HIS RISK paid off. Andy Burnham – sorry, Andy Burnham MP – won 54.8% in the Makerfield by-election. He smashed Reform into second place – six weeks after they won Council seats across the UK. He won more votes than ...

Hafsa Noor The UK Government is considering new restrictions on social media use for children under the age of 16 in an effort to improve young people’s mental wellbeing and online safety. The initiative, announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, ...

LABOUR IS running Redbridge Council. They have an overall majority on the Council – 43 out of 73 councillors. The opposition is led by the Redbridge Independents (nine seats), the Green Party and the Conservative Party (five seats each) and ...

THIS IS how things used to be in East London: a huge majority for Labour Councillors, with a small opposition – a Labour Leader and a Labour Cabinet. It’s a team full of hope. Will that be enough? There is ...

WITH A promise to “put power back in the hands of the people”, Mayor Forhad Hussain kicked off his time as Mayor of Newham following his election on 7th May. He also pledged to focus on cleaner streets, community safety ...

NEW GREEN Mayor of Hackney, Zoë Garbett, has wasted no time in launching a quest to find out who owns Hackney. It’s an investigation into who owns land in Hackney and how the land is used. Mayor Garbett’s quest is ...

IT WAS out with the old Speaker and in with the new Speaker at the AGM of Tower Hamlets Council on Wednesday, 20th May 2026. The Speaker of the Council chairs the Council meetings, as well as attending public events ...

IT WAS less of a selection and more of a coronation as Andy Burnham was chosen as Labour’s candidate. He was the only person who had applied to be selected. It is not yet clear whether local Labour Party members ...

🚈#BREAKINGNEWS: #TubeStrikes planned for this week have been called off after #TfL agreed to talk to the #RMT. New #StrikeDates have been set for 2nd and 4th June. TUBE TRAIN drivers are going on strike on Tuesday and Thursday this ...

“STARMER-LITE” Wes Streeting has finally admitted that he will be standing in the Labour leadership election. He was the last person who didn’t know, but now he has stopped being coy and admitted the truth. Streeting announced his candidacy at ...