Posts by Hackney Citizen
Tech giant Cisco moves in to Hackney Community College
For Hackney’s education innovators, fighting employment inequality is a project in industry lobbying
Read MoreRoll up! Roll up! Arcola stage set for General Election hustings 2015
The Hackney Citizen presents two debates at the Arcola Theatre on Sunday 26 April
Read MoreNew Era estate residents consider proposals for means-tested rent
New owners suggest that the estate’s richer residents could pay more to keep rents affordable
Read MoreTory MP hopeful slams Keep Our NHS Public photo exhibition
Hackney North Conservative candidate Amy Gray questions both the use of a public library for the photo show and the content of the exhibition itself
Read More‘I’m not out for a day trip’: cycling superhighway criticised
Planned 11km cycle route through Hackney is too indirect, says London Assembly member
Read MoreHackney-based charities slam plans not to review legal aid
Cuts are ‘disproportionately affecting’ children who are homeless, have been sexually exploited or have mental health issues
Read MoreHackney Heroine to stand as MP for Hitchin
Pauline Pearce selected to contest her home county for the Liberal Democrats
Read MoreCouncil to roll out 20mph speed limit on all main roads
Conservative councillor brands plan for new 20mph limits ‘useless’
Read MoreHackney Council passes 2015/16 budget with council tax frozen for tenth year
Council tax frozen for tenth year running amid large spending cuts
Read MoreFishermen’s Tales – book review
18th century fishing village folklore is the starting point for Peter Kennedy’s self-published debut novel
Read MoreHackney police launch investigation following Stamford Hill stabbing
Man in his mid-20s stabbed in Mount Pleasant Hill
Read MoreMayor of Hackney slams ‘out of scale’ plans for Bishopsgate Goodsyard
Jules Pipe launches campaign to ‘save Shoreditch’ from proposals for Canary Wharf-style towers backed by the Mayor of London
Read MoreBishopsgate Goodsyard: document used to justify lack of affordable housing revealed
Public ‘in the dark’ as document containing vital calculations heavily redacted
Read MoreRevealed: Hackney Council’s ‘alternative’ designs for Bishopsgate Goodsyard
‘Hackable Hackney’ scheme shows employment-led designs aimed at encouraging the growth of Tech City
Read MoreTechnology Will Save Us brings micro-manufacturing to East London
From a workshop in Vyner Street, a start-up is preparing the computer whizzes of the future
Read MoreToo tall for school: residents slam council’s ‘imposing’ tower proposals
Proposals unveiled to pay for new schools in Hoxton and Hackney Downs through sale of private flats
Read MoreBoxpark takes legal action over ‘copycat’ Dubai pop-up scheme
Lawyers have issued a ‘cease and desist’ but Dubai company owns Boxpark trademark in UAE
Read MoreHackney joins east London councils calling for devolution
Whitehall’s one-size-fits-all approach ‘failing Londoners,’ says Mayor Pipe
Read MoreHackney Liberal Democrats announce general election candidates
Ben Mathis is standing for Hackney South and Shoreditch and Simon de Deney in Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Read MoreWasting away: Traders fight to stop collapse of historic Dalston market
Council insists Kingsland Waste is not being shut, but has stopped issuing or renewing licenses
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