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Thought for today 16.01.20

ARE FREE school meals for primary school pupils next for the chop? What does Executive Mayor John Biggs have in mind? “Every child in primary school gets a free school meal at present. We fund that through time limited use ...

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Look out, Stepney: posh people coming!

IS STEPNEY to be the new Isle of Dogs? Details of an eye-wateringly expensive residential development have come to light which suggest that Whitechapel is being subjected to the same kind of random gentrification as E14. The Background It was ...

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Two mayors bridge the gap

TWO EAST LONDON mayors – John Biggs from Tower Hamlets and Rokhsana Fiaz from Newham – have met up to mark the opening of a new pedestrian bridge which links their two boroughs. The bridge cost £593,000 – that’s thought ...

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Meals on Wheels cut: mystery deepens

WHY HAS Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor John Biggs ordered the closure of the Council Meals on Wheels Service, which provides meals to vulnerable adults? Service users and community activists have been raising concerns about what will happen when the service ...

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Three women line up for Poplar & Limehouse

THE LABOUR PARTY is close to announcing who its candidate in Poplar & Limehouse will be at the next General Election – following the announcement by Jim “Dim Jim” Fitzpatrick that he will not contest the seat again. Campaigning by ...

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Where is the Speaker?

THE COUNCIL has a new “Speaker” – Cllr Victoria Obaze, who was elected at the AGM on 15th May. But will she be a dignitary who sits in the Town Hall or one who comes out and confronts difficult issues ...

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Tower Hamlets all talk on #BeBodyKind

WE’RE IN THE middle of Mental Health Awareness Week – and Tower Hamlets Council and Tower Hamlets NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have joined forces to promote positive attitudes to body images. The Mental Health Foundation has estimated that nearly ...

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