IT WAS the opposition that won it for Labour. Rokhsana Fiaz stood down as labour Executive Mayor after two four year terms, and Labour selected Forhad Hussain as their candidate. Forhad, a former Labour Councillor for Plaistow North ward, won ...

HAVERING residents are in for a grim four years. Reform UK has swept away the other parties to take full control of the Council for the next four years. Traditionally Havering has been a Tory borough. Straddling London and south ...

LABOUR has ruled for 16 years, but today the Green surge has swept them out. The Green Party candidate for Mayor, Zoë Garbett, did not so much win the election for Mayor – she smashed it. Full result Zoë Garbett, ...

THE END of Birmingham’s long-running bin strike may be in sight – leaving the question: why on earth did the Labour Council take so long to settle the dispute? The problems began in September 2023 when Birmingham City Council effectively ...

THE GOVERNMENT is tackling childhood obesity in many ways – and one of them is a ban on advertising foods high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS). Retailers can’t advertise junk food on television before 9pm or online at any ...

THE UN Security Council had been due to vote on a resolution on the Strait of Hormuz yesterday – Saturday, 3rd April. That vote was postponed to today – but now it has been postponed again. The motion has been ...

FREE school meals for all was one of the key promises of Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s Administration when it took office in May 2022. The policy has paid off, with 38,000 school pupils benefitting from the scheme in the last four ...

GOT SOMETHING to move? A bit of shopping, some furniture – or even some children? And want to stay green at the same time?  You could be a suitable candidate for Tower Hamlets Council’s new Shared Cargo Bike scheme. Let’s ...

HOW MUCH screen time should young children enjoy? The Government has now issued new guidance on this topic – and an East London professor’s research has contributed to the findings. Professor Sam Wass, Director of the Institute for the Science ...

ONE DISGUSTED customer – disgusted because the crisps he had bought had been gnawed by mice – reported his discovery to Tower Hamlets Council. And the Council sprang into action to follow up the complaint. The purchase was made two ...