Tower Hamlets Labour pushes Mayor Rahman to Save Our School Streets
Cllr Sirajul Islam, Leader of the Tower Hamlets Labour Group and Cllr Asma Begum, Ward Councillor for Bow West and Shadow Cabinet Member for the Environment and the Climate Emergency have today written to the Mayor of Tower Hamlets to demand he listen to the local community and reverse his decision to close the school […]
Tower Hamlets Labour call on Mayor Rahman to reverse the Closure of Chisenhale School Street
Tower Hamlets Labour has called on the Mayor of Tower Hamlets to reverse his decision to remove the School Street at Chisenhale Primary School in Bow West, which goes against the wishes of the local community and the Aspire administration’s own commitment to improve air quality in the borough. Tower Hamlets has one of the […]
Tower Hamlets Labour and Unmesh Desai AM present petition to London Deputy Mayor to Save Tower Hamlets Bus Routes
Members of the Tower Hamlets Labour Group and Unmesh Desai AM, Labour London Assembly Member for City and East, today presented a petition on preventing proposed cuts to local bus routes in Tower Hamlets to Seb Dance, the Deputy Mayor of London for Transport at the Transport for London Headquarters in Southwark. Hundreds of local […]
Tower Hamlets Labour tells Chancellor – Don’t take it out on Tower Hamlets
Leader of the Tower Hamlets Labour Group, Cllr Sirajul Islam has today written to the new Chancellor to stand up for residents in Tower Hamlets – and insist our community shouldn’t pay the price for the economic crisis made in Downing Street. On Monday 17th October, the fourth Chancellor in four months, Jeremy Hunt announced plans to cut […]
Tower Hamlets Labour calls on the Speaker of the Council to allow more scrutiny on the Mayor
The Leader of the Tower Hamlets Labour Group, Cllr Sirajul Islam has today written to Cllr Shafi Ahmed, the Speaker of Tower Hamlets Council to express his concern at the conduct of the Aspire Group in the last two meetings of the Full Council where questions submitted from members of the Opposition have not been […]
23,263 in Tower Hamlets face £960 higher mortgages thanks to Conservative Budget chaos
New analysis from Tower Hamlets Labour reveals 23,263 homeowners in Tower Hamlets face paying an average £960 more a year on their mortgages thanks to the Conservatives’ mini budget. That’s a combined total of £22,332,480. The BBC have reported that the average mortgage payer faces a ‘Kwarteng Premium’ of £960 on their mortgage as a […]
Mayor Rahman votes down Tower Hamlets Labour’s support for Small Businesses
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman and his colleagues in the Aspire Group yesterday voted against a Tower Hamlets Labour motion which pressed for immediate support to help the borough’s small businesses in the face of the Energy Bill Crisis. In a meeting of Tower Hamlets Council on Wednesday 5th October, the Aspire Group […]
Tower Hamlets Labour calls on Mayor Rahman to support small businesses in the face of the Energy Bill Crisis
Tower Hamlets Labour is proposing a motion to support small businesses at a meeting of the Tower Hamlets Council on Wednesday 5th October as escalating energy bills and the current economic turmoil have a devastating impact on their income. The motion notes that small businesses in Tower Hamlets are only recently recovering from the long […]
51,584 in Tower Hamlets already behind on household bills – new analysis
New analysis from Tower Hamlets Labour reveals a staggering 51,584 adults in Tower Hamlets are already falling behind on households bills – and 28,658 have gone without food. The figures come as the Chancellor today has announced his mini-budget, which takes place as the pound hits a 37 year low against the dollar, and real […]
Tower Hamlets Labour Leader pushes the Government to cap rent increases
The Leader of Tower Hamlets Labour Group, Cllr Sirajul Islam has today written to Simon Clarke MP, the new Secretary of State for Levelling-Up, Communities and Housing to call for an immediate cap on rent increases for residents in the private rented sector to protect those most vulnerable during the Cost of Living Crisis. The […]