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Housing

The City of London Corporation received a C3 rating from the Regulator of Social Housing, indicating “significant improvement is needed”

The City of London Corporation has been criticised by the social housing regulator for “serious failings” in the management of its estates. The Regulator of...
Barking & Dagenham

Council’s borrowing programme ‘at risk’ from construction slowdown

Construction slowdowns and inflation have put the repayment of more than £1billion of Barking and Dagenham Council’s debt “at risk” according to newly-published budget...
Environment

New Towns in London set to be blighted by “critical” noise from flight paths

Residents planning to move to either of London’s ‘New Towns’ will have to live with significant aircraft noise, new analysis has suggested. Both Thamesmead and...
Brent

Family with autistic child left in mouldy home for more than 2 years gets £5k pay out

A North London council has been ordered to pay a family more than £5,000 after they were left in a ‘mouldy and mice infested’...
Ealing

West London area ‘most vulnerable’ to increasing heat to launch climate strategy

A West London borough intends to launch a strategy to limit the impacts of intense heat after studies found it was one of England’s...
Housing

Thamesmead Waterfront approval will unlock 15,000 homes, ministers told

Thamesmead Waterfront must be approved as one of the Government’s ambitious ‘New Towns’ to help solve London’s housing crisis, ministers have been told. Up to...
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...
Crime

Rogue West London landlord slapped with £80k fine for renting dangerous building

A West London landlord has been slapped with a five figure fine after illegally renting an outbuilding in the garden of a house he...
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%...
Housing

Over 40,000 applications pending for housing across the North East

More than 40,000 people remain on council housing waiting lists across the North East, according to the latest available data. Figures obtained by the Local...
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