Labour calls for a Budget to help Tower Hamlets residents through the Cost of Living Crisis
Tower Hamlets Labour has announced its amendment to Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s budget proposals for 2023/24. This aims to prioritise help for our most vulnerable residents in the face of the current devastating Cost of Living Crisis, ensuring money is spent on vital public services across the borough rather than wasted on a massive and entirely […]
Mayor Rahman’s spending boost to expand his private office while Tower Hamlets residents suffer as wages tumble
The latest figures from the ONS, published Tuesday 14 February, reveal real wages fell by 3.1 on the year in the three months to December – the biggest drop in 14 years. Analysis from Tower Hamlets Labour reveals that local wages have fallen by £1,409.35 over the last twelve months. Despite the devastating impact this […]
Tower Hamlets set to be £253million worse off thanks to cost of living crisis – New analysis
New analysis from Tower Hamlets Labour, based on research from the Resolution Foundation, reveals the staggering impact of the cost of living crisis to the local economy. Families are set to be £2,100 worse off at the end of two years of soaring inflation and falling wages – a period the independent think tank believes […]
Tower Hamlets Labour pushes for accountability and transparency for their Tower Hamlets Homes residents
Labour councillors are proposing a motion on Tower Hamlets Homes (THH) at a meeting of Tower Hamlets Council tomorrow on Wednesday 18th January which calls on the local authority’s Mayor to enact concrete measures to ensure effective democratic oversight of the performance his proposed in-house housing management service., The motion also calls for much greater […]
Mayor Rahman and Aspire Rejects New Council Homes in Ashington House
At a meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee this week, Tower Hamlets Labour Councillors called on the Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets and the Cabinet Member for Housing to review their decision to remove funding from the Ashington House redevelopment scheme, an important project which had the potential to deliver much-needed council housing for […]
£113.66 worse off a month – new analysis reveals workers in Tower Hamlets have taken a hammering in 2022
New analysis from Tower Hamlets Labour, based on research by the TUC, reveals that wages of the average worker in Tower Hamlets has dropped by a staggering £113.66 a month – £1,363.89 a year – in real terms over 2022. This is the biggest wage squeeze in almost half a century. This year, workers in […]
2,623 Patients Waiting a MONTH for a GP Appointment in Tower Hamlets
New data from the NHS has shown that more people are waiting a month for a GP appointment than at any time since when records began in 2017. 2,623 people in Tower Hamlets faced a wait of 28 days or more to see a GP in October alone. A further 15,809 people had to wait […]
Tower Hamlets Labour calls on the Chancellor to support local businesses this Small Business Saturday
Today on Small Business Saturday Tower Hamlets Labour visited small businesses across Tower Hamlets and asked small business owners to co-sign the Labour Group’s letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer requesting further support for small businesses in this time of economic uncertainty. According to the Federation of Small Businesses, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) […]
£204,850,000 to be lost in disposable income across Tower Hamlets over next two years
Families across Tower Hamlets are set to feel much poorer over the next two years as the Conservatives’ Autumn Statement make the cost of living crisis feel even worse. Research from the Resolution Foundation, published following the Autumn Statement, revealed the average household is set to see real disposable income fall by £1,700 over the […]
Tower Hamlets Labour’s ‘Save Our Bus Routes’ Campaign a Success for Local Residents as Bus Routes D7 and D3 Saved
The Tower Hamlets Labour Campaign to ‘Save Our Bus Routes’ in Tower Hamlets has resulted in a big success for local residents as the Mayor of London has today announced that local bus Routes D3 and D7 will not close. The campaign to ‘Save the Bus Routes’ was headed by Tower Hamlets Labour after Cllr […]