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 […]
MAYOR RAHMAN ACCUSED OF RAIDING LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUND
Tower Hamlets Labour Group has accused Mayor Lutfur Rahman of raiding the Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (NCIL) fund for his own agenda, at the expense of local infrastructure projects that were approved by the previous Labour administration. At June’s meeting of Tower Hamlets Cabinet, Mayor Lutfur Rahman announced the unprecedented step of cancelling £17m of […]
DEVELOPERS OFF THE HOOK: ASPIRE WAIVES AFFORDABLE HOUSING QUOTA FOR HUGE CANARY WHARF SITE
Aspire Councillors are facing criticism from Tower Hamlets Labour for controversially approving plans for developers to build a 46-storey tower block in Canary Wharf with no affordable housing. The planned site at 56-58 Marsh Wall, would have had to include 278 affordable flats under the council’s 35% affordable home quota. However, at April’s meeting of […]
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 […]
Tower Hamlets Labour pushes for accountability and transparency for their Tower Hamlets Homes residents
Labour councillors are proposing a motion on Tower Hamlets Homes (THH) at a meeting of Tower Hamlets Council tomorrow on Wednesday 18th January which calls on the local authority’s Mayor to enact concrete measures to ensure effective democratic oversight of the performance his proposed in-house housing management service., The motion also calls for much greater […]
Mayor Rahman and Aspire Rejects New Council Homes in Ashington House
At a meeting of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee this week, Tower Hamlets Labour Councillors called on the Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets and the Cabinet Member for Housing to review their decision to remove funding from the Ashington House redevelopment scheme, an important project which had the potential to deliver much-needed council housing for […]
£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 […]
2,623 Patients Waiting a MONTH for a GP Appointment in Tower Hamlets
New data from the NHS has shown that more people are waiting a month for a GP appointment than at any time since when records began in 2017. 2,623 people in Tower Hamlets faced a wait of 28 days or more to see a GP in October alone. A further 15,809 people had to wait […]
