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4 Dec, 8 tweets, 4 min read
Tower Hamlets Council are proposing to change the name of Canary Wharf ward to Millwall ward
What do you think it should be called? see poll
I suggest Millwall & Canary Wharf as a compromise
Like Blackwall & Cubitt Town, Spitalfields & Banglatown etc
talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/wardnames
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The ward covers this area including the Canary Wharf estate + Canary Wharf Jubilee, Elizabeth, DLR stns
Few assets in the ward called Millwall;
Millwall fire station, Millwall Dock Rd, St Lukes Millwall
Docks called Millwall on edges of ward
But does NOT include Millwall Park
2/
Millwall used to be the name used for a larger ward pre-2014 & historically as well
But for some people Millwall = Millwall Football Club which moved to s London some time ago
But when I write to government minister etc easier to say Canary Wharf
Our Ideas Store is called CW!
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The Tower Hamlets Labour Party Local Campaigns Forum has requested to change the name of Canary Wharf ward to Millwall ward (the name of a larger ward pre-2014)
At the request of CW Group I believe, see p4, they do not like the ward being called CW
democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/s172…
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Compromise of Millwall & Canary Wharf comes from the precedent of:
-Blackwall & Cubitt Town
-St Katharines & Wapping
-Spitalfields & Banglatown

Would make it clear where the ward was in London
Allow people to choose name they like
Some do not like CW / Millwall names
5/
You can also respond online to the Council with your preferences
talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/wardnames
If you think this is a waste of time & £ that means you do not want a change as will cost some £ to implement
6/
As an example of the complexity, this change will add
I spend a lot of time analysing population growth for example on the excellent London data site
It uses wards as building blocks to compare areas
When wards change that adds complexity
So for example
data.london.gov.uk/dataset/ward-p…
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In future
Canary Wharf 2014 to 2022 will be the same as Millwall post 2022
Census 2021 will be done as Canary Wharf name?
But different from Millwall pre-2014 as covered a larger area
Census 2011 was for Millwall
A lot to know & remember when analysing population & other data
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School Streets Consultation - Cubitt Town, St Lukes, Canary Wharf College Glenworth, Arnhem Wharf primary schools

See link for full consultation information (for all except Arnhem Wharf which is not to be consulted on)
talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/schoolstreets
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More comments here
facebook.com/groups/1458438…
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73% of new money paid by developers for new infrastructure in Tower Hamlets is earned in the Isle of Dogs & South Poplar area
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only 34% of that money is planned to be spent in this area even though the GLAs consultants were clear that 100% had to be spent in this area
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Liveable Streets Bow consultation outcome report in next weeks Cabinet agenda
Some big changes which those who responded to the consultation support
But note only 17% of residents cycle in TH (in 2019)
60% of consultation respondents report they cycle
democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ieListDocument…
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2011 census for Bow East & West wards (a bigger area) says
5,357 cars/vans in 2011 v 1,856 consultation respondents from drivers
1,419 cycle to work in 2011 v 2,281 cyclists who responded to the survey
In 2011 census households with a car
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Although people who cycle in Bow in 2011 was proportionally higher then other wards so the 17% number I quote for the whole of TH maybe understatement but in 2011 9% to 11% of Bow residents cycled to work
This area has a very low Public Transport Accessibility Level of 2
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I made a mistake, I asked you to sign a petition, which 615 of you signed, thanks, even though you were described last night by a Labour Cllr as being possibly from Timbuktu or Honolulu!
It asked to consider the Committee system as an option to explore in any future referendum
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In the vote last night lots of Labour Councillors said in their comments while voting
"For the people to decide 2021"
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17 Nov
Motion about Mayoral referendum ready for tomorrow
Bluntly we think this is being rushed through & when you rush you make mistakes so the motion is trying to identify the errors & slow things down
As an example how does the Leader & Cabinet model work?
A Labour Cllr said there
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was only one model for Leader & Cabinet
But
a. is leader elected annually or every 4 years?
b. are Cabinet members individually responsible for decision-making or collectively responsible or is leader responsible?
None of that is clear, do we restart what we did 11 years ago
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or adopt a new model for Leader & Cabinet?
When & how do we decide that?, before or after the referendum? who helps advice us on how other Councils do this or do we not need to learn from others?
How do we make these decisions, when?
Hopefully not at the end of a long meeting
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More evidence of financial reporting issues at @TowerHamletsNow
3 weeks at Cabinet we were told TH Council expected
£30.6 million of government support + they then confirmed verbally another £14 million received = £44.6m
But an FOI response said they had got £62.6 million
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But tonight on the agenda of the Health Board is an update on another £3.2 million of extra grants that we were told about in June. I was not aware of it until today.
+ £1.2 million for extra support over winter according to the Conservatives but cannot find any backup yet
2/
According to the Council 3 weeks ago total estimated cost of COVID to the Council for full-year £35.9 million
versus £62.6 million of grant income = what happened to the surplus £26.7 m?
Or does that include costs which Council does not include in £35.9m?
I am now confused
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