From Cllr Marc Francis, Bow East, Labour Two years ago, Lutfur Rahman made a bold promise to not to raise Council Tax if he was elected as Mayor of Tower Hamlets. In Labour’s camp people were
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Bow East Councillor Marc Francis Comments on Tower Hamlets Council Budget
Over the past few months Labour councillors have been working hard to scrutinise and challenge Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s proposed changes to the budget for Tower Hamlets Council. This budget was first published just before Christmas. Council officers now say
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Tower Hamlets Council to spend more on local residents in 2023
Tower Hamlets Council recently emailed out its proposed budget for 2023/4. It includes: Sounds good to me. There’s lots more, which you can read in great detail on the Tower Hamlets website. I couldn’t find
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Understanding the Neighbourhood Plan for Roman Road Bow
The Roman Road Trust initiated a Neighbourhood Plan for Roman Road. Mike Mitchell went to the Inaugural Public Meeting in February 2016 and decided to get involved. He kindly agreed to come and talk to
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News near Bow, London E3, mid Aug 2022
Feeding the Hamlets Exhibition This exhibition, downstairs in the Borough Archives, has just opened. Until mid-Victorian times much of Bow was still fields growing produce for London. In one of my many history books indoors
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