Luke Barratt
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Instead, the most recent year we have, Rahman's second in office, saw work started on by far the most social rent homes of any year in recent times.
Labour are going around the borough lying to people.
Labour are going around the borough lying to people.
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Instead, the most recent year we have, Rahman's second in office, saw work started on by far the most social rent homes of any year in recent times.
Labour are going around the borough lying to people.
Labour are going around the borough lying to people.
Starts are probably a better measure of the change Rahman has managed to achieve in Tower Hamlets.
If completions had been high in his first year, Labour could fairly have claimed that those were homes started while they were in power.
If completions had been high in his first year, Labour could fairly have claimed that those were homes started while they were in power.
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Starts are probably a better measure of the change Rahman has managed to achieve in Tower Hamlets.
If completions had been high in his first year, Labour could fairly have claimed that those were homes started while they were in power.
If completions had been high in his first year, Labour could fairly have claimed that those were homes started while they were in power.
It *is* true, however, that Labour built 0 homes for social rent in their last two years in power.
It's also true that starts (i.e. homes that have been started but not completed) have increased significantly since Rahman was elected.
It's also true that starts (i.e. homes that have been started but not completed) have increased significantly since Rahman was elected.
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It *is* true, however, that Labour built 0 homes for social rent in their last two years in power.
It's also true that starts (i.e. homes that have been started but not completed) have increased significantly since Rahman was elected.
It's also true that starts (i.e. homes that have been started but not completed) have increased significantly since Rahman was elected.
Here are the govt figures on social rent housebuilding in the borough.
It's not quite true that 0 homes have been built for social rent during Rahman's tenure, although the numbers are very low (6 in the two years for which we have data).
It's not quite true that 0 homes have been built for social rent during Rahman's tenure, although the numbers are very low (6 in the two years for which we have data).
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Here are the govt figures on social rent housebuilding in the borough.
It's not quite true that 0 homes have been built for social rent during Rahman's tenure, although the numbers are very low (6 in the two years for which we have data).
It's not quite true that 0 homes have been built for social rent during Rahman's tenure, although the numbers are very low (6 in the two years for which we have data).
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October 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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