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Local elections 2026: All the London results so far

Some 1,817 London council seats are up for grabs with mayoral races in Croydon, Hackney, Lewisham, Newham and Tower Hamlets

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London local elections: Which boroughs have mayors and who will win?

Residents in Newham, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham and Croydon will cast their votes to appoint a mayor for their council

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New lido revealed for London's Victoria Park as Aspire launches Tower Hamlets local election manifesto

Independent party which runs Tower Hamlets promises new outdoor swimming pool for Victoria Park and free travel for low income university students

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Ghislaine Maxwell's nephew to stand as councillor in Tower Hamlets at local elections

Ted Maxwell is running as an independent candidate for the Bethnal Green West ward in Tower Hamlets

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Vote Labour or risk Farage, warns Sadiq Khan as party launches London elections campaign amid dire approval ratings

The Mayor launched Labour’s London local elections campaign in Peckham after poll showing party could lose all but two of its councils

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Vision for 10,000 homes at London's Billingsgate Fish Market

Tower Hamlets says it’s working on plans to redevelop the site once the market moves to the Royal Docks in Newham

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London trials new radar speed cameras that don't flash or need road markings

Cameras are set to be installed over the coming weeks at 10 locations, including Tower Hamlets, Croydon, Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing and Sutton

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London borough where half of adults are overweight to fund free swimming for famillies

Tower Hamlets council is also proposing a multi-million-pound major redevelopment of Whitechapel leisure centre

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The scandal of London councils' spending black holes

Are boroughs squandering their budgets? Lee Nallalingham spent a year investigating and found not only profligacy, but also that many have no idea where the money goes

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‘A safe space to come and just be’: the radical, utopian return of Britain’s youth clubs

After a decade of austerity closed more than 1,000 centres, the government has promised £500m to renew youth services. We tour a glossy new venue in Preston – and a girls-only one in London

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London councillor paid £20,000 a year while living in Bangladesh

Sabina Khan continues to collect salary despite seeking seat in national assembly elections thousands of miles away

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Cyclist, 23, dies after collision with car on busy east London road

Cyclist dies in hospital five days after the collision in Tower Hamlets

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Tower Hamlets councillors dodge questions after Government threatens takeover of ‘deteriorating’ borough

Councillors for Tower Hamlets’ ruling Aspire party voted down calls for a debate about Government claims the town hall’s ‘financial management and governance appears to be deteriorating’

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Tower Hamlets mayor acted unlawfully in attempted removal of LTN schemes

Road safety activists ‘vindicated’ after success of campaign supported by NHS trusts and headteachers

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East London residents win sensational victory in fight to save LTN low-traffic schemes

London-wide implications for LTNs as Court of Appeal rules that Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman acted unlawfully in trying to ignore Sadiq Khan’s transport masterplan

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London council threatened with action as ministers warn: 'Financial management is deteriorating'

Ministers formally intervened in Tower Hamlets council last year when a damning report raised concerns about a ‘toxic’ political culture under elected mayor Lutfur Rahman

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The bitter battle over the future of Truman Brewery

A £500m redevelopment plan is pitting Labour’s data-centre ambitions against Brick Lane’s heritage and a desperate need for housing — it’s a political powder keg

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Crackdown on rogue landlords renting out mouldy and unsafe homes to be expanded across London boroughs

A pilot scheme in Camden, to force landlords to improve properties in dismal conditions, is being rolled out to Barnet, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Waltham Forest, Havering, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets and Enfield

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'Save our LTNs!' £100,000 crowdfunded battle to save three low traffic neighbourhoods in east London reaches Court of Appeal

Campaigners say it would cost £2.5m for Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman to axe the schemes

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How many children in your London borough will benefit from Reeves axing two-child welfare cap? Check our interactive map

Newham, Tower Hamlets and Hackney set to be the London boroughs where most families benefit from lifting of two-child welfare cap

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Tower Hamlets makes bold affordable housing pledge despite Sadiq Khan's new 20% target

EXCLUSIVE: Tower Hamlets has said it will ‘grow upward’ to deliver more affordable homes in the borough

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East London councillor who stood for Bangladesh election fails to win nomination

Ohid Ahmed had planned to stand in Bangladesh’s forthcoming general election

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China mega-embassy in London: Defence ministers raise concerns amid 'complex' security threats and spy storm

Beijing has threatened ‘consequences’ if the Government blocks the new diplomatic mission in Tower Hamlets

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London borough becomes first in country to install specialist drug squad after record deaths in capital

Tower Hamlets Council’s seven officer team has seized a £50,000 haul of illegal substances from a vehicle in Blackwall Way car park

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Campaigners fail in bid to get Sadiq Khan to block 'vast' 18-storey tower in east London conservation area

Developers succeed in third attempt to secure permission for new offices in Whitechapel High Street

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