Opinion
Leader – polls were wrong, so were results
Labour’s vote share increased by 1.5 per cent, whereas the Conservative’s vote share increased by only 0.8 per cent
Read MoreLeader— Hackney: a place for everyone?
The audience was left ‘grasping for real answers’ at Hackney Council’s recent debate
Read MoreTitbits— Croatians, consultants and over-involved residents
A Croatian surge at the polls narrowly avoided, confusion reigns over interim consultants, and doth ‘citizen’ Pipe protest too much?
Read MoreTitbits – Beards, budgets and a broken statue
Find out who’s namechecked in this month’s diary column
Read MoreLetter – Having to pay to protest is wrong
We already pay for policing through taxation and should be able to exercise our right to peaceful protest
Read MoreLeader – Mayor must stand tall to block towers
‘Excessively’ tall buildings are being flung up across the borough – the Mayor should take more of a stand against them
Read MoreLeader — A tale of two cities
Council is entering into a high-stakes battle with private sector landlords, but will they emerge victorious?
Read MoreTitbits — Handbags, prize gags and glow-in-the-dark posters
Doubts over whether the council’s ‘edgy’ signs are working, and will Mayor Pipe and Cllr Simche Steinberger ever patch things up?
Read MoreTitbits — Spin, festive faux pas and crafty brewery tours
Computer says ‘No’ to Town Hall light show, positive spin gets a whole new meaning and Diane Abbott’s brewery tour steers a careful path through Hackney
Read MoreLeader — If it is broke, do fix it
What are the implications of recent events in Tower Hamlets for Hackney’s executive mayoral model?
Read MoreTitbits — Secular snack tables, Boris bagels and graveyard gossip
Abney Park suffers hatchet job, Boris gets bagels named in his honour and ‘affordable’ micro-homes arrive in the borough
Read MoreTitbits — History lessons, mansion tax and no bangs for the bucks
A lecture by Edward Benyon proves history is indeed written by the victors as Hackney politicians bring the mansion tax spat closer to home
Read MoreLeader — Dog’s breakfast of a ‘resurrected’ campaign
Plot thickens over Head of Regeneration’s last-gasp call to arms as pow-wows on petition do not add up
Read MoreTitbits — Bromsgrove beckoning, Mayoral rumours and playing away
Exodus of talent as Islington gets riot play, Bromsgrove snatches Tom Ebbutt and rumours abound over Mayor Pipe’s next move
Read MoreLeader — Blurred lines
Head of Regeneration’s call to arms shows muddle at the top
Read MoreTitbits — Charity knit-picking, turfed out terrapins and hipster hassle
Mayor Pipe and Hackney Heroine have trendy tiff, government’s ‘Victorian’ stance on charities and predators finally purged from Clissold Park pond
Read MoreLeader — Children pay for Gove’s tinkering
Schools see mixed GCSE results amidst shifting goalposts
Read MoreLeader — the legacy of the 2011 riots
Three years on from the riots, are we preparing for more civil unrest?
Read MoreTitbits- Trash talk and historic horticulture
Scythes and a herd of cows replace tractors on Walthamstow Marshes but is the Council’s latest recycling initiative equally as primitive?
Read MoreLeader- knife crime debate cut
No debate held over new knife crime law as Town Hall submits hardline view to Parliament
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