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Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’

Ofsted tells Hackney Council to act quickly as too many SEND children excluded from school

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 6 February 2026 at 09:50
Hackney Town Hall

A report published on 5 February the watchdog found the number of SEND children excluded from Hackney secondary schools had been high for “too long”

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Council sets out new plans to reduce air pollution amid LTN controversy

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 5 February 2026 at 10:12

The move comes following a demonstration outside Hackney Town Hall last week which saw residents call on the council to ‘open our roads’

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Hackney residents urge council to ‘open our roads’ and scrap ‘excessive’ LTNs

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 30 January 2026 at 13:58
LTN demonstration

Campaigners gathered outside Hackney Town Hall this week objecting to the ‘excessive’ roll-out of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

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‘It appals me’ — councillor resigns from Labour Party ‘to continue to fight for change’

By Lizzie McAllister | Thursday 29 January 2026 at 13:37
Cllr M Can Ozsen

The councillor has represented the same Hackney ward for more than a decade

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Hackney residents stand up to council over ‘unlawful’ plans for Marian Court

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 27 January 2026 at 09:29
Residents at the council meeting last week

Redevelopment of the site had stalled amid changes to safety regulations and financial woes, but plans were revived in late November last year

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Housing loophole puts domestic abuse victims at risk even if they leave home, council warns

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 26 January 2026 at 16:47
Hackney Town Hall

Hackney is one of many councils pushing for regulations that would allow it to evict domestic abusers

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Ridley Road fee hikes could ‘break’ historic market, council hears

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 22 January 2026 at 08:54

This year the council increased the cost for traders selling at street markets across the borough

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Record store owner vows to fight council in court over noise enforcement

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 13 January 2026 at 09:37
Rob Smith behind turntables

Rob Smith opened Recycle Vinyl off Dalston’s Kingsland High Street in late 2024

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‘We have a very clear agenda’ – Hackney’s newest political party outlines plans for 2026 ahead of May elections

By Elspeth Rees | Monday 12 January 2026 at 19:29
Hackney Independent Socialist Collective candidates pictured with Zoë Garbett of the Hackney Greens

Hackney Independent Socialist Collective says housing and young people’s mental health are their top priorities

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Outdated incinerator will stay in use beyond lifespan as replacement progress slows

By Sebastian Mann, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 12 January 2026 at 09:28
Incinerator

The Edmonton EcoPark is run by the North London Waste Authority (NLWA), which is controlled by councillors from eight boroughs including Hackney

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Chatsworth Road residents say new bus gate has caused ‘severe disruption to our lives’

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 2 January 2026 at 17:20
Chatsworth Road street sign

Critics say that rather than reducing traffic, the change has simply pushed cars onto smaller residential streets nearby and made congestion worse

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Council ‘leads energy revolution’ in pioneering scheme to install solar panels on social housing

By Gabriel Stewart | Monday 22 December 2025 at 10:06
Solar panels

Hackney Council has teamed up with specialists at Emergent Energy to install solar panels on social housing blocks, creating a microgrid residents can use

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Hackney Council rubber-stamps ‘anti-racism’ strategy for schools amid concerns over risk of harm to vulnerable pupils

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 19 December 2025 at 10:22
Hackney Town Hall

Earlier this week the council rubber-stamped its education strategy which pledges to further inclusion and build a ‘child-centred and anti-racist’ model for schools

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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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Coroner warns Hackney landlord to act following six-month-old boy’s death

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 5 December 2025 at 16:44
Poplar Coroners Court

An inquest into the death of Baby Abdullah Ali prompted the coroner to flag concerns over knee-high thick and black mould in his family’s overcrowded flat

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Hackney faces ‘complete exhaustion of reserves’ without ‘urgent funding’ in Budget says councillor

By Lizzie McAllister | Friday 28 November 2025 at 19:12
Cllr Claudia Turbet-Delof speaking outside Hackney Town Hall

Campaigners descended on Hackney Town Hall on Wednesday (26 November), the same day the Chancellor made her Budget

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Council’s call for rent controls ‘would not lead to the skies collapsing’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 28 November 2025 at 18:38
Sam Pallis

Labour-run Hackney Council said the government needs to go further than Renters Rights Bill by empowering it to cap private rents

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Nine social houses to be built on Clapton estate as council tackles housing backlog

By Lizzie McAllister | Thursday 27 November 2025 at 11:45
Nye Bevan Estate

The social houses are the first to get the go-ahead of more than 300 the council plans to build in the coming years

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Hackney Council issues urgent communication amid ‘critical’ cyber threat risk

By Lizzie McAllister | Wednesday 26 November 2025 at 12:57
Hackney Town Hall

Multiple London councils have been targeted in a cyber attack over the past 24 to 48 hours, and while Hackney is not thought to have been hit, staff are being warned to take precautions

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Residents slam ‘ill-considered’ council plans to close junction to cars

By Lizzie McAllister | Wednesday 26 November 2025 at 10:31
The junction between Queensbridge Road and Scriven Street

More than 3,000 vehicles drive along Scriven Street every day, which Hackney Council says creates a high risk of collisions between turning traffic and cyclists

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