Wetland volunteers honoured with plaque on Hackney Marshes
Cabinet member for culture praises local groups’ work restoring Middlesex Filter Beds
Read MoreGreens pile pressure on Town Hall over tougher rules for Hackney landlords
Opposition urges council to use new powers to make property owners apply for permit to let out homes
Read MoreExplainer: What statutory powers do councils have over academies?
Unlike local authority-maintained schools, academies are run by not-for-profit trusts under contract with the DfE
Read MoreTown Hall presses ahead with King’s Hall revamp
Designs to upgrade deteriorating Grade II-listed building rubber-stamped by council
Read MoreThe Glass Menagerie, The Yard Theatre, stage review: ‘Sombre symbolism’
A Tennessee Williams classic, lovingly staged, is a fitting tribute to The Yard’s past ahead of its big revamp
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: Home on the water?
Our columnist on housing, FILTH, and what a boater’s life is really like
Read MoreStoke Newington traders fear loss of business rate relief could be ‘final straw’
Council rebuffs shopkeepers’ plea for discount despite warnings over ‘triple whammy’ with tax and wage hikes
Read MoreDalston councillor slams ‘discriminatory’ use of facial recognition
Green co-leader Zoë Garbett criticises police as data shows face scanners mostly used in boroughs with large Black populace
Read MoreCuts to falls prevention service trigger Healthwatch ‘gagging’ row
Board member suspended after criticising director for supporting council’s scrapping of Staying Steady programme
Read MorePolice hand out doorbell cameras in hunt for mystery tree vandals
Community safety lead says police’s decision not to arrest suspected arboreal wrecker is now under review
Read MoreOpposition parties slam government’s ‘cruel’ welfare cuts
Hackney mayor defends Labour, saying she sees ‘strong direction of travel’ in Whitehall policy
Read MoreHackney Youth Parliament pleads with cabinet against future cuts
Education lead apologises to junior politicians for not consulting them
Read MoreFears over ‘private sector carve-up’ as council agrees to sell off ‘creative quarter’ sites
Town Hall tries to assure Dalston Curve Garden and others that decision to sell Ashwin Street buildings would not affect arts and culture
Read MoreCouncil to exercise more control over Hackney’s leisure centres
Tax break prompts Town Hall to take ownership of income from gyms and other facilities outsourced to Better Health in 2009
Read MoreHackney yoga studio fears eviction after Transport for London ‘quadruples’ rent
Owners scramble to raise £25k as trades guild warns small businesses are being ‘killed off’
Read MoreCouncil rejects Shoreditch nightclub mogul’s latest bid for new venue
Town Hall said it did not have confidence in owner Shmail Khan after previously revoking his licence twice
Read MoreHackney school ‘excited’ after signing UK-first twinning arrangement to help save bees
Kingsmead Primary links up with Ugandan school to support Buzzline project
Read MoreCouncil spending on agency staff expected to rise by nearly £1m
Town Hall revises forecasts after health and environment costs fuel temporary recruitment drive
Read More‘Full support’: Opposition councillors back Town Hall’s green jobs drive – but stress need for extra cash
Green councillors welcome Town Hall’s target to help 60 people find jobs in next year
Read MoreHackney mayor slams ‘zero-tolerance’ behaviour policies in schools
Caroline Woodley rebukes ‘famous’ academy head as data shows suspensions in Hackney’s secondaries eclipse inner and outer London
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