Posts by Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter
Outcry increases over plans to close all Hackney’s Overground ticket offices
Council considers proposals ‘unacceptable’ as Hackney Disability BackUp and RMT voice opposition
Read MoreThames Water slammed by residents for ‘inadequate’ response to Lea Bridge floods
‘We don’t want to see this any more in Hackney, this should be the last time. It takes its toll on everyone’
Read MoreLegal row brewing between campaigners and council over Clapton garden build-over
Town Hall accused of ‘riding roughshod’ over local people but states legal challenge to plans has no grounds
Read More‘Big step forward’: Hackney Council to get half of its power from renewables by April 2019
Town Hall proposes working with other local authorities ‘to put rocket boosters under investment in renewable energy’
Read MoreAction plan to contain multimillion pound overspend at Homerton Hospital
‘We will have an overspend here, but we are working with the Homerton to deal with it as fast as we can,’ say CCG
Read More‘Grim reading’: Net loss of hundreds of social rent homes expected under Woodberry Down plans
Town Hall contest figures though unable to directly refute them due to poor record-keeping in the 2000s
Read More‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds
Findings contradict National Crime Agency claims that drugs fuel London’s violent crime
Read MoreYoung Black Men programme’s Inspirational Leaders speak out
Youth mentors call for ‘nuanced avenues’ in community support
Read More‘Explosive’ report questions Town Hall’s proposed tower repair work
Morland leaseholders demand ‘firm evidence’ from council for basis of remedial proposals
Read MoreHackney Labour party call for resignation of Conservative councillor Aron Klein
Parties clash over Stamford Hill West councillor’s alleged application to join Labour
Read More‘Secret garden’ for Hoxton Hotel close to final approval
Residents complain of feeling ‘under siege’ from area’s late-night streetscene
Read MoreTown Hall’s new Britannia scheme gets the planning go-ahead
Councillors ‘delighted’ while environmental campaigner calls plans ‘worst I’ve seen for a long time’
Read MoreRoof terrace for Hoxton Hotel to be decided under new licensing restrictions
Police state hotel’s licence is ‘out of date’ as owners make commitment to work ‘sympathetically’ with community
Read MoreCampaigners call on council to ‘urgently’ halt NHS sell-off plans
Lack of consultation criticised as Healthwatch Hackney says strategy ‘devoid of patient and public input’
Read MoreMayor voices ‘disappointment’ over lack of central funding for fire doors
Town Hall reveals it was sold over a thousand doors which should have been fire safe for 30 minutes but were not
Read MoreTown Hall backs campaign to resettle 10,000 child refugees
Doha Al-Halaq, 15, addresses packed town hall meeting calling on local authority to pledge its support
Read MoreMoving scenes as Town Hall passes motion to tackle rare cancers
‘All too often rare or less common cancers come as an afterthought. That can’t be the case anymore’
Read MoreControversial Britannia scheme recommended for approval
Campaigner ‘sad and disappointed’ ahead of final decision on leisure centre plans
Read MoreCouncil business chief unveils local plan in ‘mighty tome’
New centre connecting Upper and Lower Clapton Road proposed, with attention given to ‘urban heat island’ effect
Read MoreCouncillors reject government’s ‘end of austerity’ claim
‘We’ve been told that austerity is coming to an end. It doesn’t feel like it’s over here’
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