Are Tower Hamlets leisure services trans inclusive?
I’ve recently heard from the Leisure Services team about how the council is ensuring its leisure facilities are trans inclusive. This enquiry was submitted after the Supreme Court backed the biological definition of a person’s gender. The ruling had implications for the management of single-sex spaces and the managers of these spaces may need consider biological sex when determining who… Read More >
Comment: Mayor Rahman should protect our community’s assets equally
At the full council meeting held last night at the Town Hall in Whitechapel, we heard three petitions all raising similar issues. All three were organisations occupying council-owned buildings. All three had either they had been subject to rent reviews, or were trying to formalise their lease. Mayor Rahman has made it clear in previous statements that he does not… Read More >
Comment: Lutfur Rahman is holding us back from healthy streets
The Healthy Streets Scorecard 2025, published 8 July, has shown the dangerous impact of Lutfur Rahman’s policies on transport. Tower Hamlets dropped 4 places in the ranking of London boroughs on infrastructure which supports people to take healthier modes of travel. Our borough’s fall in the rankings is mostly due to inaction, but the Mayor is threatening to rip out… Read More >
Malmesbury Estate walkabout and new TRA!
In May, I was honoured to attend the first AGM of the Malmesbury Tenants and Residents Association (TRA) for several years. The TRA has been inactive for a few years, but new energy has come into it recently and residents elected a new chair and committee at the meeting. The committee have already been active, pushing for repairs of the… Read More >
Victoria Park Pride and remembering Sandra Docking
I had a great time, along with other Green Party activists and local residents, at the Victoria Park Pride Picnic on Sunday 29 June. The Bandstand season happens every year in Victoria Park and sees locals come together to enjoy music, (hopefully) good weather and our beautiful park. The Pride event also is an annual fixture of the bandstand season… Read More >