Twenty-four hours after nominations closed, Tower Hamlets Council has announced the list of candidate in the coming election for mayor of Tower Hamlets. The leading two contenders are Cllr Rabina Khan and John Biggs AM. Cllr Khan has been Cabinet ...
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Is this the man who can halt the Labour shoo-in?
Are we on the brink of another Labour upset? Three weeks ago it seemed self-evident that the borough’s sitting Labour MPs would walk through to victory at the General Election. That was before the election court verdict in the case ...
Read More »Cllr Rabina Khan steps up to the front line
The news that Cllr Rabina Khan will stand in the mayoral election on 11th June, announced at last Thursday’s rally at the Waterlilly, will come as a delight to many voters in Tower Hamlets. As Cabinet Member for Housing (and, ...
Read More »THF defends decision to reclaim money owed by Rich Mix
At the Council meting on Wednesday last week, Tower Hamlets First councillors responded to critics of the Mayor’s decision to reclaim a loan paid by Tower Hamlets Council to the Rich Mix cultural centre a decade and a half ago. ...
Read More »Labour coronation for John Biggs over the heads of local members
London Labour Party officials have given losing mayoral candidate John Biggs a chance to make it “fourth time lucky” by announcing that he will be the Party’s candidate in the re-run election for Tower Hamlets Mayor, to be held on ...
Read More »Labour goes for dual power
It was a strange Cabinet meeting on Wednesday (8th April) as politicians ploughed on with getting the necessary jobs done while waiting for the verdict of the election court – and, for that matter, the verdict of the electorate at ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets First… to explore anti-austerity solidarity with Greece
Mayor Lutfur Rahman has always said that his Administration in Tower Hamlets is an anti-austerity Administration. And Deputy Mayor Cllr Oliur Rahman is helping Mayor Rahman show this is not just a paper policy – by leading a delegation of ...
Read More »Join up to ZEN on Brick Lane
Tower Hamlet’s Council’s award winning Zero Emissions Network (ZEN) hosted a daytime pop-event on Wednesday in Brick Lane. The event involved a display of electric cars, cargo bikes and bike mechanics. The council has partnered with the London boroughs of ...
Read More »That’s some Jolly Green Trees
Tower Hamlets Council has planted small trees at Jolly’s Green Open Space in Poplar as part of a bid to improve our environment. The trees were planted to address the fact that there is little woodland in Tower Hamlets, and ...
Read More »Council goes for 20-20 vision
Following a positive public consultation, Tower Hamlets Council will be applying a 20mph speed limit to all of the borough’s roads – excluding red routes – from Monday, 13th April. The consultation was carried out last October, and 80% of ...
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