Tower Hamlets Council backs ‘Breaking Point’ campaign
Tower Hamlets Council today (Wednesday 20th March) voted to support the ‘Breaking Point’ campaign. The national campaign was set up by councillors to oppose the damage that the government’s austerity programme has had on local councils, and to call for the government to properly fund councils. Since 2010, when austerity was launched by the Conservatives and […]
Mayor Biggs welcomes increased funding for the Places of Worship Fund
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has welcomed the announcement from the Home Office that the Places of Worship Protective Security Fund will receive additional funding to help protect places of worship. The Mayor wrote to the Home Secretary to call for the Fund to be reopened in the aftermath of the terror attack […]