Mega-pension fund faces calls to divest from firms ‘enabling Israeli violations’
Shake the CIV said the pension fund currently invests £7billion into companies “complicit in Israel’s crimes”
Read MoreHackney nursery to close in days with parents scrambling to find new places for children
The nursery will shut down at the end of March due to a ‘continued decline in demand’
Read MoreHackney Council ignored tenant’s concerns over safety of her autistic child in social housing
The council has paid the family £500 to recognise the “distress, uncertainty and frustration” it had caused
Read MoreDisrepair and depression in De Beauvoir – residents decry ‘whole heap’ of housing problems
The lower two floors of one building on the estate have been empty for almost six years
Read MoreCouncil suggests taking autistic boy on bus ride to ‘prove’ he can’t use public transport
The council suggested taking the child on a bus ride so they can test his family’s claim that travelling by public transport would prove distressing for him
Read More‘The destruction of our livelihoods’ – Ridley Road Shopping Village traders to hold public meeting as ‘evictions’ loom
Traders told to leave by 31 March as their landlord has declined to renew their tenancies
Read MoreHomerton for Homerton: Cambridge University college to support Hackney ward where it was founded 257 years ago
Homerton College launches scheme to inspire young people from the borough to aim for the best universities
Read MoreMother in homeless hostel denied visitors for a week after C-section, charity says
Shelter has urged Hackney Council to ease restrictions on its guest policy for children and families in temporary accommodation
Read MoreOpposition councillors slam ‘lack of transparency’ over ‘harrowing’ Mossbourne safeguarding review
They claim there has been no reassurance that changes are being made in the three months since the review was published
Read MoreDemand for Hackney Foodbank rises by 300 per cent in six years as cost of living crisis rages on
Nearly two thirds of the food bank’s emergency meals go to children
Read MoreHackney tower block hit by flooding days after fire breaks out
Residents have called for the block to be evacuated
Read MoreExtreme heat in London could force major change to new housing developments
Londoners face a unique threat from extreme heat due to climate change
Read MoreCouncil responds to watchdog review over social care delays
A recent Care Quality Commission review gave Hackney’s adult social care services a ‘Requires Improvement’ rating
Read MoreMossbourne’s chair of trustees quits in first major shake-up at beleaguered academy chain
Henry Colthurst, who had been on the trust’s board since 2014, resigned earlier this month
Read MoreHackney family facing eviction given reprieve as council warrant suspended
Charity Oppong and her children have lived at the property for nearly two decades
Read More‘Highly questionable’: Mossbourne Federation spent £400,000 of public money on legal fees amid safeguarding probe
The multi-academy trust forked out the sum for its own barrister-led review and on hiring solicitors to handle questions about treatment of pupils at Mossbourne Victoria Park academy
Read MoreHackney Council budget – what it means for you
The council agreed its budget on Wednesday (4 March)
Read MoreFire at council-run flat reignites safety fears
A fire on 27 February has reignited safety fears at the housing block
Read MoreNew Shoreditch growth plan could create ‘up to 11,000 jobs’ says council
The proposals could provide Shoreditch with ’30 aircraft hangars’ worth of commercial floorspace and hundreds of new homes
Read MoreFormer Labour councillor defects to Green party during council’s annual budget meeting
First elected as a Dalston ward councillor in 2014, Soraya Adejare has represented Brownswood residents since 2022
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