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Andrew Brookes

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andrew.brookes@archant.co.uk

@Journo_AndrewB

Andrew is a general news reporter covering east London.

He mainly writes for the Newham Recorder and the Barking and Dagenham Post.

Signage for the Department for Work & Pensions in Westminster. Photograph: Kirsty O'Connor/PA.

There With You This Winter

How much your area was given from government winter essentials fund

Andrew Brookes

The front of a terraced house in Grove Hill, South Woodford

Housing

The most expensive houses sold in your east London borough in August

Andrew Brookes

Elm Park Horticultural Guild Flower Show September 2021

Elm Park Horticultural Guild holds first Flower Show in almost two years

James Moore

Home Instead Romford team

Health Care

Home care provider rated outstanding by CQC

Andrew Brookes

Brent is the second most affected UK authority by the government’s benefit cap (Pic credit: PA)

Personal Finance

Universal Credit: What is changing and who is impacted?

Andrew Brookes

There With You This Winter

There With You This Winter

Numbers receiving winter fuel payments fall across east London

Andrew Brookes

File photo dated 26/01/18 of money. Football clubs, retailers, hairdressers and cleaning contractors

Personal Finance

End to universal credit uplift: Where to get help and advice

Andrew Brookes

There are 12 per cent of Welwyn Hatfield households in fuel poverty.

There With You This Winter

The east London boroughs with the worst fuel poverty

Andrew Brookes

Christopher Lawrence of Chigwell, Alexandra Cardona of Tower Hamlets and Afzul Miah of East Ham

Courts

Who was jailed in east London in September?

Andrew Brookes

People caught in the rain in central London during last year's heatwave. Extreme weather could becom

London Weather

Weather warning issued for strong wind and heavy rain in London

Andrew Brookes