IT’S A HISTORIC deal – apparently. The Finance Ministers of the G7, meeting in London, have agreed a new system for taxing multinational companies. They are hoping this new system will provide a cash windfall for governments which have borrowed ...
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Coalition targets Palestine for protests at G7 summit
SEVERAL GROUPS have joined together to organise protests at and about the G7 summit which is to be held in Cornwall next weekend. One of the main issues protestors wish to raise is the G7 countries’ support for the Israeli ...
Read More »Is Poplar Labour Secretary guilty of “dishonest behaviour”?
QUESTIONS ARE being asked as members of the Poplar & Limehouse Constituency Labour Party (CLP) are becoming aware of a document which seems to show that their Secretary has “brought her profession into disrepute by reason of her dishonest behaviour” ...
Read More »June 4th – “we shall never forget”
IT IS 32 years since the world witnessed the might of the Chinese regime crush the democracy demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. And a solidarity movement across the globe vowed, “June 4th – we shall never forget”. Today a ...
Read More »Cllr Mumtaz Kahn elected Deputy Chair of Newham Council
CLLR MUMTAZ KHAN was elected to Newham Council in 2018 as a Labour councillor representing Green Street West ward. At this year’s AGM, Cllr Khan was selected as the Deputy Chair of Newham Council. She will work with the Chair ...
Read More »First Mayor of London backs Directly Elected Mayor option
THE FIRST elected Mayor of London Ken Livingstone supports the Mayoral system. The twice-elected London Mayor has put his weight behind the elected Mayoral system in Tower Hamlets’ referendum. Ken Livingstone said, “If you look at the Mayor system that was ...
Read More »Labour Mayor axes Day Care Centres
JOHN BIGGS has been at it again – closing down facilities which serve some of the most vulnerable members of the community in Tower Hamlets. It is a move which saw users of Council day care centres stage a public ...
Read More »At last! The Mayor’s computer is talking to us!
WE ARE STILL waiting to hear from the Executive Mayor – but today we have taken a step forwards in our attempt to offer John Biggs and Cllr Haque the opportunity to tell the public why they were stepping out ...
Read More »Supreme Court gives welcome ruling on Uber practices
ANOTHER CHAPTER in the long running dispute between cab service Uber and the British state ended today, as the Supreme Court ruled that Uber drivers – at least, the two who brought the test case – are workers. The saga ...
Read More »John Biggs still cavalier on walkabout question
JOHN BIGGS appeared in (virtual) public last night, 17th February – but he continued to ignore requests to explain why he had gone for a walk with Cllr Ehtasham Haque around the St John’s estate, E14. The meeting was organised ...
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