Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
Leader – ‘Lives, not spreadsheets’: Hackney’s new mayor is right to doubt the dashboard — but on climate, targets are how we survive
Standing in the council chamber at the first full meeting since the Greens’ landslide, Hackney’s new mayor set out a governing creed in plain terms
Read MoreResident trapped in council block lift for 40 minutes — just hours after engineers said they had fixed it
‘If I had been stuck in there without a phone, I don’t know how I would’ve got out’
Read More‘I’m running out of hope’: NHS worker driven to brink after 20 months of hell from anti-social neighbour
Tenant left sleep-deprived and on verge of breakdown by ‘nocturnal’ neighbour
Read MoreCouncil admits restructure worsened backlog of 15,000 overdue housing safety checks
Watchdog sounded alarm nearly two years ago — yet problem has spiralled
Read MoreNear-impassable: resident raises alarm over ‘sea of bikes’ cluttering pavements near Broadway Market
Terry Stewart, a 70-year-old partially-sighted resident, warned that the strewn bikes make streets near-impassable for vulnerable pedestrians.
Read MoreNew Hackney Half route is bad for business, traders warn council
Hackney businesses have warned they are losing one of their best trading days of the year following changes to the route
Read More‘Shellshocked’ and ‘exhausted’: The Mount residents raise concerns over safety and council support after Clapton blaze
Tenants of a four-storey council block off Mount Pleasant Lane say the local authority has offered limited support since fire tore through their homes on 5 May — as health fears raised over asbestos, burnt plastics and a hoarded flat still strewn with scorched debris
Read MoreMayor Garbett unveils first Green cabinet as new era begins at the Town Hall
New mayor announces the first members of her cabinet, just days after sweeping the Greens to an historic victory at the Town Hall
Read MoreHackney Council shells out £15.6 million on fire safety consultants
The Town Hall has appointed contractors to identify ‘potentially combustible’ materials in its housing stock by the 2029 deadline
Read MoreOpinion: ‘The campaign for divestment in Hackney may yet be won’
‘As Hackney goes to the polls, at issue is not only divestment, but whether the council’s fundamental decision-making structures are actually fit for purpose’ says Gwen Jones
Read MoreHolborn Studios closes after going into administration
The Hoxton photography studio has permanently closed its doors after 37 years
Read MoreResidents petition council to reopen London Fields paddling pool
While Clissold Park has seen its facilities restored, the London Fields site remains a storage depot
Read MoreMoth Club gets reprieve as council blocks planning bid – but venue ‘not out of the woods’
Venue celebrates a ‘huge win’ following a 30,000-strong petition to block a controversial flat development on Morning Lane
Read MoreCouncil’s uncollected £850k debt leaves leaseholders ‘trapped’ in their building
The freeholder, Restoration Hackney Ltd, owes almost £1 million to the local authority
Read MoreFresh proposals for traffic measures in Hoxton face local backlash
The strongest opposition comes from car users who live within the scheme area, caregivers, disabled people and renters
Read More‘Not what was needed’: Mossbourne Federation sparks backlash after setting out response to safeguarding review
The parent who collected testimonies for the review and a local councillor have hit out at ‘disappointing’ announcement
Read MoreHackney Council ignored tenant’s concerns over safety of her autistic child in social housing
The council has paid the family £500 to recognise the “distress, uncertainty and frustration” it had caused
Read MoreCouncil suggests taking autistic boy on bus ride to ‘prove’ he can’t use public transport
The council suggested taking the child on a bus ride so they can test his family’s claim that travelling by public transport would prove distressing for him
Read More‘The destruction of our livelihoods’ – Ridley Road Shopping Village traders to hold public meeting as ‘evictions’ loom
Traders told to leave by 31 March as their landlord has declined to renew their tenancies
Read MoreHomerton for Homerton: Cambridge University college to support Hackney ward where it was founded 257 years ago
Homerton College launches scheme to inspire young people from the borough to aim for the best universities
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