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Posts Tagged ‘council’

Hackney Council budget – what it means for you

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 6 March 2026 at 09:49
Hackney Town Hall

The council agreed its budget on Wednesday (4 March)

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Cause of council worker’s ‘untimely’ death still unclear after inquest

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 29 January 2026 at 11:09

Daniel Rhoden died in hospital on June 21, 2025, at the age of 57

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Community mosaic group ‘faces eviction after more than a decade’ from Hackney Downs Pavilion

By Joshua Haining | Monday 15 December 2025 at 15:38
Mosaic

Hackney Mosaic Project has met at the pavilion several times a week for more than 10 years

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Hackney votes to adopt anti-semitism definition at Town Hall meeting

By Adam Barnett | Thursday 22 February 2018 at 15:29
Hackney Town Hall

Motion passes as Cllr Odze says ‘anti-semitism continues to rear its ugly head’

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We don’t need no school selection, say 65 per cent of Hackney residents

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 7 December 2017 at 16:29

Council survey finds 72 per cent want schools to be neutral on religion

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Hackney Winter Night Shelter calls for volunteers to help run seasonal service for homeless people

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 30 November 2016 at 11:40
Hackney Winter Night Shelter ready for guests. (Photograph: Paul Driver)

Ahead of councillor’s question on official homelessness stats, shelter user tells Hackney Citizen: “It’s a slippery slope to being on the street”

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Titbits- Trash talk and historic horticulture

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 August 2014 at 11:33

Scythes and a herd of cows replace tractors on Walthamstow Marshes but is the Council’s latest recycling initiative equally as primitive?

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Hackney Downs school plan in question after backlash from residents

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 23 February 2011 at 16:15
Hackney Downs Photo Graham Parry

The council is reviewing the responses to its consultation on building a ‘School for the Future’ on common land

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Plans afoot for London Fields community council

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 3 February 2011 at 08:37
London Fields

Locals could have more say over issues that matter to the neighbourhood

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Proposed clampdown on Hackney nightlife rejected

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 10 January 2011 at 10:56

Council’s consultation shows overwhelming majority oppose Town Hall party poopers’ plans

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Hands Off: women speak out over Hackney strip clubs

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 15 December 2010 at 11:50

A short documentary by filmmaker Winstan Whitter

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Hackney TUC condemns council’s proposed ‘nil’ policy on sex establishments

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 10 December 2010 at 09:27

Trade unionists vote unanimously against the Town Hall’s plan and in favour of protecting the dancers who work in the venues

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Council does U-turn over ROA graffiti rabbit

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 10 November 2010 at 19:10
ROA's giant rabbit is 'a thing of beauty' according to Julia Craik, managing director of the Premises recording studio upon which it is painted. Photo:© Tim Sullivan

Town Hall says it is “pleased that we can now put an end to this matter”

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Hackney Citizen launches fighting fund for legal battle with Council

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 12 May 2010 at 01:34

Defence mounted of right to publish audio evidence of Town Hall’s election blunder

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Shoreditch Neighbourhood Committee

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 24 March 2010 at 10:29

7pm Wednesday 24 March, Rose Lipman Community Centre

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Hackney Council agrees new police powers to combat problem drinking

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 19 March 2010 at 15:19

Will new measures leave glasses half-empty or half-full?

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Hackney Council to invest £1m in Ridley Road Market

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 15 March 2010 at 13:55

Major improvements on way for popular Dalston shopping hub

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Hackney Council approves budget for coming year

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 8 March 2010 at 15:45
Hackney Town Hall. Photograph: Hackney Citizen

Council tax frozen for fifth year in a row

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A menace to society?

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 6 March 2010 at 22:02
Staffie dogs Hackney

So-called status dogs continue to concern local residents. The Citizen looks at what can be done

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Have your say on Hackney Wick Conservation Area

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 3 March 2010 at 17:38

Public consultation until 15 March 2010

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