Newham Council announces Breakthrough Budget to deliver financial sustainability and a Fairer Newham
Newham Council’s 2026/27 draft Budget ends emergency support, keeps council tax among London’s lowest, and invests in services residents value most.
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Newham Council sets out new strategy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping
Newham Council Cabinet last night (Tuesday 3 December) voted to adopt a new strategy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in the borough.
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Support Small Business Saturday this Christmas and help the community
Residents will be able to boost the local economy and support Newham’s small shops, family businesses, markets, small businesses and manufacturers, by taking part in Small Business Saturday on 7 December.
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Nine thousand new trees for Newham
Hundreds of volunteers descended on Newham on Saturday to help plant 9,000 new trees in Beckton District Park South.
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Celebrate in style this festive season
Everyone is invited to attend a host of fun and free Christmas activities taking place this year across Newham - guaranteed to add more sparkle to your holiday season.
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Commission begins work on improving Local Democracy
Newham Council wants residents to feel part of where they live, be able to participate more extensively in local democracy, have their voices heard in decision-making, help shape the borough’s future including the way it is governed, and be able to hold their elected representatives to account.
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Newham Council adopts new Air quality measures to tackle poor air quality
Newham Council members last night voted to adopt a new Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) for the five years 2019-2024, and move to a whole borough Air Quality Management Area (AQMA).
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Royal Docks Corridor to get a people’s design for life
Newham Council, in partnership with the Royal Docks Team, is to engage with local people in the Royal Docks Corridor to find out how they want the area to be designed to reflect its change from a predominantly industrial to an increasingly residential area.
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Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
The London Legacy Development Corporation is investigating an unexplained metal object found during site excavation works in the south of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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Newham Council invites residents to balance the budget
Newham Council is committed to delivering a budget for residents, and a budget that can continue to support the borough’s most vulnerable residents, whilst making the required efficiencies of £45million over the next three years, enforced by government austerity. The council wants residents’ thoughts on how these savings should be made.
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Healthy School Streets prove a hit
A scheme to make it safer, healthier and greener for pupils and parents to negotiate the daily school-run in Newham is off to a positive start following a successful launch.
