TH Labour Urges PM to Reconsider Winter Fuel Cuts
Tower Hamlets Labour Group19/09/2024 Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MPPrime Minister of the United Kingdom10 Downing StreetLondonSW1A 2AA Dear Prime Minister, Reconsideration of Cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment We firstly wish to express how proud we are to see a Labour Government after 14 years of being in opposition. In Tower Hamlets councillors, activists […]
Labour Urges Mayor Rahman to Protect Pensioners from Energy Bill Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tower Hamlets Labour Group Calls on Mayor Rahman to Protect Older Residents Facing Energy Bill Crisis PRESS RELEASETower Hamlets Labour Group Calls on Mayor Rahman to Protect Older Residents Facing Energy Bill Crisis For Immediate Release 18/9/24 Tower Hamlets Labour Group has tabled a motion calling on Mayor Lutfur Rahman to step in […]
Statement from TH Labour on Far-Right Riots
Tower Hamlets Labour condemns the rioting that has taken place across the UK over the last few days. These are not protests or legitimate concerns. This must be called out for what it is – violent racism. Across the UK we have seen pogroms taking place in communities with people, businesses and institutions targeted because […]
Statement on disruption to Budget Meeting
STATEMENT FROM TOWER HAMLETS LABOUR GROUP: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29/2/24 The Tower Hamlets Labour Group condemns the abuse and chaos that plagued last night’s budget meeting. We are deeply disturbed that it took the council’s female councillors to threaten to leave the meeting before action was taken against individuals who had persistently disrupted proceedings with […]
Tomorrow’s Budget meeting and update on Best Value Inspection
From Cllr Marc Francis, Bow East, Labour Two years ago, Lutfur Rahman made a bold promise to not to raise Council Tax if he was elected as Mayor of Tower Hamlets. In Labour’s camp people were incredulous. In the wake of Lutfur Rahman’s removal from office in 2015, Labour’s Mayor, John Biggs had had to both raise […]
Statement on comments made by Paul Scully MP
Councillor Sirajul Islam, Leader of Tower Hamlets Labour group said: “It says something about the state of the modern Conservative Party that its MPs feel comfortable parroting the type of comments made by far-right extremists. There aren’t any “no-go” areas in our borough and if Mr Scully feels like he can only condemn the Islamophobic […]
Statement from THLG Leader on Ceasefire vote
On October 24th, 2023, Tower Hamlets Labour councillors wrote to Keir Starmer MP, calling on the Labour Party to back an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. In the 120 days since, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli military operations has risen to 29,000, with many more injured. The majority of these casualties have […]
Mayor Lutfur Rahman Breaks Council Tax Manifesto Promise
Residents of Tower Hamlets are facing severe financial strain as Mayor Lutfur Rahman backtracks on his key manifesto promise to freeze council tax. He is enacting a substantial increase, forcing households to pay an additional 4.99% annually[1], during a time of severe economic hardship. Over three years, this totals a staggering extra cost of £517.71 […]
How Privatisation Threatens “The People’s Park”: A Balancing Act in Austere Times
By Cllr Asma Begum (Bow West and Shadow Cabinet member for the Environment) How do we balance the need for local authorities to raise funds for vital services (in an era of budget cuts and austerity) against the fundamental right for residents to access the green spaces they collectively own? This delicate question comes to […]
Labour councillors slam Mayor Rahman’s plan to ‘Privatise’ Victoria Park
The Labour group of councillors in Tower Hamlets, have strongly criticised Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s decision to amend the Major Events Policy for Victoria Park, which would allow two extra major events to take place in the park each year and increase the capacity threshold for a large event from 5,000 to 20,000 people. This will […]
