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Nick Clark | Local Democracy Reporter

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Crime

Housing fraud investigation could reveal ‘criminality at its highest end’

A police investigation into housing fraud in Barking and Dagenham could reveal “criminality at its highest end” a councillor has warned. City of London Police...
Housing

Council tenants face ‘difficult’ rent increase next year

Council tenants in Tower Hamlets face a “difficult” rent increase this year, a leading councillor has admitted. Draft budget proposals suggest increasing rents by 4.8%...
Community

Tower Hamlets secures £300,000 to pilot government ‘Young Futures Hub’

Tower Hamlets Council has secured £300,000 in government funding to pilot a new Young Futures Hub, aimed at providing safe spaces, wellbeing support and...
Crime

Newham Council housing officer suspected of ‘serious fraud’ involving 35 social homes

A Newham Council staff member “manipulated” its housing systems to give 35 homes to people not eligible for them, the town hall has revealed. The...
Newham

Councils commit £10m to long-awaited bridge linking Canning Town and Poplar

A long-hoped-for footbridge across the River Lea could be built in 2027, after nearly £10million was put up by two councils to fund it. The...
Newham

Forest Gate baker fights Newham Council order to shut home business

A baker is fighting Newham Council’s order to stop running her business from her home. Fatima Yusuf says she has been running her cake business,...
Newham

Councillor slams “unbelievably low” number of affordable homes in massive Beckton Riverside development

Plans to build almost 3,000 homes in Beckton have been approved despite being slammed for having an “unbelievably low” number of affordable homes. The first...
Business & Finance

Former Stratford East Picture house to be transformed into children’s indoor activity park

An empty cinema building in Stratford is set to be turned into a children’s activity park. Newham Council will lease the former Stratford East Picture...
Planning Permission

Inquiry to determine fate of Brick Lane redevelopment begins

Campaigners, developers and Tower Hamlets Council all made their cases at the opening day of the Brick Lane planning inquiry on 14 Ocotober. The inquiry...
Finance

Palestine Solidarity Campaign calls on council to ensure it’s not ‘complicit in genocide’

Palestine solidarity campaigners called on Newham Council to ensure it is not “complicit in genocide” during a debate yesterday (9 October). Councillors debated calls to...
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