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Three Hackney councillors dramatically quit Labour to form independent group
Cllrs Claudia Turbet-Delof, Penny Wrout and Fliss Premru say they can ‘no longer in good conscience continue campaigning for Labour’
Read MoreDawn Carter-McDonald to be appointed as chief executive of Hackney Council
Carter-McDonald has filled the role temporarily for the past 10 months
Read MorePetition to salvage plans for wild swimming park in East London reaches 10,000 signatures
Campaigners are trying to save the site from being turned into a ‘secure children’s home’
Read MoreMental health charity to open beautiful garden ‘sanctuary’ in Homerton
Core Landscapes, part of Core Arts, is inviting residents to a big launch event on 8 June
Read MoreCritics round on Woodberry Down plans as next phase narrowly wins approval
A Labour schism meant plans for more than 500 new homes passed by a hair
Read More‘Source of inspiration’: Civil rights icon James Baldwin to get blue plaque in Dalston
The author and activist will be commemorated at the Hackney CVS building on Dalston Lane, which he visited two years before his death in 1987
Read MorePro-Palestinian protestors descend on Town Hall to demand end to Israeli weapons investment and Haifa twinning
Amid ongoing conflict in Gaza, local protestors call on Hackney Council to cease funding and axe relationship
Read MoreResearchers are on the hunt for stories about the Old Fire Station in Stoke Newington
A project team at the iconic community venue is hosting an open day next week – and they’d love to hear people’s memories of the place
Read MoreLabour’s Sem Moema re-elected as Assembly Member for north-east London
Moema took more than 50 per cent of the vote in a dominant performance
Read MoreHackney set for fifth by-election in two years as another Labour councillor quits
Yvonne Maxwell is yet to speak out about her resignation, but said she was ‘free at last’ on social media
Read MoreTown Hall stands by consultation process as children’s centre campaigners ramp up legal threat
Parents fighting to save two centres from closure send council a letter before claim
Read MoreResidents on troubled estate slam ‘shoddy’ response from council chief
People living at Pitcairn House welcome apology from Dawn Carter-McDonald, but say they feel ‘gaslighted’
Read MoreHackney MP defends mayor and council over plans to shut two children’s centres
Hackney South Meg Hillier met with parents at Sebright, one of the centres under threat
Read MoreNew Labour councillors ‘honoured and humbled’ after winning Hackney by-elections
Cllrs Jasmine Martins and Faruk Tinaz fill seats in De Beauvoir and Hoxton East respectively
Read MoreTurner Prize winner Helen Cammock joins public art trail in East London
Cammock’s contribution to The Line is to be unveiled in late May on a bridge over the River Lea
Read MoreDalston Green councillor takes up City Hall seat following surprise resignation
Zoë Garbett replaces Siân Berry, who has stepped down just days after being re-elected
Read More‘I grew up with public service’: Dalston councillor Zoë Garbett on her battle to become London’s first Green mayor
The leader of the Hackney Green group says her experience on the council has informed her campaign
Read More‘Ready for the fight’: Sanctuary Housing workers backed by politicians as they strike again over pay
Repair and maintenance staff say under-inflation pay rises have left some using food banks
Read MoreDiane Abbott signals desire to fight the next election as Labour candidate – as supporters urge party to reinstate her
The MP was in good spirits at a rally on Hackney Downs, despite organiser’s ‘disappointment’ at turnout
Read More‘Traumatic’: Muslim organisations condemn Hackney Council’s response to Middle East conflict
Several mosques sign letter criticising Town Hall’s failure to vote on Gaza ceasefire and calling for end to borough’s twinning with Haifa
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