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- Council response to new Ministerial Directions
- Date:
- 17th March 2026
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- Facing some of the highest housing pressures in the country, alongside higher than average levels of physical inactivity, Tower Hamlets Council is progressing investment plans in two key leisure projects that will modernise facilities, support healthier communities and deliver new homes for local people.
- Date:
- 17th March 2026
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- Tower Hamlets Council has been awarded the bronze standard from the Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance.
- Date:
- 17th March 2026
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- Tower Hamlets Council has unveiled two major new plans to crack down on anti‑social behaviour and fix the borough's growing housing pressures - responding directly to the top concerns raised in its latest Annual Residents Survey.
- Date:
- 17th March 2026
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- New free swimming for families, allowing parents and carers in the borough to bring up to two children to family swim sessions and free swimming for men aged 35+.
- Date:
- 16th March 2026
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- Idea Store Canary Wharf has officially reopened following a £1.4 million refurbishment, unveiling refreshed spaces, upgraded facilities, and a welcoming environment designed for all residents and visitors.
- Date:
- 13th March 2026
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- Tower Hamlets Council has secured £1,117,648 from the Government's Brownfield Land Release Fund.
- Date:
- 12th March 2026
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- The Love Columbia Road School Design Competition invited local schoolchildren to create artwork that would be printed on the paper used by traders to wrap bouquets sold at the market on Mother's Day. The initiative was organised by the council's Markets team to celebrate the borough's vibrant market spaces and support the Love Tower Hamlets campaign.
- Date:
- 12th March 2026
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- Tower Hamlets has set out how it will deliver its 52,000-home growth pipeline under Future Places, packaging publicly controlled land, direct council development and major regeneration sites into a single market-facing programme
- Date:
- 10th March 2026
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- Berkeley and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets have signed a deal that will see 223 homes for social rent delivered several years ahead of schedule, supported by a grant from the GLA.
- Date:
- 9th March 2026