LABOUR RESPONSE TO FUTURE PLACES: “MORE FANFARE FOR DEVELOPERS, FEWER ANSWERS FOR RESIDENTS”
Tower Hamlets Labour Group has responded to tonight’s Cabinet consideration of the council’s ‘Future Places’ prospectus by calling on Mayor Lutfur Rahman to answer basic questions the glossy document conspicuously fails to address: what proportion of the 52,000 homes will be genuinely affordable, and at social rent? What will the council actually receive in return […]
Labour Budget Amendment Freezes Council Tax and Rents, Backs Highstreets and Cuts Waste in Mayor’s Office
Tower Hamlets Labour Group tables budget amendment protecting residents from a 5% Council Tax hike, proving the increase is a political choice, not a financial necessity, after the Labour Government delivered the biggest funding boost for local government in over a decade Tower Hamlets Labour Group will table a comprehensive budget amendment at Full Council […]
Ending Child Poverty in Tower Hamlets: A Moral Mission for Labour
Councillor Sirajul Islam sets out why ending child poverty must once again be Labour’s defining mission and why housing, fairness and political will matter now more than ever in Tower Hamlets. It is now a quarter of a century since Tony Blair came to Toynbee Hall in Tower Hamlets to announce the Labour Government’s bold […]