Only 8 council homes in Tower Hamlets sold off under Right to Buy have been replaced since 2015, analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.

The party is calling on the government to reform Right to Buy and ensure all affordable homes sold are replaced.

In total 453 council homes in Tower Hamlets have been sold off since April 2015, official figures show, while just 8 have been built under the government's replacement scheme.

Labour have once again failed young people and plunged Tower Hamlets into scandal and embarrassment. Islington and Leicestershire Councils have been called in to run Children’s Services as local Labour councillors just can’t do it properly.

The Bartlett Park Masterplan scheme has been in the pipeline for some years. It affects the whole of the park and the old adventure playground across the road that has been closed for some time.

Chris and Shelly have been working hard to help keep the streets of Island Garden cleaner and therefore reduce pest and other anti-social issues. We have already undertaken a number of litter picks to tackle high litter areas across Island Gardens, with a lot of support from the local community.

Stephen O’Shea and Liza Franchi are demanding the Government take action on companies who are promising better broadband but failing to deliver it in Wapping.

At a meeting of the local Neighbourhood Police Panel, Liberal Democrat campaigners Elaine Bagshaw and Jack Gilbert secured extra police patrols in our area. After hearing many complaints from residents about open drug dealing in the streets and anti-social behaviour, the team worked with the police to get more patrols where needed.

One third of state schools are in deficit, figures uncovered by the Liberal Democrats have revealed - including 48 in Tower Hamlets.

Figures provided in response to a written parliamentary question show that over 9,438 schools were in deficit in 2015-16, over a third of the total.

2 in 3 secondary schools in Tower Hamlets are full or oversubscribed in Year 7 this term, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.

In total 12 secondary schools in the area are either full or over capacity in Year 7 - an increase from 9 the previous year.

TfL have made a number of commitments to address the “Wapping Lock-In” phenomenon, after local Liberal Democrats raised concerns alongside residents.

Wapping has suffered three consecutive lock-ins this Summer due to sporting events. All sides agree that these events are great for London, but Wapping residents have felt increasingly angry at being cut off from the city and “locked in” for large chunks of time.

Liberal Democrat Assembly Member and Deputy Chair of the Transport Committee, Caroline Pidgeon, facilitated the meeting. The team secured commitments from TfL to:

• Examine whether a sporting event can be moved away from the Highway if it would otherwise be closed on consecutive weekends

• Modelling what the impact would be if certain events were moved away from The Highway

• Reviewing what happened with the IAAF communications that led to huge confusion amongst residents and businesses about whether the Highway was open or not

• Ensuring communications are clear about what event is causing the closure on what date

• Review whether the Local Access Points put along the route so that emergency services vehicles can gain access, could be opened up to allow residents to use their vehicles

Caroline Pidgeon will also submit a question to London Mayor Sadiq Khan about whether the impact on areas such as Wapping and the Isle of Dogs that end up “locked in” with these events, is taken into consideration when deciding which events to host and bid for.

Local Liberal Democrat campaigner Stephen O’Shea, said: “After a great deal of frustration by local residents, it’s great that we now have commitments to action. The key test will be whether this turns into a joined-up approach from next year. We will be watching this very closely and holding TfL to account.”

Elaine Bagshaw, Parliamentary Spokesperson for Poplar & Limehouse, said: “It’s great that we’ve been able to make progress on this with TfL, and that local residents had the opportunity to raise their issues directly with the people responsible for these events. This meeting only took an hour to hold and a few emails to arrange. How is it I can do this around a full-time job, yet our local Assembly member, Unmesh Desai, can’t? This is another example of local Labour representatives letting us down.”