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...
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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...
Council tax hiked by five percent
Waltham Forest Council agrees biggest rise in council tax for 14 years Councillors have voted to raise council tax by...
Who will police our estates?
Marlowe Road Estate resident Michelle Edwards on the impact of recent police cuts At exactly the point where I...
Time to end borough’s ‘fake news’
James Cracknell on the latest battle over Waltham Forest Council’s fortnightly free sheet A new phrase has risen to...