TUSC parliamentary candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow Glyn Robbins joined scores of other local people taking part in a national day of action to Save the NHS (Saturday 29th Feb).  Petitions were collected in Roman Road and later outside the Whitechapel Idea Store (photo attached).  Heath care services have been threatened in Tower Hamlets where a strong campaign has ...

Tower Hamlets once again has one of London’s best records for offering pupils starting secondary school a place at their first-choice school.  The figure, of 74 per cent*, is the eighth highest in London. The London average this year is 68* per cent.  Overall, 94* per cent of pupils gained a place at one of their top three choice schools ...

Tower Hamlets Council has today (Monday, March 2) launched a high-profile campaign to find more foster carers for children. For the next two weeks the council will be advertising across eight boroughs in East London. The adverts focus on the fun side of raising foster children. They feature images of Tower Hamlets foster carers in fancy dress with the tagline, ‘Filling Children’s Lives With Love and ...

Peter Hawkey (left) congratulating Sumon Hoque (right) on becoming the Scottish Labour candidate for Banff and Buchan in the General Election. Friday 13 February 2015 The Banff and Buchan Labour Party has selected Sumon Hoque as its candidate for this May’s General Election during a meeting in Banff recently. A graduate from University of Aberdeen, Sumon has been working in the world of business ...