Mayor Biggs backs Gordon Brown’s Alliance for Full Employment 16 Sep 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has backed the ‘Alliance for Full Employment’, a…
Mayor Biggs calls on Government to scrap benefit cap to avoid evictions crisis for private tenants 08 Sep 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets has urged the Government to use the brief extension of…
Mayor John Biggs calls for government to extend support for businesses 03 Sep 2020 Mayor John Biggs today wrote to the Chancellor and called for him to step in…
Mayor backs ‘Time Out to Help Out’ campaign and calls for self-isolation to be recognised as a civic duty 25 Aug 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has backed a new national campaign ‘Time Out…
Mayor demands support for higher and further education sector following exams fiasco 20 Aug 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has called on the Prime Minister to provide…
Mayor slams Government over plans to scrap Public Health England during a pandemic 18 Aug 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets has branded the Government’s decision to scrap Public Health England…
Time running out for private renters as eviction ban ends this week and Universal Credit claims soar 18 Aug 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has made a last-ditch appeal to the Government…
Urgent appeal launched as financial impact of Covid hits Tower Hamlets Council 12 Aug 2020 Tower Hamlets Labour has today launched an urgent appeal calling on the Government to plug…
Mayor calls for government to step in to ‘save our sports’ 05 Aug 2020 Mayor John Biggs has written to the Prime Minister calling for the government to step…
Mayor calls on Housing Secretary to protect renters as cost of Covid hits 21 Jul 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has called on the Housing Secretary to introduce…
Chancellor’s summer statement fails to deliver for Tower Hamlets 13 Jul 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets has said that the Chancellor’s summer statement failed to deliver…
Mayor welcomes funding boost for Places of Worship Protective Security Fund 07 Jul 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets has welcomed the increased funding for the Places of Worship…
Response to Baroness Lawrence’s review into impact of Covid on BAME communities 03 Jul 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets has responded to the enquiry led by Baroness Doreen Lawrence…
Government must restore free travel for U18s and elderly Londoners 23 Jun 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has urged the Government to restore free travel…
Petition urges Government to rethink Free School Meal decision 16 Jun 2020 Tower Hamlets Labour has launched a petition calling on the Government to ensure that the…
We need full transparency over Westferry Printworks 11 Jun 2020 Statement from Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs following the Urgent Question raised in Parliament…
Free School Meals voucher scheme must continue over the summer holidays 11 Jun 2020 Tower Hamlets Labour are calling for the Government’s Free School Meal voucher scheme to continue…
Mayor Biggs statement on Robert Milligan statue 09 Jun 2020 A statement from Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs on the statue of Robert Milligan…
Mayor Biggs calls for ‘Triple Lock’ protection for renters 08 Jun 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has welcomed the Government’s decision to extend the…
Black Lives Matter 05 Jun 2020 The killing of George Floyd shocked millions across the world. How can the most powerful…
“Stop demolition of Sarah Chapman’s grave” urges Mayor Biggs 04 Jun 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has written to the Justice Minister Robert Buckland…
Public Health Report reveals differing impact of Covid-19 02 Jun 2020 Commenting on today’s delayed publication of the Public Health England Review ‘Disparities in the risk…
Tower Hamlets Council facing a cut in emergency Government funding amidst fight against coronavirus 01 Jun 2020 Tower Hamlets Council has been handed £1.4m less in the second tranche of emergency funding…
Westferry Printworks scheme quashed after Minister accused of ‘bias’ 28 May 2020 Labour-run Tower Hamlets Council has successfully taken legal action against the Government’s housing secretary after…
Government’s coronavirus support must not be based on immigration status 28 May 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets has called on the Home Secretary to make an urgent…
Tower Hamlets tops the leaderboard for genuinely affordable home completions 19 May 2020 New statistics released by City Hall last week (14th May) show that 1,562 affordable homes…
31,274 in London could lose care this year if Government breaks funding promise 18 May 2020 New analysis reveals the crippling cuts that will be forced on key frontline services including…
Figures from Tower Hamlets shows higher impact of COVID-19 on BAME population 12 May 2020 New figures from Tower Hamlets have highlighted the impact of COVID-19 on the BAME population.…
Mayor Biggs responds to PM’s announcement 11 May 2020 Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement, Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs said: “There were…
Mayor urges Iceland supermarket to join voucher scheme 07 May 2020 The Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs has called on the supermarket chain Iceland to…