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Closing: The only council sports centre in Stratford

28.09.11
The council running the Olympic borough is accused of letting down residents with its plans to close a leisure centre less than a mile from the 2012 Games aquatics centre... more

Westfield Stratford City: Transforming the East End

05.09.11
Westfield Stratford City opens a week tomorrow at the Olympic Park gates. Jonathan Prynn sees how the £1.45bn centre has transformed a forgotten area... more

Half of 1.8m applicants for Olympic Games tickets will miss out

27.05.11
Up to half of the 1.8 million applicants for 6.6 million Olympic tickets will be left empty-handed after the ballot, it emerged ... more

Karren Brady: My open letter to London

14.02.11
West Ham vice-chairman says club's bid to take over Olympic Stadium was always about standing up for the promises made for London ... more

‘Vanity’ of poorest borough with £111m council offices

17.12.10
Newham's Mayor who runs London's poorest borough accused of pushing through the decision to spend £111million on new council headquarters... more

Pay rises for most councillors as town halls cut jobs and services

09.12.10
Councillors in London award themselves almost £32 million in pay and allowances despite austerity measures sweeping through town halls... more

Minister and mayor clash over Newham chief paid £50,000 more than PM

25.11.10
The new head officer of one of Britain’s poorest boroughs is at the centre of a political battle over his salary of nearly £200,000... more

Cuts will increase burden on London suburbs, minister admits

05.11.10
Schools and GP surgeries in outer London could face new pressures because of the Government’s housing benefit cap, Lord Freud admits... more

2012 chiefs accused of betrayal after ditching East End Marathon route

27.09.10
Olympics chiefs came under mounting pressure to re-think their plan to stage a made-for-television Marathon along a route which avoids the East End... more

Children given free instruments in £1.25m project

16.03.10
Thousands of children in one of London’s poorest boroughs are to be given free musical instruments and specialist tuition... more

Make Eurostar stop at Stratford International, ministers urged

17.02.10
Transport Secretary Lord Adonis under pressure to order Eurostar trains to stop at Stratford International station to stop it being the biggest 'white elephant' in London... more

Ministers must target illegal immigrants

04.12.09
The arrest of 80 illegal immigrants working on the Olympic site highlights not only the continuing problem of clandestine migrants but the gap between promises on Olympic jobs and the reality... more

Licences for landlords in bid to improve neighbourhoods

30.11.09
Landlords in east London will have to pay for a licence before they can rent out rooms or houses under new laws... more

'Games are not ending my borough's poverty'

25.11.09
The mayor of the Olympic borough of Newham has attacked the lack of progress on government promises to delivery a legacy for the 2012 Games... more

London councillors' 20% pay rise in three years

20.10.09
Councillors in London have voted themselves 20 per cent pay rises since being elected, figures reveal... more

Free school meals for all go on trial in London borough

03.09.09
Every primary school child in a London borough will receive free school meals for the first time under a ground-breaking scheme... more

Borough wants to make Olympic site a royal park

24.07.09
A Royal park could be created on the site of the London Olympics to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012... more

Standing still is simply not an option

10.07.09
“Many council estates have become what they were fighting in the first place - social ghettos.”... more

Standing still is simply not an option

10.07.09
“Many council estates have become what they were fighting in the first place - social ghettos.”... more

2012 and all that

27.05.09
Olympics: Our round-up of the latest Olympic news... more

Olympic champion Ohuruogu returns to inspire East End children

15.05.09
Olympic gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu described how she is inspiring a generation of young Londoners to take up sport in the run-up to the 2012 Games... more

Free school meals for 30,000 Newham pupils in bid to cut obesity

01.05.09
Every primary school child across a London borough will be given free meals in a drive to cut obesity... more

Newham mayor says Olympic jobs must go to locals

29.04.09
The mayor of Newham demanded more transparency over Olympic jobs amid concerns that local people were missing out on employment benefits of London 2012... more

Boroughs 'lack a 2012 terror plan'

11.03.09
Too little is being done to protect east London from a terror attack at the 2012 Olympics, peers and town hall chiefs warn... more

Let’s have an Olympic legacy like this

17.02.09
London should take inspiration from Stockholm, Amsterdam, or even Dubai if the benefits from 2012 are to amount to more than fantasy... more

Have your say on London's 2012 legacy

13.02.09
Londoners will be able to speak out on plans to transform the Olympic Park into six neighbourhoods by 2040... more

Boris unveils his 'legacy masterplan' for 2012 site

10.02.09
Olympics chiefs have released images of how they hope a regenerated Stratford will look in 2040... more

We’ve hit 75% of our affordable homes target, says Mayor

09.02.09
Three quarters of Boris Johnson’s affordable housing target has already been agreed, it has been announced... more

£28 million: the annual payout to our councillors

02.12.08
Councillors in London are taking home £28million a year in pay and allowances, it was revealed ... more

Council 'rents' its own police officers to curb yobs

30.07.08
A London borough has become the first to "rent" police officers to help beef up its campaign against crime and anti-social behaviour... more


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