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 […]
£59 million cash injection from Labour for new school on Isle of Dogs
Cllr Sirajul Islam, Leader of the Tower Hamlets Labour Group and Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has welcomed the Labour Government’s announcement that Tower Hamlets will receive £59 million worth of investment for a new building for Canary Wharf Crossharbour College. Under the Conservative government, the school system was stripped of vital investment […]
Labour challenges Green Party over support for Aspire administration in Tower Hamlets
Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Cllr Sirajul Islam, has written to Green Party leader Zack Polanski raising serious concerns about the conduct of the Green Party’s sole councillor in the borough and her relationship with the Aspire administration. In his letter, Cllr Islam highlights recent Full Council votes in which Green councillor Nathalie […]
Why the Government Has Had to Step In Again in Tower Hamlets
By Councillor Marc Francis (Bow East), Shadow Cabinet Member for Finance and Resources This week marks a year since the Government announced an intervention in the running of Tower Hamlets Council under Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s leadership. That intervention was decided upon after an independent ‘Best Value’ inspection during 2024 found serious failings in the authority’s governance and a “culture of […]
Tower Hamlets Labour urges Home Secretary to act against UKIP’s far-right march in Whitechapel
Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood Home Office 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF 14/10/2025 Dear Home Secretary, I am writing on behalf of the Tower Hamlets Labour Group to express grave concerns about the conduct and ideology of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) under the leadership of Nick Tenconi and to request that the Home […]
Cllr Sirajul Islam calls for unity and compassion in Tower Hamlets following rise in hate and division
“In moments like these, we must put people before politics. Our residents are looking to us for leadership, unity and hope.”
— Cllr Sirajul Islam