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Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’

Pro-Palestinian protestors descend on Town Hall to demand end to Israeli weapons investment and Haifa twinning

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 10 May 2024 at 21:33
Camped out: protestors at Hackney Town Hall, Friday 10 May 2024.

Amid ongoing conflict in Gaza, local protestors call on Hackney Council to cease funding and axe relationship

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Town Hall stands by consultation process as children’s centre campaigners ramp up legal threat

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 9 May 2024 at 12:00

Parents fighting to save two centres from closure send council a letter before claim

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Hackney MP defends mayor and council over plans to shut two children’s centres

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 9 May 2024 at 09:38
Meg Hillier - UK Parliament official portrait 2017

Hackney South Meg Hillier met with parents at Sebright, one of the centres under threat

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‘Traumatic’: Muslim organisations condemn Hackney Council’s response to Middle East conflict

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 29 April 2024 at 18:34

Several mosques sign letter criticising Town Hall’s failure to vote on Gaza ceasefire and calling for end to borough’s twinning with Haifa

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‘False economy’: Protesters again urge Hackney Council to rethink children’s centre closures

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 23 April 2024 at 17:59

Diane Abbott MP joined demonstrators outside Hackney Town Hall last night

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‘Disbelief’: Pitcairn House resident left unprotected after asbestos was found in her ceiling

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 19 April 2024 at 13:25

‘I caught my granddaughter playing tea parties with the water that was leaking – now I know that was asbestos water,’ the woman said

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Leaks, mould, broken alarms, duct-taped windows: Residents on Hackney estate plagued with issues put criticisms directly to council chief executive

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 19 April 2024 at 11:27

‘Residents have been ignored, and many feel like the block has been abandoned,’ said one person who lives at Pitcairn House

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‘Pungent’ fumes in Hackney Wick spark investigation

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 17 April 2024 at 19:01

Construction has been paused at a building site on Wallis Road – the same road where toxic gas was found in 2018

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‘Negligent’ council taken to task by residents left without hot water following power cut

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 15 April 2024 at 19:26

People living at Pitcairn House estate reel off a litany of issues at the council estate

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‘Twinning must end’: Campaigners call on Hackney to cut ties with Israeli city

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 12 April 2024 at 20:15

Chair of the organisation that runs exchanges between Hackney and Haifa defends relationship

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‘Groundhog Day’: Parents fighting to save two children’s centres hit out at council’s ‘tick-box’ consultation

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 11 April 2024 at 18:09

Campaigners say the Town Hall has offered no ‘plan B’ to shutting Fernbank and Sebright centres

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May elections: Everything you need to know to cast your vote

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 29 March 2024 at 11:33
Polling station credit Martin Deutsch

Residents will be selecting councillors, assembly members, and a London mayor on 2 May

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First electric charger in Hackney’s ‘country-leading rollout’ installed in Hoxton

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 March 2024 at 14:45

Follingham Court is the first place to benefit from the Town Hall’s partnership with energy firm Zest

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‘Explosion of colour’: Hackney Carnival to make its long-awaited return on 22 September

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 March 2024 at 14:15

The major event has not taken place in person for half a decade

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School nursing in Hackney set for £7m rejuvenation

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 8 March 2024 at 10:40
Cllr Chris Kennedy

New structure will see nurses cover a certain neighbourhood, earning praise from public health expert

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Council plans for Stamford Hill approved in face of Tory criticisms

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 8 March 2024 at 10:13
Stamford Hill Street

Family-sized homes and community infrastructure form part of the Town Hall’s proposals to improve the area

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Letter: ‘The suppression of dissent in Hackney is an alarming pattern’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 6 March 2024 at 12:38

Members of two local campaign groups condemn council’s ‘refusal to listen to citizens’

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Campaigners blast council cuts to children’s services as ‘massive attack’ on those most in need

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 29 February 2024 at 20:33

Local MP Diane Abbott said there are ‘other ways to save money’ at a protest attended by families and unions

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Dog owners ‘delighted’ as council ditches plans for mandatory leads in Abney Park

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 28 February 2024 at 18:04

‘Taking residents’ views into account through consultation is really important,’ says Town Hall’s community safety chief

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Hackney Greens call on council to delay children’s centre cuts ahead of budget showdown

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 28 February 2024 at 14:04

Councillors Zoë Garbett and Alastair Binnie-Lubbock put forward their own budget measures with backing from parents and a union

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