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Independent Socialists launch Hackney People’s Forum in challenge to council’s ‘top-down’ approach

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 13 January 2025 at 18:09

Ex-Labour councillors say ‘people power is coming’ as they champion grassroots-led initiative

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Council buys new housing IT system to boost services ravaged by cyber attack

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 10 January 2025 at 10:05

Town Hall to roll out ‘off-the-shelf’ software this month to handle backlogs made worse by 2020 data breach

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Dame Meg Hillier MP alerts Hackney Mayor to key worker Airbnb holiday home ‘scandal’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 December 2024 at 16:39
Dame Meg Hillier MP

Victoria Park residents raise alarm after council-funded, fully-accessible flat for disabled key worker listed on rental site

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Town Hall mulls options amid pleas to preserve St Mary’s Secret Garden

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 December 2024 at 16:16
St Mary's Secret Garden

Campaigners are seeking to secure urban haven as a community asset after financial woes led to insolvency

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Hundreds of parents back Mossbourne leadership but welcome chance to ‘suggest some changes’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 24 December 2024 at 11:30
Peter Hughes CEO Mossbourne

Open letter signed by numerous parents including former Hackney Mayor, Jules Pipe CBE

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‘Abhorrent, unethical, harmful’: East London NHS Foundation Trust diagnoses ‘personality disorder’ in under-18s

By Ellie Broughton | Monday 23 December 2024 at 17:58
East London NHS Foundation Trust

‘We maintain that giving children a diagnosis that results in harm and worse treatment is controversial’

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The Crib youth club launches £30,000 crowdfunder to keep doors open

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 23 December 2024 at 11:39
Janette Collins as Father Christmas

Manager Janette Collins had hoped to retire this year but funding crisis sparks bid to save social inclusion project

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Mossbourne leaders defend approach to pupils’ wellbeing as safeguarding review looms

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 20 December 2024 at 19:21
Peter Hughes CEO Mossbourne

Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy faces investigation following parents’ concerns about impact of school’s strict behaviour policy

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Commissioner warns against ‘reckless public discourse’ ahead of Mossbourne investigation

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 20 December 2024 at 18:23
Jim Gamble

Jim Gamble has raised concerns around people making assertions about the review which are ‘simply wrong’

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Council reaffirms vow to ‘help rebuild trust’ in communities ‘most affected by racism in policing’ as Child X officers cleared

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 20 December 2024 at 12:27
water pistol

13-year-old black boy was ‘rammed’ off bike by police van and handcuffed for holding a water pistol in July 2023

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Mossbourne CEO grateful for support and ‘encouragement’ amid allegations against trust’s schools

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 18 December 2024 at 11:55
Peter Hughes CEO Mossbourne

Academy trust head thanks parents, pupils, staff and governors for their support amid allegations against one of the trust’s schools, which have triggered a safeguarding review

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Garden waste collection services to be ‘improved’ after council ‘reviews charges and listens to feedback’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 14 December 2024 at 21:04
Waste truck

Town Hall recently introduced £85 per year subscription for fortnightly garden waste collection from ‘street-level properties’

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‘It wasn’t until this podcast that I really started paying attention properly to the history right on our doorstep’

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 14 December 2024 at 16:55
Hackney & Newham History Social Club Main Artwork

This audio-based history aims to connect what is happening locally in the present with the rich past of the East London area

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Council postpones meeting with displaced Travellers following confusion over new home

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 12 December 2024 at 19:17
Cllr Clayeon McKenzie

Community shares its disappointment after Hackney loses control of £2 million in ring-fenced money for long-promised site

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Town Hall to keep council tax exemption for poorest pensioners

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 12 December 2024 at 19:04

Despite finance ‘challenges’, low-income households will still get support, says finance chief Robert Chapman

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Parents reignite pleas for safer crossings near Clapton school following two collisions

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 11 December 2024 at 19:06

Town Hall has submitted plans for a zebra crossing near Southwold Primary School, but parents say the area needs at least three

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Hackney caregivers praise ‘empowering’ council-backed sewing scheme

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 9 December 2024 at 14:16

Kundakala’s ‘Make and Mend’ programme aims to support women in gaining financial independence

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Displaced Travellers outraged as confusion reigns over funding for long-promised site

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 6 December 2024 at 17:27

Families displaced by 2012 Olympics still in temporary housing after years of waiting for new residential area

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No savings ‘yet’ from contentious housing register shake-up, council admits

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 6 December 2024 at 12:17

Data shows Hackney residents are waiting for 20 years on average for a council home

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Hackney Council backs Edmonton incinerator despite fears over ‘dirtiest form of power’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 5 December 2024 at 18:53

Scientists warn that burning non-food waste is a ‘disaster’ for the climate

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