Leader slams broken pandemic promises
Council facing financial shortfall as it counts cost of tackling Covid-19, reports James Cracknell The leader of Waltham Forest...
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Council counts cost of Covid-19
Report by Victoria Munro, Local Democracy Reporter Waltham Forest Council expects to be “fully reimbursed” by the government as...
Patients show love for hospital
Thousands back campaign to ensure Whipps Cross bed numbers, reports James Cracknell Campaigners handed in a petition with 5,703...
Government pledges to fund Whipps Cross rebuild
Prime minister Boris Johnson picks Leytonstone hospital as one of six to get slice of £2.7billion as Barts Health...
Fears over local impact of no-deal Brexit
Thousands of EU citizens in Waltham Forest have yet to obtain legal settled status, reports James Cracknell EU citizens...
Defending our independent local media
Echo editor James Cracknell welcomes judge’s ruling against council propaganda For eight years Waltham Forest Council has been fighting...
Big concerns over Universal Credit remain
Julia Poynter, chair of Waltham Forest Stand Up for Your Rights, on the latest fears over the government’s new...
Why I stopped a deportation flight
Walthamstow resident and Stansted 15 protester Melanie Strickland on why she’ll keep fighting to help vulnerable deportees I was...
Fighting racism in Waltham Forest
Sophie Bolt, chair of Stand up to Racism Waltham Forest, on how the borough has responded to a recent...
Council takes government to court to settle publicity row
Waltham Forest Council will take the government to court in an attempt to save its fortnightly publication Waltham Forest...