Title

Sign up to our newsletter

In Barking and Dagenham all private landlords must have a licence issued by the council to rent their properties to tenants and if they don’t, they could face a huge fine as one Dagenham landlord recently found out.

Barking and Dagenham Council has received just over £4 million in funding from TfL announced today.

2023 Women’s Empowerment Awards highlight extraordinary achievements

As part of Barking and Dagenham Council’s annual Women’s Empowerment Month, the council has signed the Menopause Workplace Pledge, committing to recognise the impact of the menopause and actively supporting female staff who are affected. 

An Ilford landlord has been ordered to pay over £33,000 in costs for illegally running a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO).

420 young people from nine secondary schools across Barking and Dagenham have attended a free performance of BLKDOG at the Broadway Theatre, in Barking, before the cast flies off to Belgium and Singapore on tour.

Yesterday (23 March), Barking and Dagenham Council launched a Good Food Partnership with the local community to create a plan for access to healthier, fresh food that is affordable and provide more skills, resources and land for food growing.

Parents found flouting the Highway Code while dropping their children off at a school in Dagenham could face on-the-spot fines in the future.

As part of activities this year’s Women’s Empowerment Month, the council’s Cabinet Member for Employment, Skills & Aspiration, Cllr Sade Bright paid a visit to the Adult College on Parsloes Avenue in Dagenham.

Barking and Dagenham Council is pleased to announce next steps as it moves forward with the development of a Women’s Museum at 4 - 5 Barking Wharf Square.

Linked to the borough’s accredited local history programme at Valence House Museum and Archives, this inclusive space will serve as a platform to showcase the history, heritage, stories and role of women from both the local area and beyond.