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- Tower Hamlets Council is the first in the country to create its own specialist Drugs Squad designed to tackle substance misuse and associated anti-social behaviour.
- Date:
- 18th November 2025
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- Tower Hamlets Council has launched a new safety campaign calling for urgent action to tackle the rise in fires caused by discarded lithium-ion batteries, warning that the problem is putting waste crews at risk and disrupting bin collections across the borough.
- Date:
- 18th November 2025
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- Indoor play areas, TV rooms, a cinema, and even a bowling alley are redefining what modern living looks like in social rent and affordable homes in Tower Hamlets.
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- 14th November 2025
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- Tower Hamlets Council has appointed Hannah Dalgleish as its new Director of Regeneration and Development.
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- 13th November 2025
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- More than 50 residents took part in an intensive leadership course this year, run by Tower Hamlets Council, aimed at increasing the number of Black, Asian and Multi-Ethnic people in community leadership roles.
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- 12th November 2025
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- Tower Hamlets has provided more than two million free school meals to secondary school pupils since the council introduced its universal free school meals scheme in September 2023.
- Date:
- 12th November 2025
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- Tower Hamlets Council has appointed Kiran Vagarwal as its new permanent Director for Public Protection and Integrated Enforcement.
- Date:
- 12th November 2025
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- A partnership between Poplar HARCA, Tower Hamlets Council, nationwide placemaker Muse, and design and build contractor McAleer & Rushe has delivered 82 new affordable homes for rent at Stroudley Walk, Bromley-by-Bow – including two specially designed autism-friendly family homes that are already transforming lives.
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- 5th November 2025
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- Tower Hamlets Council has secured £1.2m from the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund in partnership with the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, paving the way for hundreds of new charging points across the borough.
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- 4th November 2025
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- Commemoration events will be held across the borough on Remembrance Sunday, 9 November.
- Date:
- 4th November 2025