Hackney Council votes to lobby government over ‘inhumane’ hostile environment
Town Hall passes motion urging Home Secretary to drop ‘destructive’ measures in rare show of cross-party consensus
Read MoreHackney’s social rent and service charges to rise
Council rents and maintenance fees to rise by 2.7 per cent and 4.8 per cent respectively from 7 April
Read MoreLondon mayor to attend ‘world’s leading real estate event’ on the French Riviera
Sir Sadiq Khan to make his first appearance at the annual MIPIM conference in Cannes
Read MoreDisplaced Travellers dejected after setback in struggle for long-promised pitch
Families moved ahead of 2012 Olympics have faced years of delay and trust has worn thin
Read More‘Leave us kids alone!’: Hackney forges ahead with school closures as families and staff protest
Controversial plans to shut and merge four schools follows similar spate of closures in 2024
Read MoreFirebird, King’s Head Theatre, stage review: ‘A middle-of-the-road tale’
This adaptation of the real-life Cold War classic, like the film before it, is lacking in personality
Read MoreHackney Council urges Education Secretary to help with ‘intolerable’ unregistered schools dilemma
Councillors write to Bridget Phillipson as data shows nearly 1,600 youngsters out of safeguarding ‘line of sight’
Read More‘Frightening’: Hackney renews pleas for housing aid as two thirds of councils fear budget collapse
New survey of 76 councils shows majority expect to pause or cancel housing developments to balance books by 2030
Read MoreCouncil under fire for using casual library staff contracts – ‘in tension’ with its own policies
Unison says nearly 25 per cent of hours worked in libraries last November were temporary employees
Read MoreHundreds of council residents ‘suffering’ as heating failures plague Hoxton estates
Housing chief tells residents he is ‘very disappointed’ about his department’s response to outages
Read MoreThreat of another cyber attack still ‘very significant’, council warns
Town Hall lays out measures being taken to upgrade IT security
Read MoreHand-woven roundel unveiled at Hackney Downs station to mark new Weaver line
The Weaver line name ‘celebrates the historical significance of textile industries and communities’ in areas such as Hackney
Read More‘Heritage crime’: Residents decry vandalism and decay at Old St Mary’s churchyard
Graves opened and graffiti sprayed on walls of Grade II-listed medieval church in Stoke Newington
Read More‘So proud’: Councillors praise Hackney ice skaters after victory in national competition
Lee Valley London Skating Club team Stardust won first prize at 2025 Britannia Cup last weekend
Read MoreLondon fire chief to retire after five years in post
Mayor Sadiq Khan praises ‘outstanding’ Andy Roe, whose final day in office is yet to be revealed
Read MoreCriminal investigation launched into Airbnb key worker home ‘scandal’, council says
Hackney Council and Peabody probing potential fraud over use of ‘affordable’ home billed for disabled key worker
Read MoreCouncil declines to rule out further cuts if government funding falls short
Opposition councillors weigh in with their proposals to help address Hackney’s financial woes
Read MoreIndependent Socialists launch Hackney People’s Forum in challenge to council’s ‘top-down’ approach
Ex-Labour councillors say ‘people power is coming’ as they champion grassroots-led initiative
Read MoreThe Citizen Gardener: ‘Let’s bring out the green, lush, deep unknowns’
Our new columnist explores ‘connection and convenience’, and sets out his vision for beautifying Hackney, guerilla-style
Read MoreTitbits – New year, old habits
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
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