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Plans to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Barking and Dagenham has been approved by the government. Under...

An unscrupulous landlord who converted three family homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMO) without planning consent has been jailed for...

Eight men were found living in cramped conditions in a one-bedroom flat in east London during a raid by Barking and...

A Labour councillor tasked with clamping down on rogue landlords has found herself in hot water after failing to declare a...

A pair of landlords in Dagenham have been slapped with a hefty fine for renting out two illegally converted flats over...

A landlord in east London will have to cough up more than £100,000 or face going to jail for illegally converting...

A landlord has been ordered to pay in excess of £235,000 for renting out illegal bedsits in east London after pleading...

Police and housing officers raided an unused police station in Barking, East London and found up to 30 people living there. An...

Enforcement officers from Barking and Dagenham Council swooped on three addresses in east London last week as part of clamp down...