Politics

James Frankcom: As the rumours surrounding the position of Tower Hamlets Councillor Shelina Akhtar circulate, East London News has spoken exclusively with Cllr Shelina Akhtar herself. Cllr Akhtar explained that legal advice has prevented her from countering the negative presumptions ...

Peabody’s public consultation meeting on 7th November saw Councillors Rabina Khan and Alibor Choudhury

In May 2010, the people of Tower Hamlets voted in a referendum to introduce a directly elected Mayor

Mayor Lutfur Rahman, Tower Hamlets Council, summed it up: “EMA enabled young people from low income

More than 12,000 people have signed the e-petition urging the UK government to stop the extradition of British detainee Babar Ahmad to the U.S and put him on trial in the U.K instead. It is currently the highest ranked e-petition ...

Friday, 22nd October 2010. Was it the day politics in Tower Hamlets came of age,

I’m shuffling my feet and perspiring just inside the entrance of the Whitechapel Idea Store.

The former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, has pledged to cut Tube and bus fares by 5%

Following a meeting of Full Council which took place on 21st September 2011

Ed Miliband has taken aim at "predators" in the business world and excessive pay at the top of industry