• Havering Council has been ordered to pay £7,100 to a homeless mother, known as Miss X, after leaving her and her children in unsafe accommodation for nearly two years. • The Housing Ombudsman found ...

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Plans for a new tram route through north-east London have stalled due to a lack of funding at the local town hall. Havering Council had said it would investigate the possibility a north-south tram ...

Five public libraries in Havering could shut down as Havering Council bids to generate more savings. Libraries in Collier Row, Elm Park, Gidea Park, Harold Wood and South Hornchurch are on Havering ...

A London council on the verge of bankruptcy will house homeless families in converted office blocks to save millions of pounds. Havering Council has approved plans for empty office buildings to be ...

Christmas light switch-ons have been cancelled by an east London council due to insufficient funds. Havering Council said financial constraints meant it would also not be able to provide trees in ...

Havering council’s child services was rated “inadequate” by inspectors who said some children are “remaining at risk or experiencing harm for too long”. Social workers are battling “complex and high ...