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Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’

Hundreds denied Blue Badges under ‘flawed policy’, council admits

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 18:09
Cllr Chris Kennedy

Local government watchdog said council defied guidelines with scoring system that caused ‘injustice’

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‘Unbearable’: Rent campaigners lobby council over pregnant single mum in sewage-ridden flat

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 16:01

Town Hall offers formal meeting with resident Eden Laoutaris and London Renters Union following protest

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Finance chief declines to rule out inflation-busting service charge hikes

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 1 May 2025 at 18:10

Cllr Robert Chapman quizzed over state of borough’s housing revenue account and plans to address ‘unsustainable’ pressure

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Council to consult on regulating majority of Hackney landlords

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 29 April 2025 at 15:37

Renters union welcomes ‘first step’ towards widespread licensing scheme this summer

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Hackney HMOs twice as dangerous as rest of England, report finds

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 28 April 2025 at 19:01
Sunday's best: Licensing committee considers Hoppers' bid for longer opening hours

Council says roughly one in four houses in multiple occupation have ‘serious hazards’

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Council to close four primary schools as pupil numbers collapse

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 23 April 2025 at 11:59

St Dominic’s, St Mary’s, Oldhill and Sir Thomas Abney schools to shut from September

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Hackney mayor condemns ‘abhorrent’ graffiti in Clissold Park as police launch hate crime probe

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 22 April 2025 at 18:35
Clissold Park

Local politicians react after swastikas daubed in blue paint over playground rocks were reported on last day of Passover

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Pitcairn House residents in service charge strike over living conditions

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 17 April 2025 at 15:40

Thirty-two residents tell Town Hall they will not pay half of fee until ‘grave and urgent’ repairs are completed

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Mossbourne heads take on expanded roles amid safeguarding probe

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 17 April 2025 at 15:00
Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy

Principals of two Hackney academies put in charge of Essex schools following Mossbourne Federation takeover

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Hackney’s cabinet to vote on school closures next week

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 16 April 2025 at 11:39

Council’s decision on proposals to shut or ‘merge’ six primary schools slated for 22 April

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Mayor hopes Hackney will become Borough of Sanctuary ‘within a year’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 14 April 2025 at 15:59

Q&A session sees Mayor Caroline Woodley acknowledge that many residents “feel left behind”

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Town Hall scores £2m for Hackney Museum revamp

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 11 April 2025 at 20:48
Design ideas for the new museum

Centre will close this year to for transformation works including new exhibition spaces

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Town Hall to pay consultants £2m to help ‘modernise’ council

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 11 April 2025 at 20:48
Caroline Woodley

Mayor says corporate transformation strategy will invest to save and be alternative to ‘salami-slicing’ approach to Town Hall finances

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‘What are they afraid of?’: Fresh row over changes to Town Hall constitution

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 10 April 2025 at 19:21
L-R: Cllrs Penny Wrout, Claudia Turbet-Delof and Fliss Premru.

Independent Socialists say they are being ‘punished for being an effective opposition’

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Wetland volunteers honoured with plaque on Hackney Marshes

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 4 April 2025 at 18:33

Cabinet member for culture praises local groups’ work restoring Middlesex Filter Beds

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Greens pile pressure on Town Hall over tougher rules for Hackney landlords

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 4 April 2025 at 18:28

Opposition urges council to use new powers to make property owners apply for permit to let out homes

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Explainer: What statutory powers do councils have over academies?

By Liam Brady | Friday 4 April 2025 at 15:47
Sunday's best: Licensing committee considers Hoppers' bid for longer opening hours

Unlike local authority-maintained schools, academies are run by not-for-profit trusts under contract with the DfE

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Town Hall presses ahead with King’s Hall revamp

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 4 April 2025 at 11:32

Designs to upgrade deteriorating Grade II-listed building rubber-stamped by council

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Stoke Newington traders fear loss of business rate relief could be ‘final straw’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 4 April 2025 at 09:15

Council rebuffs shopkeepers’ plea for discount despite warnings over ‘triple whammy’ with tax and wage hikes

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Fears over ‘private sector carve-up’ as council agrees to sell off ‘creative quarter’ sites

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 25 March 2025 at 18:09

Town Hall tries to assure Dalston Curve Garden and others that decision to sell Ashwin Street buildings would not affect arts and culture

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