Councillor Suluk Ahmed

Licensing Sub Committee - Thursday, 20th March, 2025 2.00 p.m.

The Licensing Sub-Committee made two decisions at the meeting. The application for a new licence for Fresh Feast at 44 Artillery Lane was refused. The application for a new licence for Popular Pizza at 536 Commercial Road was adjourned pending the submission of medical evidence. The Sub-Committee also agreed to extend the deadlines for seven applications to June 2025.

Tower Hamlets Health and Wellbeing Board - Thursday, 27th February, 2025 5.00 p.m.

This meeting was about the Health and Wellbeing Board considering updates on various health and wellbeing programmes in the Borough, and preparations for upcoming inspections of services for children with special educational needs. The meeting also included an update on mental health provision, and consideration of the minutes of the previous meeting.

Budget Meeting, Council - Wednesday, 26th February, 2025 7.00 p.m.

The Council agreed to approve the 2025/26 budget report and the Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) 2025-28. It was also agreed to adopt the Treasury Management Strategy Statement, Investment Strategy Report and Capital Strategy Report for 2025-26. The Member Allowance Scheme for 2025/26 was also approved.

Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday, 18th February, 2025 6.30 p.m.

The Overview and Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the Metropolitan Police's work in the borough, the Council's Workforce to Reflect the Community Strategy, and the Tower Hamlets Local Plan 2038. They approved the membership of the Council's scrutiny sub-committees, following recent changes to the political proportionality of the Council.

Children and Education Scrutiny Sub-Committee - Thursday, 13th February, 2025 6.30 p.m.

The committee heard two presentations, one on the provision of free school meals in Tower Hamlets and one on Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) and the advice that the council gives to schools on it. At the end of the discussion about RSE, the committee voted to request that the cabinet review the council's advice to schools to ensure that it reflects national guidance.