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Posts by Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 12 March 2021 at 19:37

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 12 March 2021 at 18:41

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 12 March 2021 at 16:03

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

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‘Just one social rent home in 2019’: Disappointment at Town Hall over ‘poor performance’ with affordable housing

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 12 March 2021 at 10:52
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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 10 March 2021 at 11:15

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 10 March 2021 at 10:12

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 8 March 2021 at 11:54

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 5 March 2021 at 12:50

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 2 March 2021 at 12:25

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 2 March 2021 at 11:05

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

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Hackney health chief opens up about mental health impact of pandemic

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 2 March 2021 at 10:42

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

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Trade union fires broadside at departing council executive

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 26 February 2021 at 20:26

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 26 February 2021 at 10:54

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 26 February 2021 at 10:37

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 24 February 2021 at 19:51

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 23 February 2021 at 20:40

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 23 February 2021 at 20:06

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 23 February 2021 at 19:32

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 22 February 2021 at 19:26

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

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

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 16 February 2021 at 20:44

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

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