Posts by Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter
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’
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 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 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 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
Read More‘Round one to Hackney Council’: Anti-LTN legal challenge dismissed at High Court
Campaigners for Horrendous Hackney Road Closures vow to fight on as group discusses whether or not to appeal
Read MoreHackney Carnival to go virtual for second year running, Town Hall confirms
Culture chief bemoans ‘sad state of affairs’ but reveals plans for a bigger online event
Read MoreCatholic Church’s plan to academise six Hackney schools under scrutiny
Four of the schools in question join the council in calling for a halt to the proposals amid the pandemic
Read MoreHospital bosses battling to protect staff from ‘mental health issues and exhaustion’
Barts NHS Trust chief says period of rest and relaxation for redeployed workers is a ‘critical consideration’
Read MoreCovid vaccine: Low uptake in Hackney as roll-out met with ‘strong resistance’
Borough’s deputy mayor points to ‘years of mistrust’ in authority as Hackney CVS boss says ‘long-term conversations needed’
Read MoreTown Hall appeals for volunteers who can ‘hold it to account’ on ageing strategy
Over-55s urged to join new committee representing their age group in policy talks
Read MoreGovernment investment needed to close education gap, experts tell council
New research shows outcomes for Black children in particular have slumped since 2011
Read MoreHackney Mayor ‘astonished’ as government refuses Freedom of Information request on school closures
Town Hall wants to know why local primary schools were initially asked to reopen in January before Whitehall U-turned
Read MoreOver-medicalised child prescribed fentanyl for six years from age five
Serious case review recommends audit of local paediatric records as Child A found to be subject to ‘unnecessary or inappropriate medical intervention’
Read More‘No good solution’ to potential disruption from building of 27-storey hotel in Shoreditch
Construction vehicles’ use of low emissions street will be ‘completely incongruous,’ say Town Hall officers
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