-
Council Agrees Budget Amidst Unprecedented Financial Challenges
• Final Budget agreed at Full Council • Council balances budget despite unprecedented financial pressures • Additional funding for temporary accommodation confirmed
-
Newham Council Welcomes LGA Corporate Peer Challenge Report and Commits to Continuous Development
• Local Government Association Corporate Peer Challenge Report published • LGA Peer team highlights Council’s ambition to Build a Fairer Newham • Council’s draft Action Plan responds to 11 recommendations • Draft Action Plan to be finalised and published by the end of May 2024 following engagement with councillors, the wider workforce at the Council, partners and stakeholders in the borough
-
Newham Council wins Leadership Award for commitment to healthy and sustainable food initiatives
A new report, Good Food Local: The London Report, published today by Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming, has awarded Newham Council a Leadership Award for its commitment to healthy and sustainable food initiatives.
-
Newham's services for young people in care and care leavers praised by Ofsted as highly effective and impressive
• Improvements since last visit in 2022 have been sustained • Partnership response to sharing information is ‘impressive, pioneering and well-defined’
-
Newham residents encouraged to get fit to earn rewards
• BetterPoints Newham is aimed at improving health and wellbeing, tackling climate change and encouraging more people to walk, wheel or cycle • Users can redeem a digital currency for shopping vouchers or donate to charity • Supports Newham Council’s corporate plan; 50 Steps to a Healthier Newham (2024-2027) and Well Newham
-
£1 billion Carpenters Estate masterplan approved to kick start delivery of 2,152 homes
The approval marks another major milestone for the ambitious Carpenters Estate regeneration and restoration plans
-
Mayor of Newham marks completion of work at £8 million state-of-the-art Shipman Youth Zone
• Mayor Fiaz marks major milestone in children’s service with completion of Shipman Youth Zone • £8 million facility will offer youth services and a Family Hub
-
Record turnout at the annual Newham Apprenticeship Fair 2024
This year's annual Newham Apprenticeship Fair 2024 was one of the most successful to date. With a vibrant and engaging audience representing diverse backgrounds, the fair witnessed unprecedented enthusiasm for vocational opportunities and apprenticeships.
-
Newham Council unveils ambitious Recycling, Waste, and Street Cleansing Strategy
• Strategy sets out Council’s commitment to meet waste and street cleansing targets. • Strategy action plan builds on recent changes to waste management services boosting recycling rates by 25.6% while decreasing fly-tipping by almost a third.
-
Newham Council to make all high-rise residential buildings safe by 2029
• Cabinet approves five-year strategy to make all 87 high-rise residential buildings in Newham safe and compliant with new legislation.
