Posts by Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter
Opposition parties back formal complaint against Hackney Mayor by Sistah Space
Local Lib Dem, Green and Women’s Equality parties line up behind domestic violence charity as it steps up its fight against eviction
Read More‘Not a penny more’: Protesters call for an end to Serco’s involvement in test-and-trace
Local campaigners join others across the country in demanding the private company be replaced by Public Health
Read MoreTown Hall ‘welcomes’ government’s grades U-turn but calls for answers on algorithm
Education lead Cllr Anntoinette Bramble says discrimination in exam results is an ‘outrage’ that needs explaining
Read MoreTown Hall calls for action on ‘cruel inequality’ exposed by pandemic
New report contains a raft of commitments from the council to help ‘rebuild a better Hackney’
Read MoreReprieve for Happy Man Tree as planning decision to be reconsidered
Publication of council’s new Local Plan means major applications must be looked at again, with the public able to have its say
Read MoreHackney Conservatives throw support behind Haggerston Baths campaign
Locals call for building to be kept to ‘original height’ as developers promise submitted scheme will ‘save, repair and restore’ Baths’ heritage
Read MoreCall goes out for spare laptops to support Hackney pupils cut off by digital divide
Town Hall estimates 4,000 pupils are still without sufficient equipment despite existing loan schemes
Read MoreBroadway Market to reopen on Saturday as visitors told: ‘Queue, shop, go’
Soft launch over weekend has Broadway ‘ready to go’ as warnings repeated over ‘flouting’ of social distancing making reopening difficult
Read MoreCouncil health boss voices ‘major concerns’ over Homerton Hospital path lab partnership
Hospital moves to reassure that new arrangement will see ‘no change to the way patients receive or find out about tests’
Read MoreHackney councillor offers clothes alteration service for donations to local food bank
Alterations to dresses, trousers, cardigans and handmade facemasks part of Katie Hanson’s ‘socially useful and productive’ charity drive
Read More‘Geffrye must fall’: Stand Up To Racism protest calls on museum to remove statue
Councillors join protesters in accusing Museum of ‘disrespect’ as demands repeated to take down ‘reminder of oppression’
Read MoreCo-living flats on Kingsland Basin approved despite ‘totally unconvinced’ councillors
Scheme ‘threatens the very characteristics that have created this quiet, tucked-away refuge’, says council’s public realm chief
Read MorePublic health director warns social distancing has ‘slipped’ due to confusion
Work continues to ‘nip in the bud’ rise in cases in N16 as borough-level lockdowns dismissed as ‘unlikely’
Read MoreSomerford Grove renters face eviction as Hackney Mayor calls out billionaire landlord
Councillors speak out over ‘poor treatment’ of residents as calls repeated for ‘complete end’ to use of Section 21 no-fault evictions
Read MoreUnions celebrate ‘fantastic victory’ in fight for better pay for Homerton Hospital workers
ISS staff to receive same sick pay as NHS colleagues as hospital commits to impact assessment of bringing workers inhouse
Read MoreCross-party calls made to safeguard future of domestic violence charity Sistah Space
Council urged to offer reduced rent at Mare Street premises as founder advocates for domestic violence victims’ right to ‘place of safety’
Read MoreMuseum of the Home’s decision to keep Robert Geffrye statue sees swift backlash
Campaigners call for boycott following announcement Museum aims to ‘reinterpret and contextualise the statue where it is’
Read More‘Outdated and grossly unfair’: Discrimination against benefits claimants in Hackney rental market called out
Local resident says prejudicial advertising for properties still going on despite being ruled unlawful earlier this month
Read MoreCouncil finance director warns of ‘big challenge’ on business rates relief
‘The double whammy for businesses will be having less income and higher costs,’ says Ian Williams
Read MoreVIDEO: Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville on coronavirus, lockdown and more
The borough leader speaks to the Citizen about the council’s work over the past few months and the challenges and issues it faces today
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