Newham has been under Labour control since it was created in 1965 and the party has won every election for the ...

Officials at the London Borough of Newham denied on Monday that they had faked an interest in deploying Linux to force Microsoft to dramatically cut its licensing costs. Speaking at an event to launch ...

Newham has had an elected mayor since 2002, and the Labour Party has won every election since. Sir Robin Wales held the ...

Boundary changes had increased the number of seats from 60 to 66. Since the election, one Labour councillor has defected to the Greens, one Labour councillor has defected to the Newham Independents ...

An east London council has apologised to tenants after it was given the worst possible rating by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH). Inspectors found thousands of yet-to-be-done repairs in Newham ...

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on Thursday issued a “Best Value Notice”, which means the local authority will be observed for the next 12 months to ensure it is ...

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University College London’s Institute for Global Prosperity and Newham Council have published a report projecting the creation of 5,500 “open data” jobs in the borough by 2035. The report leans on the ...

Almost £31 million of council tax has gone uncollected in Newham since 2018, town hall chiefs have revealed. A report presented to councillors says Newham Council has consistently had one of the worst ...