Labour’s John Biggs has spoken out about a local fraudster who has stolen £54,000 of taxpayers’ money. The man – Mustapha Bennamane – was found guilty, by a jury, of five breaches of Section 111(1A) of the Social Security and ...

The inquest into the death of Alexia Walenkaki began today, 11th April – and was immediately adjourned until 16th January 2017. The last minute delay came because police needed more time to obtain expert evidence – and to follow up ...

Questions were being asked on Sunday as John “two jobs” Biggs displayed a very relaxed attitude to the second Britain First demonstration outside the East London Mosque in a fortnight. It was around 1.15pm on Sunday that just over a ...

John “two jobs” Biggs has issued no official statement on the Council’s “employment day” held in Bethnal Green last month. He seems to have delegated the commenting to Cllr Joshua Peck, Cabinet Member for Work and Economic Growth, who said: ...

Labour’s John Biggs has balanced his budget – by getting local residents to dig into their pockets to make up the shortfall. Gone is Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s cast iron pledge protect the most vulnerable in our community – replaced with ...

Welcoming an award won by a park opened by Mayor Lutfur Rahman, Labour’s John Biggs said: “We are delighted that the Landscape Institute has awarded Derbyshire Pocket Park first prize in the ‘Design for a Small Scale Development’ category.” Not ...

Thanks to Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s initiative to introduce a “Mayor’s Cup” football competition, grants to community football groups are now available. And just before Xmas John “two jobs” Biggs found time in his busy schedule holding down two full-time jobs ...

There’s a nasty little scam going round at the moment. Con artists are gaining access to flats and advertising them for rent. When a prospective tenant comes round to view the flat, the con artist poses as a landlord, takes ...

John Biggs presided over a busy Cabinet meeting last week (Tuesday, 1st December), and inevitably he relied on his Cabinet Members to present some of the reports. Cllr Rachel Blake spoke in spirited fashion about the Local Plan, with various ...

Tower Hamlets Council has won a top sustainability prize in the National Association of Care Catering (NACC) Awards for its work in providing vulnerable people with healthy and organic meals. The Council cooks meals fresh each day and delivers hot ...