Statement on Government Intervention in Tower Hamlets Council

Leader of Tower Hamlets Labour Group, Councillor Sirajul Islam said:“The announcement of a statutory support package and Government envoy to oversee the work of Tower Hamlets Council will come as no surprise to residents who have endured over two years of chaos and decline in the quality of local services. “This decision follows a damning […]
TOWER HAMLETS LABOUR BUDGET RESPONSE

TOWER HAMLETS LABOUR BUDGET RESPONSE – Major Boost for Families and Businesses in Tower Hamlets, Including New Funding to Fix Roads, Build Homes, and Tackle Homelessness Labour’s first Budget sets a clear path to deliver the change that families and businesses in Tower Hamlets urgently need. Alongside increased funding for the NHS, a higher minimum […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“TOWER HAMLETS DESERVES A FAIR DEAL” DEMANDS LOCAL LABOUR LEADER

PRESS RELEASE 21 November 2023 For immediate release Local Labour Leader Cllr Sirajul Islam has written to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt demanding that he delivers a fair deal for Tower Hamlets in the upcoming Autumn Statement. The letter comes ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement on 22nd November 2023, in which he will set out the […]
Statement from Cllr Sirajul Islam Leader of TH Labour Group on agreement between LBTH & Unite

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 26/09/23 “Tower Hamlets Labour welcome the deal struck between workers from Unite and the Council. It should never have got to the point, where mountains of waste were piled high on our streets, for Lutfur Rahman to realise the value of our refuse worker’s labour. It should never have been the case, […]
Letter from Cllr Sirajul Islam to Unite strike re: strike action in Tower Hamlets
