The new London Thames Gateway Urban Development Corporation (UDC) has begun operating, and will oversee the regeneration of the Lower Lea Valley and Barking-Havering Riverside. The UDC, chaired by Lorraine Baldry, will focus on getting employment and housing schemes built on derelict sites, covering six boroughs: Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Waltham Forest. “This new agency …