Jules Pipe seems to be a reluctant politician. One of the first things he says is that he came into politics accidentally.

Hackney has a housing shortage, some say it is a crisis. The borough has around 15,500 people on the council housing waiting list and 2,000 people registered as homeless. There are more than 17,000 people living in “unsuitable” housing. Unsuitable housing includes overcrowded homes; in Hackney almost 10 per cent of households are overcrowded, compared [...]

Hackney Borough Council has a housing waiting list of more than 15,000. It also has more than 17,000 people in housing deemed to be unsuitable and around 2,000 people classed as homeless.

It started with banging and smashing sounds somewhere above their flats. After several minutes water began to pour through the ceiling. Then the electricity went off.

Zana Pazeraite, 32. “I got back from having my baby in hospital to find we were being evicted three days later.” “It was my partner’s dream to come here, he was really excited about coming here because he’d never been abroad before and he became obsessed about it, about moving to a new, better life [...]

Bethnal Green and Bow MP George Galloway’s aid convoy has finally reached the Palestinian territory of Gaza after coming under fire from Egyptian riot police earlier this week.

Council workers in Croydon will soon be pounding the beat as police officers. Staff are to undergo training by the Metropolitain Police to become special constables as part of the BoroughBeat scheme.

Hackney and Croydon councils may be given more powers to build affordable homes to meet housing needs.

Trade unions are predicting a wave of strikes across the capital that could cause travel mayhem for East Londoners in the run up to Christmas.

A mass meeting of 2000 London community activists has demanded politicians introduce a ceiling on loan interest rates.