Concerns over lift maintenance prompt scrutiny of ‘inefficient’ council communication
Town Hall admits ‘challenge’ in relying on letters to get information to residents
Read MoreInternational Women’s Day – what’s on
The theme for the 2021 edition of International Women’s Day (IWD) on Monday 8 March is ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world’
Read More‘Propaganda’: Campaigners rip into Town Hall consultation on housing waiting list changes
Consultation is ‘robust, fair and extensive’, says Town Hall as it calls for support fighting government on ‘underlying issues’ on housing
Read MoreChildren team up to create fundraising video in support of local swimming club
Project launched by Hackney Aquatics Club draws on the creative genius of children to make and edit video as part of Crowdfunder campaign
Read MoreUS takeover of Hackney GP practice sparks fears of ‘trojan horse’ privatisation
Local CCG moves to reassure residents that ‘patients will not see any difference in the way their GP practice is run’
Read MoreCampaigners call out Town Hall over £35m fossil fuel investments
Divest Hackney and Extinction Rebellion accuse council of ‘failing in responsibility to protect future of residents’
Read MoreHackney health chief opens up about mental health impact of pandemic
Chris Kennedy speaks out on social care and government support in cabinet member’s question time
Read MoreTrade union fires broadside at departing council executive
Tim Shields comes out fighting after Hackney Unison delivers stinging critique of his legacy
Read MoreLabour dismisses opposition’s budget amendments, with Hackney Mayor calling them a ‘disgrace’
Conservative councillors condemn administration investments as ‘waste of money’ as levels of allowances and salaries criticised
Read MoreTories call for resignation of Toyin Agbetu from council naming review in wake of antisemitism claims
Town Hall leaders ‘reflecting on what he may have said in the past’ as Hackney Mayor underlines work of Review Renew Reclaim project as ‘vital’
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Read MoreInto the Crocodile’s Cradle with Simon Moretti
The artist and curator on his ‘chameleonic’ multimedia exhibition now on display at Hoxton’s PEER gallery
Read MoreActivists ‘appalled’ as Town Hall begins demolishing Marian Court with family still living there
Sisters Uncut hits out at Hackney Council amid row over the condition of an alternative home waiting for the last remaining occupants of the Homerton block
Read MoreHackney Youth Parliament: Youngsters urged to sign up and help ‘shape local policy’
Children’s services chief calls for young people from all backgrounds to get involved
Read MoreCyber attack to cost Hackney Council ‘roughly’ £10m, Mayor reveals
Outlay expected to be similar to that of Redcar Council, whose systems were hit earlier in 2020
Read MoreHackney to ‘reclaim’ nearly £12m worth of services from private companies
Deputy Mayor Rebecca Rennison outlines plan to ‘turbocharge insourcing’, starting with over 360 jobs by 2022
Read More‘Utterly wrong’: Town Hall rejects calls to rethink housebuilding model
Hackney Mayor responds to criticism that the council has left itself open to the vagaries of the property market
Read MoreHelp choose a new name for Cassland Road Gardens as four options revealed
Residents invited to vote on replacement for name inspired by slave trader John Cass
Read MoreTown Hall discount on Brownlow Road service charge leaves residents ‘unimpressed’
‘No such thing as a goodwill gesture’, says one freeholder amid long-running row over rising bills
Read MoreWomen from Hackney’s History, Hackney Society, book review: ‘Testimony to how high women can rise’
This celebration for the upcoming Women’s History Month delves into the achievements of 113 women with connections to the borough
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