Residents and current employees of Barking and Dagenham Council are being invited to apply for the next cohort of the National Management Trainee scheme for a September 2024 start.

Barking and Dagenham is set to celebrate Inter Faith Week 2023 with a range of faith venue open days and a special flag raising event scheduled to take place in the borough.

Barking and Dagenham Council is delighted to announce the next steps in the development of the Women’s Museum, a socially engaged exhibition and community space in East London, which will give platform to the experiences of women, girls and allies from the area and beyond.

Barking and Dagenham Council has agreed a ground breaking partnership with the Seoul Digital Foundation, South Korea, the Thames Freeport, and Connected Places Catapult to launch a Smart Homes Innovation Hub in Barking, London.

Barking and Dagenham Council takes a zero-tolerance approach to businesses selling illegal cigarettes to its residents. This has been proven in court where a Dagenham business has been ordered to pay out over £3,000.

Residents of Barking and Dagenham who are interested in a career in the construction industry are being invited to get in touch with the Barking Riverside Innovation in Construction Centre (BRIC).

The Trading Standards team at Barking and Dagenham Council have launched an initiative to stamp out the sale of the illegal vapes and to prevent young people under 18 from buying them.

Two men who were previously employed as waste collection officers with Barking and Dagenham Council have been found guilty of fraud.

Both men appeared in Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday 27 October, to be sentenced for one joint count of Fraud by abuse of position, following an internal council investigation.

Barking and Dagenham Council is inviting residents to give their views on proposed changes to its working age Council Tax Support (CTS) scheme from 1 April 2024.

An investment company has been ordered to pay tens of thousands of pounds for illegally creating two flats above a shop without the required planning permission.