Posts Tagged ‘Chris Kennedy’
Coronavirus: Local test and trace service coming to Hackney
Borough one of 11 in the UK at the forefront of the roll-out after challenging Whitehall to give local authorities bigger role in crisis response
Read MoreHackney Council launches survey to hear from local people on the impacts of coronavirus
Responses will be used to identify support needs and other measures to help the borough recover from the crisis
Read MoreCouncil health boss hopes any easing of lockdown will be ‘relatively limited’
Cllr Chris Kennedy says restrictions should be kept in place ‘for another couple of weeks’
Read MoreCoronavirus: Local politicians challenge government to trial contact-tracing and testing in Hackney
Local MPs and mayor tell health secretary Matt Hancock he could do with a ‘bit more Shoreditch and less Whitehall’ in his approach
Read More‘Help is out there’: Town Hall publishes mental health support map for lockdown
Chart lays out range of services available across borough for anyone in need of support during pandemic
Read MoreCoronavirus: Stratford walk-in centre shelved in favour of home testing
NHS confirms that work on the site, which had been expected to open this week, has been halted
Read MoreMayor unveils new deputy in cabinet shake-up
Reshuffle prompted by Cllr Feryal Clark giving up her cabinet position after becoming MP for Enfield North
Read MoreParents vow to oppose cut of daycare at Millfields children’s centre
Campaign demands more information on centre’s financial deficit
Read MoreGarden School awarded £1.5m to create Hackney’s only sixth form for autistic students
Hackney Mayor welcomes arrival of ‘long-held wish’ as grant funding goes to fund feasibility study and expansion of new site
Read MoreCouncil apology over care failings condemned by SEND campaigners as ‘lukewarm’
Mother in Ombudsman case calls for greater understanding from council on impact of delays
Read MoreHackney Labour ‘seriously concerned’ as it hits out at government over local food bank shortages
Town Hall’s food poverty chief calls situation ‘one of the greatest scandals of 21st-century Britain’
Read MoreHackney politicians cry ‘scandal’ over 40 per cent jump in food bank use
Leading councillor calls for ‘national changes in policy’
Read MoreStrikes by bus drivers for disabled children suspended ahead of further talks
Drivers say they are ‘struggling’ as unions say council have pledged talks will include pay
Read MoreFurious Hackney Wick residents demand answers over contaminated construction site
Principal speaks up for ‘young lungs’ at local primary school as council confirms carcinogenic hydrocarbons as cause of ‘odours’
Read MoreHackney Council to hold public SEND meeting – but campaigners call it a front for more cuts
Parents’ group dismisses event a ‘consultation in name only’
Read MoreHackney Council’s SEND ‘crisis’ group held no meetings for three months
New SEND boss Chris Kennedy rejects claims more cuts are in the works
Read MoreCouncillor set for £6,000 pay rise as Deputy Mayor after cabinet reshuffle
Feryal Demirci could earn more than £50,000 thanks to her new job title
Read MoreDeputy Mayor loses SEND brief in cabinet reshuffle, as Chris Kennedy joins the fray
New cabinet member will be ‘leading’ on SEND as council makes £5 million of cuts
Read MoreIt’s a two way street: cyclists scorn proposals to scrap Wick Road cycle lane
Councillors insist two-way street will ease traffic but transport expert slams proposals as ‘disappointing’
Read MoreHackney Council approves ‘nil’ policy and bans strip clubs and sex shops
Cleanup campaign succeeds as councillors vote to outlaw sex entertainment venues – except in Haggerston
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