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Divest Hackney calls on council to end £42m investment in fossil fuels
New campaign puts council’s pension fund in the spotlight as divestment movement turns up the heat on local authorities
Read MoreChrisann Jarrett named Young Woman of the Year for campaign Let us Learn
Former head girl at Clapton Girls’ Academy recognised in awards championing achievements of migrant and refugee women
Read MoreSupport workers protest over job cuts at housing association
Housing giant Family Mosaic says redundancies are due to ‘significant savings’ in Hackney Council’s adult social care budget
Read MoreFifty apprenticeships in Hackney at risk as Building Lives charity loses funding
Apprenticeship charity loses key construction industry grant
Read MoreMedian Road Resource Centre to close
Residential care unit in Lower Clapton to discharge remaining patients and shut its doors at the end of March
Read MoreUKIP announces Hackney North parliamentary candidate
Keith Fraser is to stand as Parliamentary candidate for UKIP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Read MoreChesham Arms pub saved from further development
Community pub protected for future generations
Read MoreBoxing Academy to become free school
Specialist school set to convert in 2016 as part of Cameron’s new ‘wave’ of free schools
Read MoreFit for purpose? New Care Act standards put to the test
New legislation will standardise care and support from April, but a lack of funding to local authorities and a high threshold to qualify for help may scupper reforms
Read MoreHackney Mayor accused over tower plans for Shoreditch and Hackney Downs
Consistency of the mayor’s position on tall buildings questioned
Read MoreTower power – building up to more school places
The Town Hall is using the power of property values to circumvent the Government’s schools policy
Read MoreTech 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
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