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New Shoreditch restaurant Mamarosa’s alcohol and music licence goes to vote
Police ask sub-committee for half hour between last orders and closing time
Read MoreTown Hall events after refurb raise £97k as council hails £12m surplus
Hackney says cost of revamp covered by upkeep savings and rent from off-site buildings
Read More‘Essential housing works face years of delays without government help on fire safety’, says Hackney Council
Town Hall warns roofs could go unrepaired as it responds to a London Assembly report on sprinklers
Read MoreRoll up! Roll up! Arcola stage set for Great Mayoral Debate: Hackney Citizen to host election hustings
Candidates to spar in Question Time-style exchange from 2-4pm on 29 April
Read MoreIs your ward hot or not? Here are Hackney’s local election battlegrounds
Labour holds 50 of the borough’s 57 council seats, but there is potential for a few surprises in May
Read MoreGreen Party’s Alastair Binnie-Lubbock would ‘give power back’ to residents if elected Hackney Mayor
‘If you want to see a change in Hackney you’re going to have to vote for it’
Read MoreWomen’s Equality’s Harini Iyengar would apply ‘gender lens’ to policy if elected Hackney Mayor
‘We have a monolith in Hackney Council and women’s political voices have not been heard’
Read More‘Hackney Heroine’ Pauline Pearce vows to tackle knife crime if elected Mayor
‘I don’t want it to be the norm in Hackney. Not on my watch’
Read MoreConservative Imtiaz Lunat says he would empower residents if elected Hackney Mayor
‘Everything would be done through local people’
Read MoreClapton Common synagogue revamp approved by Hackney planning chiefs
Fifty orthodox Jewish men attend meeting on future of local house of worship
Read MoreMore than 1,000 fire safety jobs in Hackney could still be outstanding on Grenfell anniversary
Forty per cent of priority works breach one-month window as council says it is tackling issues ‘as quickly as we can’
Read MoreWomen earn more than men at Hackney Council – but fewer get a bonus
Town Hall says gap is down to more female representation in higher pay grades
Read MoreDiane Abbott says UK can learn from Scotland’s ‘public health approach’ to knife crime
Shadow home secretary says stop and search has ‘poisoned relationship between police and communities’
Read MoreParents and carers raise £3,000 to fight SEND cuts in a judicial review
Hackney Council has offered to work with campaigners to manage the cuts
Read MoreElections 2018: A guide for voters ahead of May’s poll
Mayoral and local elections take place on 3 May – here’s a look at what’s happening in the run-up along with some handy information for voters
Read MoreConcerns over future of Hackney’s markets amid ‘challenging’ landscape
Traders push for more promotion as their fears about dwindling numbers are revealed in a council survey
Read MoreChesham Arms: 150-year-old Hackney pub retains special heritage status
The Homerton watering hole’s protection as a ‘community asset’ was set to lapse this year
Read MoreMayor ‘disappointed’ about council’s cladding report U-turn – which he discovered reading the Hackney Citizen
Philip Glanville says he did not agree with the decision and will release a ‘hybrid report’ later this year
Read MoreTree-planting success for Stamford Hill Estate community group
Friends of Stamford Hill beds in 21 saplings after winning funding for the project last year – and they are already attracting wildlife
Read MorePolluting vehicles to be outlawed on nine Shoreditch streets
Hackney Council to introduce peak-time ban in July to create UK’s first ultra low emission roads
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