Local democracy

Protesters gathered outside Tower Hamlets Town Hall on Thursday to save domestic abuse services with indefinite strikes looming at the

Tower Hamlets Council is now one of four London Councils which will divest its Pension Scheme from companies linked to

Tower Hamlets has proposed a council tax increase of 4.99% breaking a manifesto pledge to freeze rates for the second

Independent advisors at Solace Women’s Aid risk redundancies which could see the service cut by a third in Tower Hamlets.

Thousands of children entering primary or secondary school could receive money off their new school uniform as part of a

Opponents of controversial plans to build a Chinese embassy site near their homes are hoping to raise several thousands of

Tower Hamlets Councillors have unanimously rejected the plans, but the central government may still push them through despite fresh espionage

Councillors decided to reject the plan after police raised security concerns – however, the final decision has been passed over

Plans to relocate the Chinese Embassy to Tower Hamlets are being reviewed again after they were blocked last year but

A set of new, even bigger plans to turn Brick Lane into a monolithic retail centre has reignited the long-running

A recent central government inspection of Tower Hamlets Council and Mayor Lutfur Rahman diagnosed a ‘toxic’ culture  – but why