Government’s review of council funding threatens £3m loss for Tower Hamlets
In the same week that Mayor Biggs will present his council budget proposals, the Mayor…
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Tower Hamlets Labour protects council tax reduction scheme
In their budget plans for the coming year, Tower Hamlets’ Labour Mayor and councillors are…
55% of those reassessed for PIP in Tower Hamlets see support cut or stopped altogether
55% of those reassessed for PIP in Tower Hamlets see support cut or stopped altogether…
Mayor Biggs reassures EU residents ahead of Brexit day
Ahead of ‘exit day’ on 31st January – the day when the UK leaves the…
Mayor writes to Prime Minister calling for funding cuts to local services to be reversed
Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has written to the Prime Minister calling for cuts…
Tower Hamlets Council calls for universal credit to be scrapped
Tower Hamlets councillors overwhelmingly backed a motion proposed by Labour councillors at a full council…
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The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has responded to the announcement that the Secretary…
Mayor presents council budget
Mayor Biggs presented his draft budget at a Cabinet meeting last week (Wednesday 8th January)…
Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs responds to the Queen’s Speech
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has warned he is “fearful for the future…
Mayor Biggs backs cross-party calls to scrap two-child benefit limit
Mayor John Biggs has backed calls from a cross-party committee of MPs to scrap the…
New figures show benefits at their lowest level since 1948 as food bank demand soars
A study by the IPPR think-tank has found that social security payments are now at…
Mayor gives frosty reception to government spin over benefit freeze
Mayor John Biggs has criticised the announcement that the benefit freeze is due to end…
Private tenants on average paying £425 more than they can afford just to pay the rent
A new report from the housing charity Shelter highlights that 2 million families are breaking…
Audit Office reveals government’s failure on Starter Homes
A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed that ‘no Starter Homes…
The school funding crisis is far from over
New national figures reveal that schools in Tower Hamlets have lost out on over £110m…
Benefit freeze pricing families out of a home
New research from the National Housing Federation (NHF) shows that more than nine in ten…
New figures show scale of police cuts in Tower Hamlets
New figures reveal that between 2010 and 2018 the number of police officers in the…
Universal Credit blunders continue despite council pointing out errors
Latest figures show a further 150 errors on Universal Credit claims in Tower Hamlets this…
Labour’s Conference plans set to make a difference in Tower Hamlets
Labour has announced a range of new policies at its annual conference in Brighton 21st…
Overground services must improve, mayors and MPs demand
The mayors and MPs for Hackney and Tower Hamlets have written to Transport for London…
Tower Hamlets Council opposes London City Airport growth proposals
Tower Hamlets Council members have agreed a motion in opposition to London City Airport growth…
Tower Hamlets Council condemns Government over special needs funding crisis
At a meeting of the full council (18th September 2019), Tower Hamlets Council overwhelmingly passed…
Mayor Biggs backs ‘Cover the Cost’ campaign
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets has backed a new campaign from the homelessness charity Crisis,…
Mayor Biggs calls for tuition fees to be scrapped as UK student loan debt soars
New analysis of official government projections shows that the total interest being racked up by…
EU citizens’ rights must not be used as ‘bargaining chips’
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets has written to the Prime Minister calling on him to…
Special needs services now ‘at a tipping point’ warn London boroughs
Council cabinet members with responsibility for children’s services across London have co-signed a cross-party letter…
‘Dangerous’ NHS hostile environment policy must end
Mayor John Biggs and Dr Jackie Applebee, the chair of the Local Medical Committee for…
Drug-related deaths hit record levels in England as Prime Minister’s spending pledges ring hollow
New figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that drug-related deaths last year…
Mayor Biggs attacks government ‘obsessed with no-deal Brexit’
Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has criticised the government for driving the country towards…
Over two million households paying more than a third of their income in rent
New House of Commons analysis shows that over two million private renting households in England…