As the polls closed on this momentous election day, all the political parties agreed on one thing: it really is too close to call the mayoral election. That is not to say that the winning margin will be small, though ...

Labour is today under the spotlight as one of their campaigners hurled verbal abuse at a young female pro-Lutfur Rahman campaigner in Chrisp Street market. The verbal abuse included swearing and using sexist language. ELN has seen a photo of the pro-Biggs ...

Friday’s our day off in East London News: and what better way to spend it, given that it is the last Friday of the election campaign, than touring the Borough’s mosques to get the last minute vibes? Imagine our surprise, ...

One of the reasons why the number of people employed in the UK has gone up is that as it’s so hard to get a decent full-time job, people are having to do two or three part-time jobs to make ...

Ken Livingstone is one of the few politicians to refuse to become embroiled in the hate campaign against Mayor Lutfur Rahman which began when party officials over-ruled local Labour Party members who had chosen the then Cllr Rahman to be ...

So in the battle between the traditionalists and the modernists, traditionalist John Biggs has

London Assembly Member John Biggs made a splash at the GLA meeting on 31st October when he took on London Mayor Boris Johnson over threats to East London’s emergency services.

Government inspectors spent several months in Tower Hamlets Council this year, inspecting the Council’s observance of its “Best Value” obligations. Their report was released on Tuesday, 12th November. Below we print the Council’s response to the report. A link to ...

IT’S OUT. The Best Value Inspectors sent into Tower Hamlets Council by the last Government have produced their report and it will be out on Tuesday, 12th November. We know this, because it says so in The Guardian. The Guardian ...

CONVICTED! That’s what has happened to five individuals and two companies who had been letting out flats – using a number of illegal and unfair practices. And it happened after a tireless investigation by Tower Hamlets Council trading standards officers. ...