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  Tower Hamlets Mayor, John Biggs and his cabinet members met on 19th June to approve a multi-million pound capital works programme. They also decided whether improvements to the council’s information and communications technology (ICT) provision are sufficient to avoid a change of service provider. The ambitious capital works plans aim to significantly improve the borough’s schools and health provision. ...

Remain campaign boosted as 80% of migrant community back EU membership New super poll from Telecoms giant Lebara, of its migrant customers in UK, follows concerns that EU referendum has made Britain seem “xenophobic” Part of ‘The Other Referendum’, a campaign standing up for UK migrants 21st June 2016 (London): Over 80% of Britain’s migrant communities have declared they want a ...

    Senior Awami League leader Syed Ashraful Islam has urged expatriate Bangladeshis in the UK to vote for remaining in the European Union. Britons will vote on Thursday on whether to quit the 28-nation bloc amid warnings from world leaders, investors and companies that a decision to leave would diminish Britain’s influence and unleash turmoil on markets. “I will ...

“Civil servants told David Cameron in 2012 that it was “impossible” for the government to meet its flagship immigration pledge, the PM’s former director of strategy has claimed. Steve Hilton said Mr Cameron was told “explicitly and directly” that EU free movement rules meant net migration could not be reduced below 100,000. The target featured in the Tories’ election manifesto ...

Welsh universities have nailed their colours firmly to the mast in the referendum on the UK’s membership of the European Union. They have received millions from the EU for research and new buildings. The representative body Universities Wales says this funding ultimately has huge benefits for the Welsh economy. But the Leave campaign say that universities and science would continue ...

David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn have united to condemn the killing of MP Jo Cox as an “attack on democracy”. Speaking alongside the prime minister in Mrs Cox’s West Yorkshire constituency, Labour leader Mr Corbyn said Parliament would be recalled on Monday, and labelled the attack “an act of hatred”. Mrs Cox, 41, was shot and stabbed in the street ...

Family and friends of a student who was stabbed to death in south London held up powerful placards against knife crime during his funeral procession today. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan joined the mourners who had walked along Penwortham Road, where 20-year-old Lewis Elwin was killed. The trainee electrician was knifed in the back by a gang in front of ...

17 June 2016 “I am deeply shocked and saddened at the tragic killing of Mrs. Jo Cox, the young and promising Labour Party MP from Batley and Spen,” she said in a message sent to British Prime Minister David Cameron . “In her death, Britain has lost a champion political campaigner who stood firm for the disadvantaged and marginalised communities ...

An MP has died after she was shot and stabbed in an attack in her constituency, police have said. Jo Cox, 41, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, was left bleeding on the ground after the attack in West Yorkshire. A 52-year-old man was arrested nearby.   Her husband Brendan Cox said she would want people “to unite to fight ...

 Our future as part of the Europe and that of our children and grandchildren will be decided on the 23rd June this year. There is a stark choice between an outward looking Britain with a future for young people as part of the EU, or a leap in the dark. Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm and I urge all ...