When we look at paintings, photographs or illustrations of Victorian London, it’s difficult to appreciate just how smelly the city was during the mid-1800s. But what caused it? The answer is not ...

It’s like I’m living in the Victorian slums era. I have to double pay – I pay for the rent, and then I’m paying for the hotel, because when I get sick, it’s just not safe. “The council ...

Over a century and a number of licence transfers later, Havering Libraries said The Laurie Arms was put at risk by Romford Borough Council's 1955 slum clearance scheme. Slum clearances took place ...

A man living with a lung condition claims his treatment by the council has been ‘abusive and oppressive’ as he faces a daily battle with mould and rats in his property. Errol Baptiste, 60, has been ...