by Puru Miah | Mar 30, 2019 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy, Housing
LBTH are proposing to develop 17 new council homes for rent including 2 wheelchair accessible homes. The development will be a mix of 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedrooms and is being proposed to be built on the underused space adjacent to Salmon Lane also known as the Salmon...
by Puru Miah | Mar 30, 2019 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets
New Research from the New Policy Institute and Trust for London shows that Low Pay in London is at an all time high. With almost 1 in 5 workers in Tower Hamlets at in low pay poverty trap. 19% of workers who live in Tower Hamlets are low-paid, which is lower than the...
by Puru Miah | Mar 28, 2019 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets
ASB has been a rising issue in Mile End Ward, recent stabbings and shootings on the ward has caused a lot of concerns among residents. Below is a guide for residents and all concerned. Part 2 giving an overall picture of tools available to residents. Community Trigger...
by Puru Miah | Mar 28, 2019 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Crime and Anti Social Behavior (ASB)
ASB has been a rising issue in Mile End Ward, recent stabbings and shootings on the ward has caused a lot of concerns among residents. Below is a guide for residents and all concerned. Part 1 giving an overall picture of the present. List of of ASB matters mentioned...
by Puru Miah | Mar 17, 2019 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets
On Wednesday 20th March 2019, I and another Councillor will be bringing a motion to full council Chamber to adopt the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) definition on Islamophobia. Discussion below is that the adoption of the definition by the Council is not the end...
by Puru Miah | Mar 16, 2019 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets has one of the oldest and largest Muslim population in Europe, corresponding to the largest concentration of mosque in any United Kingdom local authority area. This corresponds with the population of Mile End Ward, which is generally reflective of the...
by Puru Miah | Mar 10, 2019 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Democracy
I was elected in 2018 as the Labour’s Cllr, Puru Miah for Mile End Ward to the Town Hall. Before I was elected I was Momentum’s National Treasurer and one of the responsible members dealing with the electoral commission for Momentum, a grassroots movement, established...
by Puru Miah | Mar 6, 2019 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Democracy
I was elected in 2018 as the Labour’s Cllr, Puru Miah for Mile End Ward to the Town Hall. Before I was elected I was Momentum’s National Treasurer and one of the responsible members dealing with the electoral commission for Momentum, a grassroots movement, established...
by Puru Miah | Mar 4, 2019 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Democracy
This has been my first budget at the Council in Tower Hamlets, one of the issue that has come up, again and again is the adoption by Tower Hamlets Council of the Medium Term Financial Strategy, and how it seems to override democratic checks and balances and transfer...
by Puru Miah | Mar 3, 2019 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Community, Democracy
Implementation of Universal Credit in Tower Hamlets EI , E14 and E3 postcodes – all new benefit claimants and those who have a relevant change in circumstances now claim Universal Credit rather than legacy (old) benefits, working/child tax credit, income...
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