Social care Archives — Whitechapel LDN

A climate of fear has taken over Tower Hamlets’ community of rough sleepers, with nearly everyone saying they’ve lost friends

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

Deadlier than heroin or fentanyl, nitazenes have arrived in Tower Hamlets. A new investigative series by the Slice asks, are

Mayor Lutfur Rahman has pledged to reinstate funding to the Tower Hamlets Food Hub, stating his office was ‘misinformed’ about

Attendees of the Council’s free swimming sessions are 93% women, however overcrowded pools and a messy online booking set-up are

The scheme was announced in October however pensioners were not sure how to apply for the payments until Thursday’s announcement

Following an Ombudsman investigation, the council was told to pay a man left to sleep in his car for weeks

The new payment was established after recent benefits cut from the central government meant nearly 5000 elderly residents would no

Several concerns have been raised over a policy which will give Tower Hamlets Council the power to place homeless families

The council will review the way it handles housing register applications after it took six months to review a decision

As synthetic substances become increasingly available, concerns over substance misuse in Tower Hamlets grow. An East London doctor has warned

refugee handprints painted on a sunshine for refugee week in Tower Hamlets