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Homecare contract award statement

Homecare contract award statement

Description
We are issuing this statement in the interest of transparency and to counter the misinformation with regards to the award of homecare contracts
Date:
29th July 2025
Hundreds of small businesses supported by projects worth £700,000

Hundreds of small businesses supported by projects worth £700,000

Description
More than 200 residents were supported by Tower Hamlets Council to be enterprise ready and £700,000 invested into small businesses over the last 12 months
Date:
28th July 2025
Tower Hamlets launches one of the most ambitious affordable housing programmes in the country

Tower Hamlets launches one of the most ambitious affordable housing programmes in the country

Description
A home-building programme to fast-track up to 3,332 new homes across 37 Council-owned sites in Tower Hamlets was approved last night.
Date:
25th July 2025
Statement from Tower Hamlets Council on Britannia Hotel

Statement from Tower Hamlets Council on Britannia Hotel

Description
A statement from the council
Date:
22nd July 2025
Plans approved for 53 new council homes in Tower Hamlets

Plans approved for 53 new council homes in Tower Hamlets

Description
Tower Hamlets Council has approved plans to demolish a former council office building in Bethnal Green East to make way for 53 affordable homes.
Date:
22nd July 2025

School summer holidays: Addressing noise concerns and anti-social behaviour

Description
As we approach the six-week school summer holiday (23 July – 29 August 2025), we'd like to remind residents that many children will be at home during this period. This may lead to increased movement and activity within homes and local parks.
Date:
22nd July 2025
Self-service health checks at the tip of your fingers

Self-service health checks at the tip of your fingers

Description
A new network of health kiosks has launched across four locations in Tower Hamlets this week, giving residents easy access to free, self-service health checks and tools to help them monitor their well-being.
Date:
18th July 2025
Access council services how you want

Access council services how you want

Description
New Residents' Hub opens at Calvert Avenue near to the Boundary Estate.
Date:
14th July 2025

Nearly 2,000 homes approved in major regeneration of East End estate

Description
The plans, brought to Tower Hamlets Council's Strategic Development Committee by Poplar HARCA and the Hill Group, will see 535 homes on the (1950s) Teviot Estate in Poplar knocked down and replaced by 1,928 brand new homes – nearly quadrupling the number of available homes.
Date:
11th July 2025
Join in the Summer of Fun 2025 and discover what there is to Love about Tower Hamlets

Join in the Summer of Fun 2025 and discover what there is to Love about Tower Hamlets

Description
Tower Hamlets Council is planning a jam-packed programme of free activities for children, families and young people across the borough this summer, as part of its Summer of Fun programme.
Date:
9th July 2025
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