Labour secures new funding to protect domestic abuse survivors in Tower Hamlets
Labour secures new funding to protect domestic abuse survivors in Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets will benefit from a share of new national funding to expand safe accommodation and specialist support for survivors of domestic abuse, as Labour treats violence against women and girls as a national emergency. The Government has announced an extra £19 million […]
Labour Government Launches Plan to End Homelessness | Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets Labour calls for local action to match national ambition Homelessness and rough sleeping doubled under the Conservative Government. In Tower Hamlets, the consequences are visible every day: families trapped in temporary accommodation, rising rough sleeping, and children growing up without the stability of a secure home. The Labour Government has launched a bold […]
TH Mayoral Candidate Calls on Met to Suspend Closure of Bethnal Green Station Front Counter
For Immediate Release6 August 2025 Councillor Sirajul Islam, Leader of the Tower Hamlets Labour Group and elected representative for Bethnal Green East, together with Unmesh Desai AM, London Assembly Member for City and East, today wrote to Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime Kaya Comer-Schwartz and Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist to urge an immediate halt […]
Councillor Sirajul Islam Selected as Tower Hamlets Labour’s Mayoral Candidate for the 2026 Local Elections
For Immediate Release Tower Hamlets Labour Group is delighted to announce that Councillor Sirajul Islam has been chosen to stand as our mayoral candidate in the 2026 local elections. With deep roots in our borough and a lifetime of service to its people, Sirajul brings both passion and proven leadership to this role. Councillor Islam […]
Labour Response to First Envoys Report
Tower Hamlets Labour councillors have welcomed the first report by Ministerial Envoys assessing Tower Hamlets Council’s progress in response to the Government’s improvement directions. The report, reflecting the initial four months of statutory intervention, praises senior council officers for actions taken, such as establishing the Transformation & Assurance Board and drafting a Continuous Improvement Plan. […]
Tower Hamlets Labour Proposes Budget Amendment to Freeze Council Tax and Protect Key Services
PRESS RELEASE: For Immediate ReleaseDate: 26/2/25 Tower Hamlets Labour Proposes Budget Amendment to Freeze Council Tax and Protect Key Services The Labour Group in Tower Hamlets has announced a bold 2025/26 Budget Amendment that delivers on its commitment to freeze Council Tax—in stark contrast to Mayor Lutfur Rahman, who is planning a 3% increase despite […]
TH Labour Urges PM to Reconsider Winter Fuel Cuts
Tower Hamlets Labour Group19/09/2024 Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MPPrime Minister of the United Kingdom10 Downing StreetLondonSW1A 2AA Dear Prime Minister, Reconsideration of Cuts to the Winter Fuel Payment We firstly wish to express how proud we are to see a Labour Government after 14 years of being in opposition. In Tower Hamlets councillors, activists […]
Statement from TH Labour on Far-Right Riots
Tower Hamlets Labour condemns the rioting that has taken place across the UK over the last few days. These are not protests or legitimate concerns. This must be called out for what it is – violent racism. Across the UK we have seen pogroms taking place in communities with people, businesses and institutions targeted because […]
Statement on disruption to Budget Meeting
STATEMENT FROM TOWER HAMLETS LABOUR GROUP: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 29/2/24 The Tower Hamlets Labour Group condemns the abuse and chaos that plagued last night’s budget meeting. We are deeply disturbed that it took the council’s female councillors to threaten to leave the meeting before action was taken against individuals who had persistently disrupted proceedings with […]
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 […]
