Our proud record of achievement
in just 2 years, we have delivered for our residents…
TACKLING THE COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS:
- Allocated and distributed nearly £10million in cost-of-living support to residents
- Millions of free meals created from 1000s of tonnes of food supplied to charitable organisations
- Council Tax reduction paid to more than 20,400 working-age residents and 7,600 pensioners - saving them more than £3.2million
- Nearly 50,000 resident visits to the Council's Warm Hubs
- Froze Council Tax for ALL residents in year 1
- Introduced Council Tax Cost-of-Living Relief fund for residents earning under £60,000 in year 2
- Provisioned for a Mayor's winter emergency fund
HOMES FOR THE FUTURE:
- 22,000 formerly-THH properties brought back in-house
- 100s of homeless people supported into sustainable accommodation
- Rehoused multiple families into wheelchair-accessible homes
- Targeted the delivery of 1,000 genuinely affordable homes by 2026
- £8m per year increase in the supply of Temporary Accommodation
- Launching ambitious programme to buy back 200 affordable council homes per year
ACCELERATE EDUCATION:
- Universal Free School Meals for all primary (£2m) and secondary school children (£3.7m)
- Introduced 1,500 University Bursary for 400 students in year 1; increased it to 800 students in year 2
- Brought back EMA at £400 per year for 1,200 students in year 1; increased it to £600 in year 2
- 100s of thousands of children supported by the Early Help Children and Family Service
- Increased provision for SEND children by £730k in year 1
- £5m invested to improve SEND transport in year 2
- Created a £100k School high achiever awards - celebrating pupils who achieve high attainment and the parents and teachers who help them do it
- £50m to create an Institute of Academic Excellence, to help local young people get to world class universities
- Roll-out of an EBOOK Community Languages programme
EMPOWER COMMUNITIES TO FIGHT CRIME:
- Invested £4m to upgrade and install 350 CCTV cameras
- 8,000 additional uniformed police patrol hours funded by the Council (£1.5m)
- Recruited an additional 41 enforcement officers to protect the public (£2.9m)
- £16m approved to fund additional police
- 917 weapons disposed of in our 4 amnesty bins, including 767 knives.
A CLEAN AND GREEN FUTURE:
- £5m waste investment to tackle the waste emergency - including 72 additional frontline staff
- £185k to support local businesses to be more energy efficient
- Planted almost 3,000 trees
- £2.1m to improve recycling on housing estates
- £5m for electric waste vehicles and EV charging points
- £180k for low carbon fuel supply
INVEST IN PUBLIC SERVICES:
- £13.7m per year invested in youth services, including one youth centre in every ward
- £3.5m for local voluntary and community sector through Mayor's Community Grants
- £2.5m to support free homecare for vulnerable adults
- £1m investment in 5 Resident Hubs.
- Creation of a £1.5m culturally-sensitive drug treatment centre
- Creation of a £20m culturally-sensitive adult care home (50-60 bed adult care facility)
- Opening of a £1.4m Women's Resource Centre, providing health, educational and employment advice and benefits to local women.
- Establishing a Somali Resource Hub for the growing Somali population in the borough
"I am so grateful for the Mayor's record with young people
"...Also, a student in Tower Hamlets, I am so grateful for the Mayor's record with young people. The EMA, Uni Bursaries, universal free school meals for all primary and secondary schools, a huge investment in the youth service, and a range of apprenticeships - it makes me proud to be a resident of the borough."
Local Resident and university student
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