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Hackney Council approves ‘nil’ policy and bans strip clubs and sex shops
Cleanup campaign succeeds as councillors vote to outlaw sex entertainment venues – except in Haggerston
Read MoreHackney Wick welcomes plans for new arts centre
Local residents and artists are optimistic about what the new development means for the neighbourhood
Read MoreJob cuts latest: 800 Hackney Council posts face the axe
The Town Hall has issued formal notification of “jobs at risk” to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
Read MoreLondon 2012 Olympic coin competition winners announced
Congratulations to the lucky five who will each be sent one of these collectors’ items
Read MoreChange in law protects tenants if landlord defaults on mortgage
Hackney Citizens Advice Bureau highlights a recent change in the law which offers more protection to private tenants
Read MoreHackney publishes council spending over £500
Just two weeks before the government’s deadline, the Town Hall has made available its data online
Read MoreHackney Council lawyer makes Private Eye Rotten Boroughs Awards
Satirical magazine lampoons the local authority and bestows a dubious honour
Read MoreHackney Council yet to publish spending over £500
With just two weeks until the government’s deadline, Hackney is one of ten London councils that have still to make available their data online
Read More2010: the year that was
The Citizen looks back at some of the highlights of the last twelve months
Read MoreOne in three Hackney families too poor to heat their homes
Whilst the worst of the cold weather may have gone, local campaigners continue to turn up the heat on fuel poverty
Read MoreHackney Council’s ‘nil’ sex policy approved by licensing committee
The revised proposal will, however, allow existing strip clubs and sex shops to continue trading
Read MoreCourt date looms for Dalston Lane squatters
Occupants call on the council to allow them to live in the Georgian terraced houses until redevelopment is due to start
Read MoreHackney Council scrambles to plug £60m hole in Woodberry Down scheme
Regeneration delayed due to difficult market conditions
Read MoreSex establishments consultation: majority say no to Hackney Council’s ‘nil’ policy
Only one in three respondents support the Town Hall’s proposal to ban strip clubs, sex shops and sex cinemas across the borough
Read MoreIce man bids for Olympic flame
28-year-old Dwayne Fields, a polar pioneer from Stoke Newington, talks about breaking down barriers and his campaign to carry the London 2012 torch
Read MoreInterview: Ken Livingstone
The Labour party’s candidate for London mayor talks budgets, students, crime and the Olympics
Read MoreProposed clampdown on Hackney nightlife rejected
Council’s consultation shows overwhelming majority oppose Town Hall party poopers’ plans
Read MoreHackney Council faces ‘difficult decisions’ as cuts loom
Slashing on Town Hall’s spending power is condemned by local councillors
Read MorePubs, cafes and markets face massive fee hikes
Local businesses protest over council plans to raise street trading charges
Read MoreWave goodbye to Ocean: new cinema on way
Picturehouse to open in Mare Street later this year
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