Cllr Maium Talukdar, deputy mayor and cabinet member for education in Tower Hamlets, rushed to help after the incident in Leman Street this morning (November 10). Cllr Talukdar said: “I wasn’t there when... Read more »
A transgender councillor has spoken out about how “important” a borough’s new trans-inclusive social events are. Isla Wrathmell, 39, is a Lambeth Labour councillor for Vauxhall, and a transgender woman, who has... Read more »
A former Labour councillor in Hackney caught with “sadistic” images of children being sexually abused as well as a cache of violent pornographic photos has been spared jail. Thomas Dewey, 36, was... Read more »
By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Reporter A new Croydon councillor has been elected in the Selsdon Vale and Forestdale ward after slightly more than 2,000 people voted in a by-election – a... Read more »
By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Reporter A councillor has admitted selling off the authority’s council housing stock could have been “one of the worst mistakes” it made. Merton councillor Andrew Judge’s comments... Read more »
Published: 12:42 PM July 1, 2022 A former Tower Hamlets councillor is taking a side-step in her career to become a published author. After 12 years in the political sector, Rabina Khan is about... Read more »
A defeated Conservative councillor in Wandsworth – one of the London boroughs dramatically won by Labour on Thursday (May 5) – has blamed the Tories’ poor results on an influx of young... Read more »
Good evening, these are the latest ECHO headlines on Sunday, April 17. ‘Screams and shouts’ heard before internet café murder A shop worker said that she heard ‘screaming and shouting’ coming from... Read more »
Scratch beneath the surface, and you see that not everyone is content in this land of Labour red rosettes. A third of Newham residents did not vote for Labour in 2018. Their... Read more »
A London councillor has spoken about the “disgusting” racist abuse he and his son were subjected to by football fans when returning from a match – and thanked an elderly supporter who... Read more »
