'Save our LTNs!' £100,000 crowdfunded battle to save three low traffic neighbourhoods in east London reaches Court of Appeal

Residents have launched a “last resort” bid to prevent three low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) schemes in east London being ...

Tower Hamlets makes bold affordable housing pledge despite Sadiq Khan's new 20% target

Tower Hamlets recently helped build a 48-storey tower in the Isle of Dogs, made up of 40 affordable rented homes and 31 ...
Inside Housing

MP urges pause on transfer of London council block to struck-off airspace developer

Tower Hamlets MP Rushanara Ali has attempted to halt the transfer of a council-owned block to an ‘airspace’ developer ...

Tower Hamlets councillor Sabina Khan to quit after campaigning to become Bangladesh MP

Residents had called for Ms Khan to resign after she began campaigning to become a Bangladesh National Party (BNP) candidate ...
Inside Housing

New regeneration and development boss to join Tower Hamlets Council

The east London local authority has appointed a new director of regeneration and development, who currently works for Waltham ...

London borough becomes first in country to install specialist drug squad after record deaths in capital

Tower Hamlets Council’s seven officer team has seized a £50,000 haul of illegal substances from a vehicle in Blackwall Way ...

Two new tower blocks with 245 homes planned for London’s ‘most gentrified’ area

The plans for the 13,300 metre squared site promise a significant increase in residential density as well as expanded ...
London Evening Standard

Tower Hamlets home to London’s most ‘hardworking’ people, new data shows

An east London MP hailed her “hardworking” constituents after the area emerged as one of the UK’s fastest-growing for new start-up businesses. Tower Hamlets, Barking, Dagenham and Redbridge are ...