NEW FIGURES: 900,000 agency workers, including 4,118 in Tower Hamlets to enjoy zero hours protections
Almost a million agency workers are set to benefit from new government zero-hour contract protections as Ministers today [TUESDAY 4 March] table amendments to the Employment Rights Bill following weeks of consultation and responses from business groups, trade unions and wider civil society. The changes will mean a further 900,000 agency workers – including, as […]
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 […]
“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 […]
REVEALED: MAYOR RAHMAN SPLASHES MORE CASH ON OFFICE UPGRADES
Tower Hamlets Labour Group has slammed the extravagant spending of Mayor Lutfur Rahman, who is planning to upgrade his personal office at the expense of residents. The lavish makeover is set to cost taxpayers at least a staggering £400,000. The shocking revelation came after opposition members received answers to questions, they had asked at the […]
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 […]
£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 […]
