Politics

We’re used to driver-less trains in Tower Hamlets. Ever since the Queen came to open the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), we’ve had trains criss-crossing the Borough with only their train captains to guide them and respond to little emergencies. Some ...

In the 1980s, the then Tory Government set up the London Docklands Development Corporation, which made deals (usually discounts on their taxes) with various companies to move to the Isle of Dogs. They told us that wealth would trickle down ...

Since the Tories headed up the Coalition after the 2010 General Election, they have been making cuts in public spending and presiding over austerity measures which have made life harder for ordinary Eastenders. Government attacks such as the bedroom tax ...

Rushanara Ali MP (Bethnal Green & Bow) spoke at the Save Our Surgeries demonstration, but seems to have put the head of Labour Group Leader Cllr Rachael Saunders on her shoulder for the occasion. Perhaps they are performing their impression of Zaphod ...

Fancy an annual salary of £4.27 million? All you have to do is get to be the chief executive of a FTSE 100 company, and you are in with a chance – as that is their average pay. It’s 15% ...

The Government has made a further £1 million available to help charitable and community organisations help people to cut their fuel bills. That’s about a penny and a half per UK resident: it’s unlikely to have a major impact. The ...

The Government’s Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin has announced three new major motorway schemes. The plans are to create “smart roads” on parts of the M1 and M3 which aim to cut congestion and give drivers smoother, quicker journeys. Construction will ...

On 9th August, CND will connect the nuclear bomb factories at Aldermaston and Burghfield with a giant, seven mile long, pink peace scarf! Hundreds of supporters have been knitting beautiful pieces of pink wool and crochet which will form part ...

Last Thursday, 3,000 people went to the polls in Blackwall & Cubitt Town (BCT), to vote in a by-election. On Saturday, some 600 people marched through Tower Hamlets to protest against government funding cuts to GP surgeries. It’s a contemporary ...

No, we are not re-living the joys of last month. This is the Blackwall & Cubitt Town by-election count we’re at. We’ll post updates when we can and we’ll be first with the news when the result is out. Kabir ...