Town Hall to keep council tax exemption for poorest pensioners
Despite finance ‘challenges’, low-income households will still get support, says finance chief Robert Chapman
Read MoreParents reignite pleas for safer crossings near Clapton school following two collisions
Town Hall has submitted plans for a zebra crossing near Southwold Primary School, but parents say the area needs at least three
Read MoreHackney caregivers praise ‘empowering’ council-backed sewing scheme
Kundakala’s ‘Make and Mend’ programme aims to support women in gaining financial independence
Read MoreDisplaced Travellers outraged as confusion reigns over funding for long-promised site
Families displaced by 2012 Olympics still in temporary housing after years of waiting for new residential area
Read MoreNo savings ‘yet’ from contentious housing register shake-up, council admits
Data shows Hackney residents are waiting for 20 years on average for a council home
Read MoreHackney Council backs Edmonton incinerator despite fears over ‘dirtiest form of power’
Scientists warn that burning non-food waste is a ‘disaster’ for the climate
Read More‘You need the community’: Meet the actors building Hackney’s newest theatre
Husband-and-wife team Avital Lvova and James Alexandrou are set to open Playhouse East this month
Read MoreTitbits – Information superslowway
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read More‘Cost-of-greed crisis’: Opposition councillors urge Town Hall to back ‘immediate’ wealth tax
Debate on Green motion calling for redistribution pushed to January
Read MoreHelp ensure every child has a festive present to unwrap as the Winter Toy Appeal returns
The annual appeal distributes new toys to thousands of children who would otherwise go without
Read MoreCampaigners demand ‘openness’ as council picks architect for Morning Lane rebuild
Morning Lane People’s Space wants to know council’s ‘red lines’ for contoversial regeneration of Tesco site
Read More‘Disgusting’: Parents accuse rival faith school of trying to ‘poach’ children as council plans spark ‘bunfight’
Council urged to intervene after ‘egregious’ visit to Catholic school earmarked for closure
Read MoreSt Mary’s Secret Garden ‘very likely’ to close permanently amid funding struggles, organisers reveal
Hoxton-based charity has been active in the borough for nearly three decades
Read MoreObituary: Gillian Riley
The food historian, author and Citizen columnist sadly passed away in November at the age of 90
Read More‘In this life, you have to help yourself’: Janette Collins MBE on 25 years of The Crib
The famous youth club’s founder sits down with the Citizen to mark a quarter of a century since it all began
Read MoreCouncil urged to investigate Hackney’s schools following Mossbourne allegations
Councillors say children are ‘suffering under a culture of fear and cruelty’ in some academies
Read MoreCries of ‘betrayal’ as Town Hall stands by twinning arrangement with Israeli city
Mayor says council is ‘committed’ to controversial relationship after thousands sign petition to cut ties with Haifa
Read More‘It’s going to get better’: Hackney mayor sanguine as she marks one year in office
Caroline Woodley says ‘we’re still holding onto our hats’ following election of Labour government
Read MoreHackney Council needs to save £67m by 2028, mayor reveals
Predicted overspend rises to £38m as finance chief blames Tory government for Chancellor’s ‘severe’ restraints
Read MoreIntersectional Grammar: Trees, Hackney Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Stop by this virtual forest’
The Lower Clapton venue has put on a display of arboreal photography to mark National Tree Week
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