More than 1,000 families’ lives have been transformed thanks to a pioneering scheme begun under Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s Administration. The milestone was celebrated on 2nd July, the third anniversary of a major conference the Troubled Families (TF) Programme held to ...

John Biggs is reported to have written off a £850,000 loan made to the Rich Mix (an organisation which styles itself “East London’s independent arts venue”). Independent councillors have implemented the “call in” process which means that the decision will ...

Figures released by the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) show Tower Hamlets delivered the highest number of affordable homes in the country. Between 2010/11 and 2014/15 – essentially the period of Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s Administration – Tower Hamlets ...

A new and improved version of the Council’s unique Find it, Fix it, Love it (FiFiLi) app – developed under Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s Administration – is now available to download from the App Store and Google Play. FiFiLi is the ...

Parents and carers took part in a conference at the Professional Development Centre in Bethnal Green earlier this month (13th June) to share knowledge and positive experiences of bringing up children. The morning session provided mums, dads and carers with ...

Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s work on protecting residents from Tory welfare cuts has been praised as a model for other councils to follow. As Tower Hamlets voters went to the polls in the mayoral election, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation published a report (11th ...

The Election Court Judge is giving his verdict in the case against Lutfur Rahman. In a shock verdict, the Judge has voided the mayoral election held in May 2014.  He also appears to have removed Cllr Alibor Chowdhury from office. It ...

By Muhammad Abdullah, 20th February 2015 Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman was defending himself in court today against allegations that were made against him by four accusers. They were all politically involved in last year’s local borough elections. The Mayor ...

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, ...

Metropolitan Police Service crime figures up to the end of March 2014 show that incidents classed as “Islamophobic crime” have nearly tripled, from 17 to 50 individual incidents. The increase coincides with the period of time in which Labour and ...