Campaign over social housing in Hackney Central gathers momentum
Developer Hackney Walk says it is ‘working very hard’ to deliver redevelopment with over 20 per cent affordable housing
Read MoreParents vow to oppose cut of daycare at Millfields children’s centre
Campaign demands more information on centre’s financial deficit
Read MoreLocal health merger could mean loss of ‘accountability and money’, councillors warn
Hackney Mayor ‘extremely annoyed’ over lack of engagement over reforms since general election
Read MoreHackney Mayor warns of ‘significant challenges’ following Brexit transition
Town Hall winds down emergency plans from ‘crisis footing’ as borough leader suggests ‘alliances’ with agricultural sector over standards
Read MoreCouncillors fear government funding could be drained from inner London
Hackney Mayor pledges to ‘fight for London’ as concerns raised over Fair Funding Formula
Read MoreResidents fighting to keep under-threat Frampton Park community hall
Town Hall definition of hall as ‘underused’ questioned as Mayor restates commitment to ‘major improvements’ across estate
Read MoreMental health care in Hackney set to undergo ‘massive shift’
Vast majority of those receiving care to be supported in the community following £1m grant from NHS England
Read MoreTransport boss calls for decriminalisation of minor driving offences
Town Hall lobbies for power to enforce infractions as part of campaign to ‘significantly discourage’ driving
Read More‘All we’re asking for is equality’: Homerton Hospital chief quizzed over cleaners’ sick pay
Hospital bosses pledge to ‘challenge’ outsourced company while refusing face-to-face meeting with workers
Read MoreCouncillors remain divided over move of dementia patients to East Ham
Keep Our NHS Public repeats calls for beds to be moved to St Leonards Hospital as part of redevelopment
Read MoreLocal stars turn out for Hackney Winter Night Shelter fundraising gig
Tom Odell and Josie Lawrence among musicians who have helped raise over £10,000 for ‘vital’ homelessness charity
Read MorePlans for ‘rabbit hutch’ flats on Kingsland Basin attract storm of objections
Concerns raised over potential harm to ‘important, valued and historic environment’
Read More‘Many mornings I’d wake up next to a corpse’: Survivor tells moving story to mark Holocaust Memorial Day
Harry Olmer, 92, recounted his experience as around 100 people gathered for the council’s ceremony on Monday
Read MoreNursery Cook required in Clapton, E5
Teddy Bear Nursery on Mayola Road is on the lookout for a part-time children’s chef
Read MoreConservative councillor under investigation as homophobic taunts continue
Media receive email with subject heading ‘It’s Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve’ as Stonewall deplores ‘offensive language’
Read More‘Decade of austerity has put more young people at risk’, says child protection expert
Independent child safeguarding chair warns government cuts lead directly to ‘dysfunctional engagement and violent crime’
Read MoreUnregistered Jewish faith academies ‘put on notice’ over child safety
Safeguarding boss promises to ‘turn up the volume’ on oversight as Town Hall repeats calls for greater regulatory powers under the law
Read MoreLocal MP Meg Hillier re-elected chair of influential government spending watchdog
Hackney South rep to front public accounts committee for third time, and promises to ‘call out every politician who tries to pretend austerity never happened’
Read MoreGreenpeace Shoreditch photo exhibition highlights threat to oceans – but local MPs a no-show
Group says it is a ‘shame’ politicians couldn’t turn up – but urges them to get behind its campaign to protect the deep blue
Read MoreCouncil tax support levels reset as campaigners call for Town Hall to go further
Liberal Democrats say ‘U-turn’ on cuts introduced two years ago is an ‘admission the council got it wrong’
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