Tag Archives: London

A look at low traffic neighbourhoods (Liveable Streets), are bike-induced road closures creating a new “tale of two cities” in Tower Hamlets? With details of cross-party Tribunal to look at the issue. Forty years ago, inner-city areas of England were facing their worst economic depression, rising unemployment and rising tensions. There was an economic recession throughout the country, but inner-city …

Details of new Cross-Party Inquiry in Tower Hamlets Ten years ago the Single Equalities Act was passed by Parliament, simplifying the law by bringing together all anti-discrimination laws and creating a public sector duty to tackle entrenched discrimination. It was hailed at the time as the biggest idea in progressive politics for the decade, as a move by the political …

‘Smash and Grab’ in Brick Lane. Aided by Tower Hamlets Council? On Thursday 28th January, the East Yard of the Truman Brewery on Brick Lane was cordoned off. In the next couple of days, JCB’s moved in and removed the historic paving in the area. A week later Tower Hamlets Council confirmed that the works were a breach of planning …