Mayor reinstates funding to local food banks following Slice investigation
After an investigation by the Slice revealed that Tower Hamlets’ funding to its Food Hub had been drastically cut overnight,
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Author: Agatha Scaggiante
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Nitazenes: History hasn’t prepared us for synthetic opioids
Nitazenes are up to one million times stronger than opium, but the way we understand drug use hasn’t changed to
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The arrival of an invisible killer: Is Tower Hamlets ready for Nitazenes?
Deadlier than heroin or fentanyl, nitazenes have arrived in Tower Hamlets. A new investigative series by the Slice asks, are
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Tower Hamlets food bank funding to be reinstated following months of slashed funding
Mayor Lutfur Rahman has pledged to reinstate funding to the Tower Hamlets Food Hub, stating his office was ‘misinformed’ about
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‘It’s heartbreaking, it’s frustrating,’ voluntary groups in Tower Hamlets are being squeezed out of their leases
Voluntary groups that provide Tower Hamlets with key services, some for over 100 years, are facing a hostile environment that
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Council commits to divesting pension funds from weapons manufacturers
Tower Hamlets Council is now one of four London Councils which will divest its Pension Scheme from companies linked to
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Genesis Cinema to be redeveloped to include student housing
Pandemic, strikes and cost of living force Mile End’s Genesis Cinema to redevelop its site into housing – but is
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This is Home: Mikray Tursun, an Uyghur playwright in Stepney
Hailing from Northern China with West End dreams, we speak to Tursun about Uyghur musical theatre and her life in
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Foodbanks and families protest slashed budgets outside Town Hall
With holidays approaching, the 10,000 families relying on Council funding for food still don’t have regular deliveries back – or answers
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Local Winter Fuel Payment scheme for pensioners begins rollout
The scheme was announced in October however pensioners were not sure how to apply for the payments until Thursday’s announcement
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Truman Brewery v Save Brick Lane: What you need to know about the campaign to save the East End as we know it
A set of new, even bigger plans to turn Brick Lane into a monolithic retail centre has reignited the long-running
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Was the Best Value Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council justified?
A recent central government inspection of Tower Hamlets Council and Mayor Lutfur Rahman diagnosed a ‘toxic’ culture – but why
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