Updates
18 November 2022 / 7 June 2024 by Stewart Christie
Tower Hamlet’s council holds ‘Full Council’ meetings every two months which are a chance for all the councillors and Mayor to debate key issues and hear from member of the public. The agenda and other papers are here: Meeting Documents A link to the recording is here: Council Meeting Here is our Councillor Nathalie Bienfait’s report from […]
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26 October 2022 / 7 June 2024 by Stewart Christie
Our Green Party Councillor, Nathalie Bienfait has got involved in a protest and campaign to ban the harmful pesticide Glyphosate from Tower Hamlets. Here is a report from Nathalie: I have been working with local campaigners and council officers to make Tower Hamlets the first borough in the country to ban the harmful weed killer […]
29 September 2022 / 7 June 2024 by Stewart Christie
Residents and campaigners in Tower Hamlets stand ready to oppose Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s ideological tirade against LTNs. Removing Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) was a prominent part of recently-elected Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s manifesto. Despite his victory in May, it is becoming clear that the Mayor may have overestimated how important this policy was in his victory. […]
16 May 2022 / 7 June 2024 by Norm Cassidy
We are very excited to have won the first ever Green councillor in Tower Hamlets Council. After a fantastic campaign, Nathalie Bienfait was elected last week as councillor in Bow West. We built a real grass-roots movement during the campaign - over 50 amazing volunteers helped us from across the borough and beyond.
10 March 2022 / 7 June 2024 by Norm Cassidy
We are pleased to announce that we have affirmed our support of the rights of trans people and standing against transphobia. This motion was recently approved at our members' meeting on 8 March.
2 February 2022 / 7 June 2024 by Norm Cassidy
Have you ever noticed those small silver laughing gas canisters on roads and pavements across Tower Hamlets? Nathalie got fed up with seeing them everywhere and started picking them up to tidy up our area.
1 December 2021 / 7 June 2024 by Norm Cassidy
Keeping Bow tidy is one part of the wider need to make sure that our waste is dealt with responsibly. We should be reducing the amount of waste we produce, but some waste is unavoidable. That unavoidable waste should be recycled or re-purposed as much as possible
29 November 2021 / 7 June 2024 by Norm Cassidy
Have you ever thought that Bow looks a bit messy? You wouldn’t be the only one! We often hear from residents who tell us there is too much litter in their area.
21 October 2021 / 7 June 2024 by Norm Cassidy
Tower Hamlets Council has admitted to using an extremely harmful substance called glyphosate to control weeds in the borough.
13 October 2021 / 7 June 2024 by Norm Cassidy
Nathalie Bienfait found out that Patty Heaven on Roman Road only received part of the COVID funding available to businesses. The owners were told that they wouldn’t get the full amount because the business was classified as a bar.
6 October 2021 / 7 June 2024 by Norm Cassidy
The eviction of tenants of Clare House in Bow at the end of September shows that housing associations like Clarion find it too easy to exploit social housing tenants.
14 September 2021 / 7 June 2024 by Norm Cassidy
Since the start of the lockdown, we have seen communities across Tower Hamlets and the UK take grassroots action to reclaim their streets for people and families rather than private vehicles. Around Chisenhale Primary School a new play-space now stretches into Chisenhale Road, giving the twin benefits of increased play area for the children and […]
3 September 2021 / 7 June 2024 by Norm Cassidy
Recent extreme rainfall and flooding in Tower Hamlets have shown that the council’s water and flood management plan is half-hearted and short-sighted.
27 August 2021 / 7 June 2024 by Norm Cassidy
The Green Party saw record support across East London in the May elections for the Greater London Authority and London Mayor.
27 February 2021 / 7 June 2024 by Norm Cassidy
Green Party candidate Tim Kiely has authored a recent article on Left Foot Forward on Keir Starmer's 'baffling' policy on drugs.