£204,850,000 to be lost in disposable income across Tower Hamlets over next two years

Families across Tower Hamlets are set to feel much poorer over the next two years as the Conservatives’ Autumn Statement make the cost of living crisis feel even worse. Research from the Resolution Foundation, published following the Autumn Statement, revealed the average household is set to see real disposable income fall by £1,700 over the […]

Tower Hamlets Labour pushes Mayor Rahman to Save Our School Streets

Cllr Sirajul Islam, Leader of the Tower Hamlets Labour Group and Cllr Asma Begum, Ward Councillor for Bow West and Shadow Cabinet Member for the Environment and the Climate Emergency have today written to the Mayor of Tower Hamlets to demand he listen to the local community and reverse his decision to close the school […]

Tower Hamlets Labour tells Chancellor – Don’t take it out on Tower Hamlets

Leader of the Tower Hamlets Labour Group, Cllr Sirajul Islam has today written to the new Chancellor to stand up for residents in Tower Hamlets – and insist our community shouldn’t pay the price for the economic crisis made in Downing Street. On Monday 17th October, the fourth Chancellor in four months, Jeremy Hunt announced plans to cut […]

23,263 in Tower Hamlets face £960 higher mortgages thanks to Conservative Budget chaos

New analysis from Tower Hamlets Labour reveals 23,263 homeowners in Tower Hamlets face paying an average £960 more a year on their mortgages thanks to the Conservatives’ mini budget. That’s a combined total of £22,332,480. The BBC have reported that the average mortgage payer faces a ‘Kwarteng Premium’ of £960 on their mortgage as a […]

Mayor Rahman votes down Tower Hamlets Labour’s support for Small Businesses

The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman and his colleagues in the Aspire Group yesterday voted against a Tower Hamlets Labour motion which pressed for immediate support to help the borough’s small businesses in the face of the Energy Bill Crisis. In a meeting of Tower Hamlets Council on Wednesday 5th October, the Aspire Group […]