Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
Council’s £51 million budget gap likely to increase if ‘Fair Funding Review’ left unchanged
Concerns raised over ‘detrimental’ impact of government’s review on council finances
Read More‘Mould kills! Safe council homes now!’ – Protesters call for housing reform on first day of Awaab’s Law
Awaab’s Law is named after Awaab Ishak, a two-year-old boy who died as a result of a severe respiratory condition
Read More‘Speechless’: Council tells NHS staff to stop writing letters in support of SEND families
Hackney parents whose children have special educational needs and disabilities say they are shocked by the request seen in leaked emails
Read MoreHackney Council CEO faces contempt of court charges in ongoing leaseholder dispute
Dawn Carter-McDonald has been ordered to attend the first hearing, which is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon
Read MoreCouncil left child without care plan for more than a year, ombudsman finds
Town Hall received professional advice late – but still did not issue the plan for around another 10 months.
Read MoreHackney Council has spent £38 million since 2020 buying back houses it used to own
The local authority sold one property for £95,050 in 2014, only to buy it back for £365,000 in 2021
Read MoreRaising the colour: Hackney flies flag for Black History Season
Following a summer where flag wars have polarised the country, the borough is ‘Standing Firm in Power and Pride’
Read MoreRidley Road traders are back up and running – but uncertainty remains
A number of traders referred to the council as “hostile”, saying it is overseeing the ‘managed decline’ of Ridley Road
Read MoreHackney MP Meg Hillier joins judging panel of Kingsland Shopping Centre logo design competition
The MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch said the contest was about ‘capturing the story of Dalston’ and reflecting its ‘diversity, ambition and energy’
Read MoreFinal Woodberry Down plans win approval despite fears over ‘staggering’ loss of wildlife
Campaigners have raised concerns over biodiversity and cuts to social housing
Read MoreClimate campaigners urge council to ‘lead by example’ on plant-based catering
Plant-Based Hackney fears Town Hall is ‘nowhere near as ambitious as it claims to be’
Read More‘The spirit of a place’ – How Dalston painters and potters fought back to save studio block from closure
Hackney Council moved to sell off Ashwin Street’s creative workspaces earlier this year, but artists have now bought the site after refusing to give up
Read MoreCouncil says ‘no hard plans’ to close nurseries this year after legal challenge
Town Hall shelved plans to close two children’s centres, but questions linger over lessons learned from the debacle
Read MoreHackney Council more than doubles its debt in one year – but what is the Town Hall spending on?
Hackney Council’s borrowing is below average for London, but its debt burden is set to rise five-fold by 2028
Read MoreFormer councillor defends Morning Lane role following ‘insider’ claims
Vincent Stops responds to a report by campaigners that called his involvement an ‘egregious lack of transparency’
Read MoreIconic Hackney estate made famous by rent campaign set for sweeping regeneration
New Era residents took on their former landlord and won – now their homes are due for large-scale refurbishment
Read More‘Ridiculous’: Council blocks juice bar from putting tables outside due to ‘encroachment’ on nearby park
Owner of Faith in Nature’s Juices says he doesn’t understand why tables and chairs stretching five metres are not in line with council policy
Read MoreMorning Lane campaigners accuse council of consultation ‘con job’ in scathing report
Morning Lane People’s Space urges Town Hall to ‘do better’, with ‘future of the town centre at stake’
Read MoreTitbits – Lording it up
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read More‘Disappointed’: Residents and community groups condemn latest Woodberry Down masterplan
Loss of social homes and biodiversity among complaints as new proposals set to be put in front of councillors
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