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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: We're rolling out our new Tower Hamlets school uniform payments, becoming the first council in the country to introduce universal school uniform grants for all families with household incomes up to £50,350.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

It was an honour to be part of the LGA Annual Conference in Liverpool this week with other Executive Mayors, Council leaders, inspiring community leaders and experts from across local government sector. There was great recognition of our innovative policies in Tower Hamlets (1/2)

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

🚨We’ve made history as the first local authority in England to provide a universal school uniform grant for all children whose parents earn less than £50,350, supporting 21,000 pupils over three years, 7,000 each year.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

We have a right to know what arms the Government is sending to Israel in our name and using our taxes while it inflicts unimaginable suffering on Palestinians. Thank you to the MPs who are showing moral leadership and demanding the Government come clean.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating in Tower Hamlets and around the world as we come together to share this blessed occasion with family, friends and neighbours ☪️ #EidMubarak #EidUlFitr

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Come and see this powerful exhibition in Tower Hamlets Town Hall telling the stories of African East Enders during the transatlantic slave trade, including many who escaped enslavement.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

My heartfelt prayers and condolences to the loved ones of aid workers and journalists tragically killed while setting up shelters for displaced people in Gaza.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: We've made Tower Hamlets one of the top councils in London for housebuilding, alongside Wandsworth Council, providing more council housing, affordable housing, and homes for social rent.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: We've opened 2 more youth centres. This brings the total to 18 and means we've nearly reached our goal of opening 20 youth centres, one in every ward. Tower Hamlets has the youngest population in the country and we're investing £13.7 million investment into youth services.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

We successfully prosecuted criminal landlords who endangered lives for profit. We will continue bringing these cases to justice and we urge all councils to do the same to clamp down on rogue landlords allowing overcrowding and evade essential safety regulations.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: Two of our iconic markets have won national awards as some of the best in the country. Whitechapel Market has won Best Large Outdoor Market, and Columbia Flower Market the Best Small Outdoor Market at the Great British Market Awards.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I'm incredibly proud of our new Budget's groundbreaking policies to provide more support with the cost of living than any other council in the country including free school meals and uniforms, Meals on Wheels, free homecare, university grants and bursaries, winter fuel payments to name just a few.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

We’re investing more than any other London council in community safety with our new Anti-Crime Task Force. At a time of national policing cute, we’re filling that void to help make our community safer from the crime we see across London including phone snatching, drug trafficking & mass burglaries

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: I've launched the Mayor's Anti-Crime Taskforce in Tower Hamlets, with more investment in community safety than any other local authority in London. We’re leading the way in showing how councils can invest to make our communities safer and fill the void created by national cuts.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: we've opened a new state of the art school Mulberry Dock with Her Majesty The Queen. I'm proud to have personally secured this new school and homes for rent from the developer in 2013 and ensured Council investment to build this beacon of opportunity in Wapping🧵

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

ITV News reporting on our Winter Fuel Payment after we became the first council in the country to approve restoring this vital lifeline. We call on the Government to reverse these cuts. Until then we urge other councils to follow our lead to help keep pensioners warm this winter.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: Tower Hamlets named by the The Times as one of the best places to live in the UK & the best place in East London. I'm proud of our investment in the borough and our excellent services, and that we have made history with groundbreaking support for our community.

Image of East London Advertiser article on The Times ranking us as one of the best places to live in 2025

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

A wonderful celebration of our Outstanding rating by Ofsted for our children's services. Our staff go above and beyond to support families in our community and we've introduced groundbreaking investments in our young people and their education.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I’m so proud of the significant improvements we’ve made to Tower Hamlets’ children’s services and the historic investments we’ve made in our young people and their education. This Outstanding Ofsted rating places us in the top 20% of local authorities in the country.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: I’m delighted Ofsted has graded our children’s services Outstanding, saying children in Tower Hamlets “receive excellent support”. This is a testament to staff’s hard work and our unwavering commitment to support our young people to get the best start in life. 🧵

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

🚨BREAKING: We're set to become the first council in England to provide a universal school uniform grant to families earning less than £50,350. With more parents turning to clothing banks to find uniforms, I urge the government and other councils to follow Tower Hamlets' lead. 🧵

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Cabinet just approved this year’s budget, which comes to Full Council on 26 Feb. We're leading the way in showing how councils can plug the gap after decades of Government cuts, with new schemes & £65m additional investments in services, while also maintaining healthy reserves.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

We’re providing free swimming lessons in Tower Hamlets and I’m delighted the Be Well Swim Well swim school has opened. 🏊🏽‍♀️ As leisure centres face closure across the UK, I’m proud we’ve brought leisure centres back into public hands and just invested an additional £1.5 million.

The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, alongside key stakeholders at the official ribbon cutting ceremony by the pool at a leisure centre.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

With the @metoffice.bsky.social issuing weather warnings from Saturday onwards, please find info below about support with staying warm this winter. This includes our Warm Hubs across Tower Hamlets, which are open to everyone, and our Winter Fuel Payments. ➡️ www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/advice_...

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Keep well in winter

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Wishing a #HappyNewYear to all. As we reflect on 2024, I’m proud of what we’ve achieved, from becoming the first Council to approve a #WinterFuelPayment for pensioners, to new social housing and youth centres, investment in tackling the climate crisis, leisure centres and education.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

The opening of our youth centre in Bromley-By-Bow, one of our 20 new youth centres. As the youngest borough in the country, we’re investing £13.7 million in youth services and creating spaces where young people can make friends, discover their passions and build their futures.

Bromley-By-Bow youth centre launch event

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Wishing everyone a joyful and peaceful holiday season. Thank you to our talented primary school pupils for creating Tower Hamlets themed Christmas cards which capture the festive spirit and celebrate our wonderful borough.

An image of one of the primary school pupils Christmas cards they created.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

🙏🏽If you know an elder who may be eligible for our Tower Hamlets #WinterFuelPayment check they've received a letter from me for their cash payment. If they haven't received it, please help them apply before Wednesday & contact us if any support is needed. 👇🏽 www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/advice_...

The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, at the Warm Hubs launch event.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I welcome today’s High Court ruling in favour of Tower Hamlets Council following a legal challenge to the decision to remove three low-traffic neighbourhood (LTN) schemes in the borough. Full statement to follow.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Housing Secretary Angela Rayner recently praising Tower Hamlets Council for forcing a building owner to remove Grenfell-style cladding. We're the first council in the country bring this legal action. I urge other councils to follow us to ensure residents are safe in their homes.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

🚨We're the first council in the country to force a private building owner to remove dangerous cladding. It's disgraceful that this is being used 7 years after the devastating Grenfell Tower fire. We will not stop pursuing legal action against private owners failing to remove it.

Image of a BBC online article showing Tower Hamlets as being the first council in the country to force a private building owner to remove dangerous cladding.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

I was delighted to speak at the Faith in Environment Summit today at East London Mosque. This is an excellent initiative to involve more of the community in efforts to make Tower Hamlets a greener and more sustainable borough for everyone and to work together to tackle the climate crisis.

Image of the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, with key stakeholders from the Faith in Environment Summit today at East London Mosque.

Image of attendees at the Faith in Environment Summit today at East London Mosque.

Image of the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, speaking at todays Faith in Environment Summit at East London Mosque.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

We've stepped in to fill the void left by government cuts from Winter Fuel Payments for pensioners to supporting young people by restoring Education Maintenance Allowance and universal free school meals. I'm proud we're the first Council in the country championing these policies.

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Pensioners in part of London given £175 after winter fuel allowance scrapped

Many other pensioners will still suffer this winter.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

ITV News reporting on our Winter Fuel Payments for thousands of pensioners in Tower Hamlets after we became the first council in the country to approve restoring this lifeline when it was cut by the government. I urge the government to reverse the cuts and protect our elders.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re giving Winter Fuel Payments to thousands of pensioners in Tower Hamlets to fill the void left by government cuts. I call on the government to reverse these cuts and urge other councils to follow our lead to protect our elders this winter

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Our inspiring Tower Hamlets Education Awards ceremony last night at iconic local venue The Troxy. We honoured the academic achievements of 185 students who have done themselves and our borough proud. Thank you to the educators and families supporting them to achieve their goals.

Image of awardees holding their certificates proudly alongside the Mayor.

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Lutfur Rahman @lutfurrahman.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Our Town Hall turned orange at the start of #16days of activism against gender-based violence. #VAWG #OrangeTheWorld The Council's strategy outlines our investment and work with partners to tackle the scourge of violence against women and girls. ➡️ democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/s2...

An image of the London borough of Tower Hamlets Town Hall lit up orange, highlighting the start of 16 days of activism against gender-based violence.

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