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Nick Clark | Local Democracy Reporter

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Barking and Dagenham Council insists they can repay £1.5 billion debt

Barking and Dagenham Council has insisted it has a “high level of confidence” that it can pay its £1.5billion debt without using council taxpayers’...

New plan for 405 homes at major Dagenham development

New plans to build 405 homes on the former Ford car plant in Dagenham have been submitted. The plans outline the next phase of the...

Infant and junior school could be merged into one due to funding crisis

Two schools in Forest Gate could merge under plans being considered by Newham Council. Odessa Infant School in Wellington Road could be amalgamated with St...

Council has to find more than £12 million to balance next year’s budget

Barking and Dagenham Council will have to find more than £12million in savings or income to balance its budget next year, it has warned. The...

Newham council tenants happier with their homes but number of complaints increase

Council tenants in Newham are becoming happier with their homes, according to a town hall survey – despite a rise in complaints. A tenants satisfaction survey...

Former police station used as ‘unauthorised HMO’

A former police station on the Isle of Dogs appears to have been converted into housing and let out without planning permission. Rooms inside the...

Building vehicles could be banned from healthy school streets

Construction vehicles might no longer be exempt from ‘healthy school streets’ restrictions under proposals by Newham Council. The healthy school streets scheme restricts most motor...

Waste delays across Barking and Dagenham has been resolved

Barking and Dagenham Council says waste collections in the borough are now “back on track” following nearly a month of delays. Recycling collections have been...

Alice Billing House to be refurbished

A funding deal for the next phase of a listed building’s transformation into a community arts centre has been approved by Newham Council. Up to...

Homelessness budget overspent in Tower Hamlets

The government should “intervene” over the housing crisis according to a senior councillor in Tower Hamlets, where homelessness accounted for the bulk of the...

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