Khales Uddin Ahmed to the rescue?
COUNCILLORS and residents united in questioning new plans from John Bigg to charge more for parking in Tower Hamlets, is it possible that Labour Councillor Khales Uddin Ahmed has come to the rescue? The following letter has been circulating on ...
Read More »Cllr Ohid Ahmed calls on Biggs to “come clean” on parking
INDEPENDENT Councillor Ohid Ahmed launched a petition in response to John Biggs’s sham consultation on parking in Bow and Mile End – and within hours over 3,000 people had signed it. The petition calls on Tower Hamlets Mayor to stop ...
Read More »Biggs takes wrong turn on parking says Cllr Rabina Khan
Cllr RABINA KHAN has condemned as “misleading and disingenuous” a consultation which Tower Hamlets Mayor John Bigg has launched on parking in the east of the Borough. Biggs has made no formal statement about why parking should change in the ...
Read More »Biggs sits out Labour support for International Youth Day
TWO LABOUR Shadow Ministers issued a joint statement on 12th August to mark International Youth Day. Cat Smith, Shadow Minister for Voter Engagement and Youth Affairs, and Kate Osamor, Shadow International Development Secretary, spoke up for the rights of young ...
Read More »UKIP: EU Whips clash over “extremist” Waters
THE CRACKS ARE beginning to widen as UKIP enters yet another leadership contest. The Party did very badly in the General Election – leading to the resignation of the then Leader Paul Nuttal. The process of finding his successor may ...
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