Born and raised in Cambridge, UK, Shahida Rahman is a published fiction author and mum of four. Her first historical novel, The ‘Lascar’, will be released at the Brick Lane bookshop, 166 Brick Lane, Lodon E1 6RU on 4th June ...

Tower Hamlets Council has announced that the result of the by-election in Weavers Ward is:

East London News:  You can read ELN’s story about the anonymous leaflet circulated just before polling day – making accusations about Spitalfields & Banglatown by-election candidate Gulam Robbani and about Mayor Lutfur Rahman – here: http://www.eastlondonnews.com/gutter-tactics-depress-robbani-vote-in-spitalfields/. We said that we’d be ...

With the votes for the Labour and the Independent candidates in the Spitalfields & Banglatown by-election being so close,

An anonymous leaflet – packed with lies and innuendo – is thought to have contributed to a last minute drop in votes for Independent candidate Gulam Robbani

East London News reports live from Spitalfields & Banglatown by-election count.

getbacktheex.net Ken Livingstone was a pioneer in fighting racism and homophobia.  His socialism linked the two kinds of bigotry and he led the way in fighting for equality and diversity well before it was fashionable.  Why are establishment figures like Andrew ...

East London News: The shadow of George Galloway’s by-election victory in Bradford West is hanging over the Weavers by-election in Tower Hamlets.

ELN: The surprise news that Labour councillor Anna Lynch has resigned her seat in Weavers ward leaves Tower Hamlets

There was a time when Mayor Lutfur Rahman was painted as a young firebrand. At Cabinet on 14th March, Lutfur deployed a new tool in his armoury. No one saw it coming but, put simply, he