News archive
News published February 2024
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Council passes Havering budget for 2024/25
Havering Council has approved the 2024/2025 budget, the most difficult in the Council’s history.
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Council homes to get lift upgrades
Lifts in Council communal tower blocks, low-rise and sheltered schemes are set for upgrades as part of a £6 million, two year improvement plan.
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Crackdown on underage sales of knives
Havering Council’s licensing and trading standards teams have been out across the borough to prevent local retailers selling knives and other age-restricted goods to young people aged under 18.
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Bereavement counselling service receives new funding
Funding from a specialist recycling scheme at the South Essex Crematorium has helped to extend a confidential counselling service support offered to adults and children in Havering coping with grief.
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Havering responds to ‘Inadequate’ Ofsted children’s services inspection
Major improvement plans have been strengthened by Havering Children’s Services after it was rated as ‘Inadequate’ by government regulators, Ofsted.
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Keys to the door: Park Rise residents move in
The first residents have moved in to the new Park Rise development in Hornchurch over the last week.
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Cabinet agrees “toughest budget ever"
Havering’s Cabinet has approved the Council’s budget for 2024/2025 in the midst of a funding crisis.
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Council raises Progress Pride Flag to mark LGBT+ History Month
Havering Council has raised the Progress Pride Flag to mark the start of LGBT+ History Month 2024.