Posts by Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter
Hackney Council in wrangle with UK data watchdog after refusing to answer questions on 2020 cyber attack
Information Commissioner looking into the Town Hall’s failure to respond to Freedom of Information request
Read MoreHistoric Haggerston Baths building to be transformed into offices and community space after councillors approve sweeping renovation
Developers promise to make the building an ‘important centre of activity’ after campaigners tried but failed to save the swimming pool
Read MorePeople urged to ‘use good judgement’ to combat Covid as health watchdog warns of ‘slackening approach’
Public health director says vaccines are the ‘single most important thing’ in response to concerns from Healthwatch Hackney about vulnerable people
Read MoreWoman banned from begging on Ridley Road for three years amid crackdown on anti-social behaviour in Dalston
Hackney Council and local police have teamed up to create a ‘safer environment’ on Ridley Road and Gillett Square
Read MoreHundreds of frontline workers at Homerton Hospital at risk of losing their jobs as deadline for mandatory vaccines approaches
Close to 350 staff have still not had their first jab as hospital bosses continue persuasion efforts
Read MoreHackney Road strip club’s licence in jeopardy after it ‘mistakenly lifted Covid restrictions too early’
Undercover inspectors witnessed multiple breaches at Ye Olde Axe last summer, including dances that were ‘too intimate’
Read MoreCouncil rents to shoot up by 4.1 per cent in April as Town Hall tries to balance the books
Housing services boss says pandemic has seen council income fall and costs increase
Read MoreCampaigners celebrate as council vows to ‘breathe new life’ into Ridley Road with revamp of shopping village
Town Hall is taking on the lease for building that has been at the centre of anti-gentrification protests
Read More‘Let us help you’: Windrush campaigners urge people to come forward for free support – even if they don’t want to claim compensation
A group of organisations are offering mental health support as well as free legal advice if needed
Read MoreFast food couriers stage Town Hall protest as they fight for better parking near Dalston McDonald’s
Community safety boss says ‘it is not council’s job to help large-scale private companies get more business’
Read MoreAnti-LTN campaigners to hold ‘people’s assembly’ outside Hackney Town Hall
Hackney Together group says it wants to show the council that ‘open, honest and constructive’ engagement is possible
Read MoreOutpouring of sexual abuse allegations from UK students acted as a ‘wake-up call’ in Hackney, say education bosses
Testimonies involving two local schools are among 54,000 on website where survivors can share their stories
Read MoreCampaigners launch appeal to fund legal fight as efforts to thwart incinerator expansion continue
Coalition of protest groups is targeting £7,500 as it gears up for battle with the North London Waste Authority
Read More‘There’s a good reason for this’: Two local nurses on vaccine hesitancy and efforts to make the jab a ‘positive experience’
Gemma Evans and colleague Gemma Davies say there is a wealth of experience and support on offer to people who are nervous
Read MoreCampaigners stage mass rally in last-minute bid to stop deal for controversial new incinerator
Over 600 people are said to have joined the march yesterday from Edmonton to the North Circular
Read MorePop-up vaccine clinics are pulling into Liverpool Street station – with health bosses hoping to reach waiting commuters
Christmas week saw highest number of jabs given since Omicron vaccine push began
Read MoreHomerton Hospital boss says number of Covid patients may be ‘plateauing’ – but staff pressures still ‘tight’
Tracey Fletcher said medics were ‘expecting a pretty dire weekend’ but actually cases ‘seemed to level out’
Read MoreHarassment and poor lighting among concerns as women respond to council safety survey
Over 200 people have reported issues since Town Hall put out the call last month
Read MorePublic toilets in Gillett Square would ‘likely be used for illicit activities’, councillors warned
Town Hall design officer tells planners that the ‘cons outweigh the pros’
Read MoreTown Hall ‘still working to recover data’ more than a year after ‘devastating’ cyber attack
Report on October 2020 hack reveals social care, benefits and housing are among services that remain badly affected
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