This past month, the question on the lips of folk living there has been how long Rokhsana Fiaz, Newham’s mayor, can last. Last year Fiaz took Newham council, which she’s been running since 2018, to an ...

An east London council has bought the former ‘Focus E15’ hostel from a housing association to prevent it being purchased by a private developer. Newham Council announced last week that it has approved ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. New data has revealed Newham has among the highest number of council bosses paid more than £100,000 in the country. The Town Hall Rich List ...

An east London council has bought the former ‘Focus E15’ hostel from a housing association to prevent it being purchased by a private developer. Newham Council announced last week that it has approved ...

Since its launch in 2016, the Keeping Newham Moving programme has invested £77.85m in resurfacing roads and pavements across the borough. The council said 119km of roads have been resurfaced ...

Spending towards temporary housing for the homeless in Newham increased significantly since 2018-19, new figures show. It comes as a record number of households and children across England are ...

The council's hotel bill has tripled in the past year. From today, Newham council has put its council tax up by 9% saying it's "entirely down to the growing costs to stop people being on the streets".