Councillor Darren Rodwell, Leader of Barking and Dagenham Council, has today launched a scathing attack on the Met Police following its latest inspection report which once again is critical of the performance and scale of reform of the service.

A resident who received a warning from Barking and Dagenham Council about their eyesore garden has cleaned-up their act.

Barking and Dagenham Council joined Social Enterprise Academy to encourage young people to step up and present their social or environmental initiatives to a panel of ‘Dragons’ at Barking Town Hall. Each group received feedback and a cash prize to help them develop their school enterprises, sponsored by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

A woman whose serious anti-social behaviour ended up in her being handed a jail sentence has had her home repossessed by Barking and Dagenham Council. 

Barking and Dagenham Council has recently expanded its successful School Streets programme which aims to keep kids safe by reducing the amount traffic on roads in and around schools.

Today is National Offer Day and sees 95.52 per cent (2,918 pupils) of parents in the borough given their first preference, placing Barking and Dagenham second in London.

A judge has ordered a Barking shisha bar owner to pay a fine of nearly £1,000 for trading illegally on the public highway.

Barking and Dagenham Council is determined to protect its residents and the Trading Standards team play a pivotal role in this by ensuring local businesses don’t sell illegal products or items to underage children.

The Trading Standards team at Barking and Dagenham Council take sales of illegal cigarettes and tobacco very seriously and regularly carry out operations to seize these products from local shops.

Reducing youth violence in Barking and Dagenham is a key priority for the council and its Trading Standards team regularly run test purchasing operations with local businesses to ensure they’re not selling knives to young people.