London Borough of Tower Hamlets Islamic centres, including the East London Mosque, Britain's biggest mosque. Brick Lane's restaurants, neighbouring street market and shops provide the largest range of Bengali cuisine, woodwork, carpets and clothes in Europe. A 2017 study by Trust for London and the New Policy Institute found that Tower Hamlets has the highest rate of poverty, child poverty, unemployment, and pay inequality of any London borough. It also found that it has the lowest GCSE attainment gap though, meaning that the gap in performance between disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged pupils is lower than in any other London Borough. The local authority is Tower Hamlets
1986 Barnet London Borough Council election was called following the death of Cllr. Wilfred Lipman. 1986 Barnet London Borough Council election The 1986 Barnet Council election took place on 8 May 1986 to elect members of Barnet London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. Overall turnout in the election was 42.0%. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Beverley G. Lane. The by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr. Clement Halfon. The by-election was called following the death of Cllr. Leah Hertz. The by-election was called