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Mayor hopes Hackney will become Borough of Sanctuary ‘within a year’
Q&A session sees Mayor Caroline Woodley acknowledge that many residents “feel left behind”
Read MoreTown Hall scores £2m for Hackney Museum revamp
Centre will close this year to for transformation works including new exhibition spaces
Read MoreTown Hall to pay consultants £2m to help ‘modernise’ council
Mayor says corporate transformation strategy will invest to save and be alternative to ‘salami-slicing’ approach to Town Hall finances
Read MoreCouncil to review rejected Blue Badge applications after watchdog finds ‘injustice’
Town Hall to write to all drivers refused disabled parking permit since 1 January 2024 after local government ombudsman says assessment process is flawed
Read More‘What are they afraid of?’: Fresh row over changes to Town Hall constitution
Independent Socialists say they are being ‘punished for being an effective opposition’
Read MoreCouncil asks for opinions on plans to cut traffic and ‘humanise streets’
Cllr Sarah Young defends rollout of low traffic zones as opposition councillor says council consultation has a credibility issue
Read MoreLocals restart campaign to ban ‘intimidating’ HGVs from Victoria Park Road
Residents warn of lorries gridlocking congestion zones and point to recent fatalities
Read MoreWetland volunteers honoured with plaque on Hackney Marshes
Cabinet member for culture praises local groups’ work restoring Middlesex Filter Beds
Read MoreGreens pile pressure on Town Hall over tougher rules for Hackney landlords
Opposition urges council to use new powers to make property owners apply for permit to let out homes
Read MoreExplainer: What statutory powers do councils have over academies?
Unlike local authority-maintained schools, academies are run by not-for-profit trusts under contract with the DfE
Read MoreTown Hall presses ahead with King’s Hall revamp
Designs to upgrade deteriorating Grade II-listed building rubber-stamped by council
Read MoreStoke Newington traders fear loss of business rate relief could be ‘final straw’
Council rebuffs shopkeepers’ plea for discount despite warnings over ‘triple whammy’ with tax and wage hikes
Read MoreDalston councillor slams ‘discriminatory’ use of facial recognition
Green co-leader Zoë Garbett criticises police as data shows face scanners mostly used in boroughs with large Black populace
Read MoreCuts to falls prevention service trigger Healthwatch ‘gagging’ row
Board member suspended after criticising director for supporting council’s scrapping of Staying Steady programme
Read MorePolice hand out doorbell cameras in hunt for mystery tree vandals
Community safety lead says police’s decision not to arrest suspected arboreal wrecker is now under review
Read MoreOpposition parties slam government’s ‘cruel’ welfare cuts
Hackney mayor defends Labour, saying she sees ‘strong direction of travel’ in Whitehall policy
Read MoreHackney Youth Parliament pleads with cabinet against future cuts
Education lead apologises to junior politicians for not consulting them
Read MoreFears over ‘private sector carve-up’ as council agrees to sell off ‘creative quarter’ sites
Town Hall tries to assure Dalston Curve Garden and others that decision to sell Ashwin Street buildings would not affect arts and culture
Read MoreCouncil to exercise more control over Hackney’s leisure centres
Tax break prompts Town Hall to take ownership of income from gyms and other facilities outsourced to Better Health in 2009
Read MoreHackney yoga studio fears eviction after Transport for London ‘quadruples’ rent
Owners scramble to raise £25k as trades guild warns small businesses are being ‘killed off’
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