The London Government Act 1963 saw the creation of 32 London boroughs, meaning some previous Essex towns became part of east London.

The council's hotel bill has tripled in the past year. From today, Newham council has put its council tax up by 9% saying ...

Havering celebrated its 60th anniversary this week - and to mark the milestone we are looking back at some key moments in the borough's history. Romford officially became part of London six ...

East Ham and West Ham became New Ham – Newham. Clapham and Streatham became ... it is a useful marker of where in London you live. From Hounslow to Hackney, Havering to Haringey, your borough says a ...

Newham had the third highest crime ... a 109.5pc increase in robbery from the previous month. Havering was again the safest east London borough in February according to the data with 1,356 ...

East Ham and West Ham became New Ham – Newham ... it is a useful marker of where in London you live. From Hounslow to Hackney, Havering to Haringey, your borough says a lot about what community ...

In the London borough of Newham there are around 7,000 school children living ... Another east London council, Havering, has also overspent by £6m on housing homeless families and is putting its ...

The funding, which is distributed based on the population size of the local authority and their pupil to capacity ratio, is ...

Image caption, Newham has the highest numbers of families in temporary accommodation in England In the London borough of Newham ... Another east London council, Havering, has also overspent ...

In the London borough of Newham there are around 7,000 school ... Another east London council, Havering, has also overspent by £6m on housing homeless families and is putting its council tax ...

The Covert Councillor has long admired the ability of East London boroughs to elect local politicians of questionable abilities who rarely serve their residents well. One such is the borough of Newham ...