James Butler interviews Sara, a single-parent in Tower Hamlets, East London, which illustrates the impossible situation especially social housing tenants are being put in, squeezed on both sides by ...

Tower Hamlets Council risks being stuck in a cycle of government intervention due to "significant weaknesses" in the way it is run, an auditor has warned. External auditor EY outlined 10 issues at the ...

Mute: Can you summarise the events surrounding the strike last year? What caused it and how was it resolved? B&R: Briefly, a new principal came to Tower Hamlets College and 4 months later, on 5 June, ...

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Tower Hamlets Council risks being stuck in a “cycle” of government intervention due to “significant weaknesses” in how the council is run, an auditor has warned. External auditors EY said “urgent and ...

More than six million Londoners were eligible to vote in the council elections on Thursday 7 May 2026. All 32 London boroughs were up for election. There were also elections for the mayor in five ...