Trade union fires broadside at departing council executive
Tim Shields comes out fighting after Hackney Unison delivers stinging critique of his legacy
Read MoreLabour dismisses opposition’s budget amendments, with Hackney Mayor calling them a ‘disgrace’
Conservative councillors condemn administration investments as ‘waste of money’ as levels of allowances and salaries criticised
Read MoreTories call for resignation of Toyin Agbetu from council naming review in wake of antisemitism claims
Town Hall leaders ‘reflecting on what he may have said in the past’ as Hackney Mayor underlines work of Review Renew Reclaim project as ‘vital’
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Read MoreInto the Crocodile’s Cradle with Simon Moretti
The artist and curator on his ‘chameleonic’ multimedia exhibition now on display at Hoxton’s PEER gallery
Read MoreActivists ‘appalled’ as Town Hall begins demolishing Marian Court with family still living there
Sisters Uncut hits out at Hackney Council amid row over the condition of an alternative home waiting for the last remaining occupants of the Homerton block
Read MoreHackney Youth Parliament: Youngsters urged to sign up and help ‘shape local policy’
Children’s services chief calls for young people from all backgrounds to get involved
Read MoreCyber attack to cost Hackney Council ‘roughly’ £10m, Mayor reveals
Outlay expected to be similar to that of Redcar Council, whose systems were hit earlier in 2020
Read MoreHackney to ‘reclaim’ nearly £12m worth of services from private companies
Deputy Mayor Rebecca Rennison outlines plan to ‘turbocharge insourcing’, starting with over 360 jobs by 2022
Read More‘Utterly wrong’: Town Hall rejects calls to rethink housebuilding model
Hackney Mayor responds to criticism that the council has left itself open to the vagaries of the property market
Read MoreHelp choose a new name for Cassland Road Gardens as four options revealed
Residents invited to vote on replacement for name inspired by slave trader John Cass
Read MoreTown Hall discount on Brownlow Road service charge leaves residents ‘unimpressed’
‘No such thing as a goodwill gesture’, says one freeholder amid long-running row over rising bills
Read MoreWomen from Hackney’s History, Hackney Society, book review: ‘Testimony to how high women can rise’
This celebration for the upcoming Women’s History Month delves into the achievements of 113 women with connections to the borough
Read MoreHymn, Almeida Theatre, stage review: ‘Writing at its most perceptive’
Adrian Lester and Danny Sapani shine in Lolita Chakrabarti’s play, which was live-streamed over a four-day run
Read MoreGood Grief, Original Theatre Online, stage review: ‘Tasteful exploration of our capacity for regrowth’
Blurring the line between a play and a film, this unique portrayal of loss is ‘sharp and biting’
Read MoreHome care firm under fire after death of local pensioner from dehydration last summer
Scathing coroner’s report says Joseph O’Neill, 88, would ‘not have died when he did’ were it not for failures by Care Outlook staff
Read MoreYoung composers! Compete for a chance to see your music played at London Baroque Festival
Local recorder quartet Palisander urge residents to take part in prestigious Young Composers Award 2021 after being announced as the partner ensemble
Read MoreMete Coban revealed as Jon Burke’s successor as Mayor shuffles his top table
Deputy Mayor Rebecca Rennison’s maternity leave sees her brief shared out, while Caroline Woodley adds parks to her portfolio
Read MoreCouncil tax up by 4.99 per cent as Mayor pledges ‘no delays’ to more generous support scheme
Town Hall finds £11m in savings to balance books, but sticks to goal for low-income families to pay no council tax at all by 2030
Read More‘Bin decorations for £17k?’: Brownlow Road residents demand answers on council service charges
One local says they are ‘worried about their credit file’ after needing to borrow money to pay off their arrears
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