Tower Hamlets Council has announced that it is consulting residents on Open Space in the Borough. Residents will be able to “have their say on shaping future investment into parks and open spaces in Tower Hamlets,” the Council promises. Don’t ...

When the Cabinet system was first introduced, a council’s “overview and scrutiny” committee was intended to scrutinise, closely, the work of the executive – providing some sort of reassurance to the wider Council. Councillors were given “call in” powers, by ...

Questions were being asked on Sunday as John “two jobs” Biggs displayed a very relaxed attitude to the second Britain First demonstration outside the East London Mosque in a fortnight. It was around 1.15pm on Sunday that just over a ...

John “two jobs” Biggs has issued no official statement on the Council’s “employment day” held in Bethnal Green last month. He seems to have delegated the commenting to Cllr Joshua Peck, Cabinet Member for Work and Economic Growth, who said: ...

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Civic Societies will today host a meeting in Parliament to consider how communities can play a greater role in protecting our heritage. Tower Hamlets has a great deal of multi-cultural heritage – but ...

Labour’s John Biggs has balanced his budget – by getting local residents to dig into their pockets to make up the shortfall. Gone is Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s cast iron pledge protect the most vulnerable in our community – replaced with ...

Donald Trump’s suggestion that Muslims should be barred from entering the USA has elicited a storm of protest around the world – with a community gathering outside the East London Mosque last Friday joining in – but has also elicited ...

There’s a nasty little scam going round at the moment. Con artists are gaining access to flats and advertising them for rent. When a prospective tenant comes round to view the flat, the con artist poses as a landlord, takes ...

Labour’s John “two jobs” Biggs is looking into how to make his Administration more transparent: according to Councillors Shahed Ali and Oliur Rahman, he could make a good start by coming clean over the Rich Mix Centre. The two Independent ...

The meeting ended at 22.46.  Good night. 22.34  Cllr Clare Harrison then moved motion 12.10, which was on the Trade Union Bill currently going through Parliament.  Cllr Saunders seconded the motion.  Both spoke up, as you might expect, for trade union ...