Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter, Author at Hackney Citizen

Town Hall leaders express solidarity with murdered marketing executive and call for an end to ‘damaging culture of victim-blaming’

Businesses can expect a 30 per cent concession if they stick to best practice guidelines

Health and community leaders join forces to help undocumented migrants feel safe enough to get the jab

Glanville donned the hi-vis for his visit to an 'affordable development' in Homerton, run by developers Pocket. Photograph: Champollion PR / Pocket

Council officer cites Brexit uncertainty but says ‘no one single reason’ for underwhelming figures

Hackney Account’s David Smith says ‘everyone should be happy it happened to me and not to someone who doesn’t know the law’

Council pledges not to ‘step away’ with volunteers set to return to their normal work as lockdown eases

Town Hall admits ‘challenge’ in relying on letters to get information to residents

Consultation is ‘robust, fair and extensive’, says Town Hall as it calls for support fighting government on ‘underlying issues’ on housing

Local CCG moves to reassure residents that ‘patients will not see any difference in the way their GP practice is run’

Divest Hackney and Extinction Rebellion accuse council of ‘failing in responsibility to protect future of residents’

Chris Kennedy speaks out on social care and government support in cabinet member’s question time

Tim Shields comes out fighting after Hackney Unison delivers stinging critique of his legacy

Conservative councillors condemn administration investments as ‘waste of money’ as levels of allowances and salaries criticised

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’

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

Outlay expected to be similar to that of Redcar Council, whose systems were hit earlier in 2020

Deputy Mayor Rebecca Rennison outlines plan to ‘turbocharge insourcing’, starting with over 360 jobs by 2022

Hackney Mayor responds to criticism that the council has left itself open to the vagaries of the property market

‘No such thing as a goodwill gesture’, says one freeholder amid long-running row over rising bills

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

Posts by Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Council to hold online vigil for Sarah Everard as residents urged to ‘show support virtually’

Town Hall to offer late night levy discount to venues that sign up to its safety charter

Vaccine pop-ups to encourage uptake in ‘marginalised communities’

Police accused of ‘racial profiling’ after stopping member of Hackney police scrutiny group

Food poverty: Community groups call for no return to ‘business as usual’

Concerns over lift maintenance prompt scrutiny of ‘inefficient’ council communication

‘Propaganda’: Campaigners rip into Town Hall consultation on housing waiting list changes

US takeover of Hackney GP practice sparks fears of ‘trojan horse’ privatisation

Campaigners call out Town Hall over £35m fossil fuel investments

Hackney health chief opens up about mental health impact of pandemic

Trade union fires broadside at departing council executive

Labour dismisses opposition’s budget amendments, with Hackney Mayor calling them a ‘disgrace’

Tories call for resignation of Toyin Agbetu from council naming review in wake of antisemitism claims

Activists ‘appalled’ as Town Hall begins demolishing Marian Court with family still living there

Cyber attack to cost Hackney Council ‘roughly’ £10m, Mayor reveals

Hackney to ‘reclaim’ nearly £12m worth of services from private companies

‘Utterly wrong’: Town Hall rejects calls to rethink housebuilding model

Town Hall discount on Brownlow Road service charge leaves residents ‘unimpressed’

Council tax up by 4.99 per cent as Mayor pledges ‘no delays’ to more generous support scheme