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31 Dec 21, 4 tweets, 3 min read
A Manifesto for Change in Tower Hamlets

A draft list of topics for a new manifesto as part of my campaign to improve Tower Hamlets
Before I write the first draft for your review I wanted to discuss first what should go into it, which is in the attached presentation pictures
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Got any ideas, policies, questions, suggestions email:
abettertowerhamlets@gmail.com or comment below or message me in private on Twiter
See some suggested topics in the pictures
If I have missed any let me know i.e. dog policies + Chinese Embassy !
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It has also been posted in a new Facebook group now called "A Vision for Tower Hamlets" after a poll on changing the name from TH Issues
Please join this group if you want to get more involved
facebook.com/groups/1942479…
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A PDF copy of the presentation is also attached to this post:
cllrandrewwood.com/news/a-manifes…
Below in the picture are the next steps and how to contribute to the topics to be included
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2 Jan
A Manifesto for Change in TH - construction noise policy questions
We have had a week now of peace and quiet from construction sites as they closed for Christmas
So the first discussion for the new Manifesto is about construction noise-related policies
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The Council is also updating their Code of Construction Practice which was last updated in 2004 and there will be a consultation from them soon, so this may inform a response to that consultation
This is the Council current construction policies
towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Cons…
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The conversation is happening in this new Facebook group I set up, now called A Vision for Tower Hamlets
facebook.com/groups/1942479…
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27 Dec 21
Hot water & heating charge increase?
Did your charges increase from 1.5 pence per kilowatt-hour to 22.4 pence per kilowatt-hour?
(multiplied by 15)
I know at least two Ballymore buildings with communal gas boilers have seen announcements about big increases in their bills
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from January.
But many of you rely on similar communal heating systems where your hot water & heating come from communal gas boilers usually in your basement (or from a local district heating facility like on Tiller)
I want to find out how many of you are affected by big
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price increases, how much increase, from which buildings, suppliers etc?
Also interested in electricity charges
Can you add below or by private message or by email to cllrandrewwood@gmail.com what your increase is and from whom?
Detail, please as will inform a letter etc
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30 Nov 21
Disabled Parking - recommendations
The Councils Overview & Scrutiny Committee has written a report on changes to parking with 8 recommendations (sorry it is still private so I cannot share it yet)
But in 4,530 words the 'disabled' or 'disability'
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or 'blue badge' do not appear and I am of the view that in a number of areas the Council makes life more difficult for disabled people with cars than they need to do
This is odd as only 1.7% of residents have a blue badge, the 5th lowest ratio in England
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I did warn them about this on the 5th of October.
But fear of fraud drives or the need to maximize parking spaces drives the decision-making not what is right for disabled people.
So I am working on a counter-report adding 4 extra recommendations focussed on disabled people
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27 Nov 21
"Overall, your Council’s complaint handling and responses to this office have fallen below the standards we expect. The concerns I have are indicative of corporate, systemic issues and I ask that you urgently consider your Council’s approach to all aspects of its complaint
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handling, prioritising good standards of administrative practice, and seeking to improve the process and outcomes for people who complain to you"
From the Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman annual letter to Tower Hamlets Council
democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/s195…
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Letter was sent 21st July but only sent to Audit C'tee this week
Full analysis including of individual cases is here
lgo.org.uk/your-councils-…
I know that the Council is under-performing & failing in a number of areas
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17 Nov 21
An attempt is being made some Tower Hamlets businesses to divide the wider community in order to protect their commercial interests
This leaflet was delivered via a paid Royal Mail delivery organised by communications company based in Romford
Sent by 1st class mail just before
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Neighbourhood Plan referendum last week presumably to an area defined by Royal Mail, as sent to households not named individuals
As Royal Mail areas are quite large 1,000s of homes may have got it
But they are not allowed (by regulation) to spend more than £2,604 on campaign
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Will the anti-campaign report how much they spent to @TowerHamletsNow ?
Plus imprint on leaflet is also not fully compliant with electoral law & has been reported to the Council & Police (& I will report to the SET elections team later)
This raises a number of national issues
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16 Nov 21
Rebuild St Georges pool in Shadwell or expand John Orwell center in Wapping
Crudely that seems to be the choice in the leisure services consultation that started yesterday even if the questions are less clear
Read the 2 docs in the document library not
talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/leisure
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just the main consultation document which is less clear
The feasibility study options show what the Council is really thinking about
The consultation I suspect is really between that choice:
St Georges or John Orwell
Somehow I doubt the Council has the ambition to do both
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The leisure consultation is not really about leisure services at all
But what to do with the now closed St Georges pool
It has been allowed to deteriorate to the extent that the costs are now:
£9.9 million just to re-open it
20 years more life would cost c. £23.4m incl £9.9m
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