Southwark Council is set to cut ties with a private leisure firm it bailed out to the tune of £1.2 million during the pandemic. The local authority is set to bring services... Read more »
Plans are being thrashed out over the future of the massive Truman brewery site that dominates Brick Lane following a series of mass protests. A protest rally on Sunday was the latest... Read more »
Southwark Council staff and former staff are being investigated over multiple allegations of fraud against the authority. The council is looking into one alleged fraud case relating to a current employee –... Read more »
A South London estate has been plagued by a mice and rat infestation for months as the council has failed to evict the vermin. Disgusted residents on the Dodson and Amigo estate... Read more »
A council tenant claims he has been left to “suffocate” in his mould-infested council home that makes him feel like he’s “living in a slum”. Images of Mehdi Sheikh’s flat, owned by... Read more »
Harlow is set to receive the “biggest programme of regeneration” since it was built as a post-war New Town, including proposals to lobby for an extension the London Underground’s Central Line to... Read more »
An East London council will invest a huge £520 million of its pension fund into climate-friendly companies. Newham Council announced its decision to invest the money into businesses around the world which... Read more »
The Poplar and Limehouse MP charged with council housing fraud has suggested in court that her ex-husband was controlling the account she used to bid for properties.Apsana Begum’s applications for social housing... Read more »
An East London council spent almost £90,000 on bringing a legal case against a Labour MP, new data has revealed. Tower Hamlets Council spent £88,607 on the investigation and trial of Poplar... Read more »
Merton Council will give up the right to millions of pounds in profits from homes sold by Clarion Housing. The authority hopes this will fill a funding gap in the borough’s £1.3... Read more »
