Posts by Hackney Citizen
‘The verbal cane’
Teachers at two Mossbourne schools say shouting at pupils came with the job. The federation now vows to do its best to end it
Read More‘Rollercoaster ride’: Hackney Labour members celebrate Diane Abbott’s return to the party
Former mayor Caroline Woodley and campaigners who lobbied Andy Burnham welcome restoration of the whip to Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP
Read More‘A serious mistake’: Mayor says sorry for October 7 deadline in Haifa letter
Follow-up letter to Mayor of Haifa extends de-twinning consultation by a week, as council tells the Citizen the date was an ‘error’ it corrected as soon as it was noticed
Read MoreHackney votes to begin severing 58-year twinning link with Haifa
Green administration carries motion as Labour and Conservative councillors warn of damage to community relations
Read MoreOfsted praises transformed support for Hackney’s care leavers
Inspectors found warm and trusting relationships, thorough planning and a well-received new hub — two years after judging the same service to require improvement
Read MoreWell Street Common assault: appeal for witnesses after man left in critical condition
A 24-year-old man remains in a critical condition in hospital
Read MoreHackney forces Sadiq Khan retreat on affordable housing cuts
Zoë Garbett claims victory after London mayor agrees to scrap his 20 per cent affordable housing floor and restore Hackney’s threshold to 35 per cent — though not until 2028
Read MoreHomerton community garden wins fifth Green Flag award
A community garden run by a Homerton mental-health charity has been awarded a Green Flag for the fifth year running, as the organisation behind the national scheme warns that access to safe, well-kept parks is increasingly a matter of postcode.
Read MoreSTIK print raises over £4,000 for the Homerton
The Hackney artist’s signed Holding Hands set sold at Bonhams, with the full proceeds going to the hospital where, as he put it, much of Hackney was born
Read MoreCouncil says no eviction warrant sought as it defends handling of SEND family’s case
Hackney Council has said it has not applied for a warrant to remove a family with an autistic child from a home they have occupied for nearly 20 years, disputing several accounts of a case the borough’s Green Mayor backed before taking office.
Read MoreFormer Hackney mayor joins call to restore whip to Diane Abbott
More than 30 party members write to Andy Burnham on the eve of his likely premiership, arguing that the year-long suspension may have cost Labour votes in May’s elections
Read MoreMossbourne refuses to apologise to pupils as academy trust defends record before councillors
Academy trust leaders said they would not say sorry to children the safeguarding review found were harmed
Read MoreHackney to open two children’s homes as council moves to end reliance on private care
Partnership with charity Action for Children aims to keep looked-after children in the borough
Read MoreHackney Council looks to divest pension fund from firms linked to human rights abuses
Council’s Green administration begins overhauling its investment strategy to exclude companies operating in territories condemned by international bodies
Read MoreThe long road to the landslide: how Hackney turned Green
The Greens took 42 of Hackney’s 57 seats in May — but the landslide was a decade in the making
Read MoreSeventy firefighters tackle Hackney Central Travelodge blaze
Sixteen people were evacuated and taken to a rest centre after a fire tore through two upper-floor rooms — but no one was hurt.
Read MoreLeader: Fix the politics — and the plumbing
Labour rewrote Hackney’s rulebook to suit itself. Then it lost. The Greens should learn the lesson, not repeat it
Read MoreHackney Green councillor takes the helm at North London Waste Authority — as Edmonton incinerator delayed
Cllr Jacob Cable takes charge as the authority approves an upbeat annual report — while the £1.2bn Edmonton incinerator at the heart of its operations runs late and the ageing old plant is kept burning
Read MoreLondon mayor unveils capital’s first heat plan as city swelters under rare red alert
‘Heat Ready London’ calls on partners to protect the vulnerable and retrofit a million at-risk homes — but Greens warn it lacks funding, urgency and protection for workers
Read MoreHackney mayor takes Sadiq Khan to court over slashed affordable homes target
Zoë Garbett accuses Sir Sadiq of bowing to developers as Hackney joins Tower Hamlets and Lewisham in a judicial review
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