Barking and Dagenham Council continues to ensure that it prioritises the safety of people who live, work and commute in and across the borough and has recruited four more Community Safety Enforcement Officers.

A group of residents from the borough of Barking & Dagenham launched their pioneering new investment approach at Parliament on Monday 20 June 2022. Alongside this, Barking and Dagenham Council announce new funding commitment.

The event marks 74 years since the passenger ship, The Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury docks in 1948.

Residents of Barking and Dagenham who need help and support to get into work are being invited to a ‘walk-in registration’ event on Thursday 23 June at the Dagenham Job Shop in Dagenham Library.

Residents can once again enjoy a host of free music on their doorstep as the ever-popular Roundhouse Music Festival returns to Parsloes Park in Dagenham on Sunday 24 July. 

Havering Council in partnership with Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge is hosting a special tri-borough 'Meet the Buyer' event for local businesses at CEME.

Barking and Dagenham Council has welcomed the news that local residents and visitors to Barking Riverside will soon benefit from quicker and easier journeys with the confirmation that Barking Riverside will become the capital’s newest railway station this summer – ahead of schedule.  

Did you know that an estimated £1.7 billion is left unclaimed by around 800,000 thousand pensioners who are missing out on their Pension Credit?

Thousands of the borough’s Muslims hoping to make a pilgrimage to Mecca are being warned about possible scams by Barking and Dagenham Council ahead of the annual religious tradition.

Earlier this month, a judge found a business in Barking guilty for allowing its customers to smoke Shisha inside the premises.