Council — Tower Hamlets

Recent meetings

129 meetings · Page 4 of 13

09 Mar 2023

Reserve Budget Meeting, Council - Thursday, 9th March, 2023 7.00 p.m.

CANCELLED

46 attendees · 0 documents · 0 media files

01 Mar 2023

Budget Meeting, Council - Wednesday, 1st March, 2023 7.00 p.m.

The Council of Tower Hamlets Council met on Wednesday, 1 March 2023, to approve the council's budget and set council taxes for the upcoming year. The meeting saw the approval of the Mayor's budget proposal, which includes significant investments in various ...

18 Jan 2023

Council - Wednesday, 18th January, 2023 7.00 p.m.

46 attendees · 21 documents · 1 media file

05 Oct 2022

Council - Wednesday, 5th October, 2022 7.00 p.m.

46 attendees · 0 documents · 0 media files

27 Jul 2022

Council - Wednesday, 27th July, 2022 7.00 p.m.

46 attendees · 29 documents · 1 media file

25 May 2022

Annual Meeting, Council - Wednesday, 25th May, 2022 7.00 p.m.

47 attendees · 0 documents · 0 media files

10 Mar 2022

Reserve Budget Meeting, Council - Thursday, 10th March, 2022 7.00 p.m.

CANCELLED

0 attendees · 0 documents · 0 media files

02 Mar 2022

Budget Meeting, Council - Wednesday, 2nd March, 2022 7.00 p.m.

47 attendees · 27 documents · 1 media file

19 Jan 2022

Council - Wednesday, 19th January, 2022 7.00 p.m.

47 attendees · 31 documents · 1 media file

17 Nov 2021

Council - Wednesday, 17th November, 2021 7.00 p.m.

The Council of Tower Hamlets Council met on Wednesday 17 November 2021, discussing a range of issues including the climate emergency, knife crime, and changes to ward names. Key decisions included the adoption of a new member code of conduct and the review ...

About

The Council is made up of the elected Mayor and the 45 Councillors of Tower Hamlets. The Council is responsible for a range of functions that it only alone may carry out. Such functions include: setting the Council’s main policies and its overall budget, the Council tax rate for the year; adopting and making material changes to the Council’s Constitution and approving the Members allowance scheme. The Council cannot take every decision itself. Therefore, it appoints a number of committees to carry out specific functions on its behalf. These include: the regulatory committees (Planning and Licensing to determine applications) and a Standards (Advisory) Committee amongst others. Council functions are also known as ‘non Executive functions’. The Council also provides a forum for questioning and debate with the Executive including the consideration of petitions. See our ways of participation page for more information about this. Meetings of the Council are usually held on a Wednesday evening at the Town Hall, Mulberry Place and is open to the public to attend. A timetable for its meeting dates and deadlines can be found here. Types of meetings. There are four types of Council meetings:

Annual Council that is usually held in May. The purpose of which is to carry out such tasks as appointing the Council’s speaker and deputy speaker, the Council’s Committees, their membership and terms of reference for that year. The budget meeting in February specifically for setting the Council’s budget and Council tax. Ordinary scheduled meetings.

Extra-ordinary meetings, in addition to those scheduled, to consider a particular matter that cannot wait until the next ordinary meeting.

Role of the Council (Part 2, Article 4,The Full Council) pgs 15-17. List of Council Functions and delegations (Part 3. 1, Responsibility for Functions) pgs 55-89. Terms of Reference for the Council (Part 3.3.1, Responsibility for Functions) pgs 93-94. Council’s Procedural Rules (Part 4.1) pgs 137-159.

Guidance for asking questions and submitting petitions to Council

Webcasts Films of recent meetings are available to view (external site).