by Puru Miah | May 4, 2019 | Blog: All Things Mile End, All Things Tower Hamlets, Democracy
AIt has been a year since I have been elected as a Ward Councillor by the people of Mile End Ward. The campaign was tough and opposition came from, let’s say ‘unexpected quarters’. Since elected I have regularly carried out twice weekly surgeries (an average of 8 per...
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 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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