Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
Watchdog downgrades Hackney mental health crisis care over safety failures
Two-thirds of crisis staff missed mandatory supervision, and a bathroom CCTV blind spot went unfixed for two years
Read MoreHackney has run out of space to bury its dead
Three London boroughs have no burial space left, and City Hall has been warned the shortage will spread across the capital within 15 years unless the London mayor intervenes
Read MoreTitbits – Je ne regrette rien
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreThe end of ‘the verbal cane’ – Mossbourne’s quiet U-turn on shouting
Teachers at two Mossbourne schools say shouting at pupils came with the job. The federation now vows to do its best to end it
Read MoreVictorian tram depot in Clapton set for revival
The 1873 depot, once home to horse-drawn trams, survived a demolition threat in 2011
Read MoreBoxpark keeps licence despite ‘tsunami of noise’ complaints
Police and environmental health declined to back the ten residents who sought a formal review
Read MoreHaggerston couple log more than 100 noise complaints over waste site – ‘with no improvement’
Residents living opposite a waste processing facility in Haggerston say more than a year of complaints to Hackney Council and the site’s operator has failed to stop overnight noise that is repeatedly disrupting their sleep
Read More‘A serious mistake’: Mayor says sorry for October 7 deadline in Haifa letter
Follow-up letter to Mayor of Haifa extends de-twinning consultation by a week, as council tells the Citizen the date was an ‘error’ it corrected as soon as it was noticed
Read MoreHackney votes to begin severing 58-year twinning link with Haifa
Green administration carries motion as Labour and Conservative councillors warn of damage to community relations
Read MoreHackney moves to end six-decade twinning with Haifa amid antisemitism row
The borough’s new Green administration has triggered a process to sever its 1968 partnership with the Israeli city, honouring an election pledge
Read MoreProtesters demand return of ‘precious’ London Fields paddling pool
Families who fought to bring back the London Fields paddling pool are celebrating after the council agreed to kickstart its return, five years after it closed
Read MorePost office closure sends Broadway Market reeling
Residents launch petition after London Fields branch is repossessed in a 3am lockout — with over 1,500 signatures now urging the landlord, MP and Post Office to reopen its doors
Read MoreHackney forces Sadiq Khan retreat on affordable housing cuts
Zoë Garbett claims victory after London mayor agrees to scrap his 20 per cent affordable housing floor and restore Hackney’s threshold to 35 per cent — though not until 2028
Read MoreCouncil says no eviction warrant sought as it defends handling of SEND family’s case
Hackney Council has said it has not applied for a warrant to remove a family with an autistic child from a home they have occupied for nearly 20 years, disputing several accounts of a case the borough’s Green Mayor backed before taking office.
Read MoreMossbourne refuses to apologise to pupils as academy trust defends record before councillors
Academy trust leaders said they would not say sorry to children the safeguarding review found were harmed
Read MoreCouncil spent £10,000 on parking charges in a year
Hackney employees clocked up more than £10,000 in parking penalties and road charges over 12 months
Read MoreCouncil consults on Tyssen Street greening as campaigners cry foul over play area
Low Traffic Hackney backs new trees and benches at Hoxton Trust garden but disputes the council’s account of what happens to the car bays
Read MoreFamily’s five-year battle over collapsing council flat: ‘It’s dangerous’
Doudou Mpanda says repeated repairs at his Haggerston home have failed to stop leaks that have caved in a bathroom wall and left his children too frightened to use the toilet
Read MoreHackney to open two children’s homes as council moves to end reliance on private care
Partnership with charity Action for Children aims to keep looked-after children in the borough
Read MoreHackney Council looks to divest pension fund from firms linked to human rights abuses
Council’s Green administration begins overhauling its investment strategy to exclude companies operating in territories condemned by international bodies
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