In July this year, six-month-old Abdullah Ali died after contracting chicken pox. On Monday (1 December) an inquest into his death concluded that he had succumbed to encephalitis, a rare but serious ...

Campaigners have now called on Sir Sadiq Khan, the chair of TfL, to implement a similar plan when it comes to tackling violence and harassment of women and girls on London’s tubes and buses.

Hackney’s Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission has issued a Call for Evidence as part of a review into how the council and its partners can better support children and young people.

Organisers of the annual Winter Toy Appeal are hoping for a Christmas miracle as they issue an urgent plea for donations.

A new Aldi is set to open its doors in east London but scores of residents fear it could stoke anti-social behaviour in the area. In October, Hackney Council granted planning permission for the German ...

In the report, entitled ‘Mind the Funding Gap’, the cross-party committee called on the mayor and TfL to restart the development of Crossrail 2 – a new line linking national rail networks in Surrey ...

Under a new scheme by the council, from May 2026, most private landlords will need to apply for a licence for each property they let. The scheme aims to protect renters from rogue landlords and ...

Labour MPs have celebrated the end of the two-child benefit cap policy despite voting not to scrap it last year.

Speaking at the event was Independent Socialist councillor for Victoria ward, Claudia Turbet-Delof, who claimed the Budget ‘does not put residents first’ and called on Reeves to ‘introduce a serious ...

Introducing the motion, Cllr Sam Pallis (Cazenove ward) said rent controls were “common sense” and “would not lead to the skies collapsing”. The petition in full slammed the private rental sector for ...

Some 13 bus routes are expected to be impacted, including several that service Hackney and seven to Westfield Stratford shopping centre – meaning Londoners hoping to pick up Christmas presents or ...

The Mayor of London has pledged to eliminate all deaths and serious casualties outright by 2041 as part of his Vision Zero Action Plan. He has also set an interim deadline of 2030 to reduce the figure ...