Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
Cost-of-living crisis: Residents invited to raise concerns and seek advice at online council event next month
Meeting on 9 November will feature experts from local organisations
Read MoreMorning Lane campaigners at odds with Hackney Mayor over ‘fresh start’ for major town centre redevelopment
Members of Morning Lane People’s Space make deputation to the council calling for social rent housing pledge
Read MoreUnion members prepared to strike over Town Hall’s plan to cut library service
Hackney Council says it needs to save £250k to keep all local libraries open
Read MoreBorough leader ‘cannot guarantee’ that Hackney Carnival will return next year
The annual event was cancelled last month following the Queen’s death
Read MoreTown Hall to host Winter Warmer event for older residents in council housing – with advice on how to beat the cold and keep costs down
Free massages and activities on offer as annual get-together returns for first time since 2019
Read MoreCyber attack recovery effort cost Hackney Council over £12m last year
Town Hall thanks residents for ‘continued patience’, with October 2020 hack still under investigated at National Crime Agency
Read More‘Unjustified’: Hundreds of motorcyclists protest Hackney Council’s plans for ‘eye-watering’ parking charges
Around 300 people gather at the Town Hall to condemn proposals that could see riders paying up to £6 an hour
Read MoreHackney Council defends plan to restructure libraries as unions promise to fight any job losses
Town Hall proposals, which it hopes will save £300,000, could lead to 19 jobs being scrapped
Read More‘Cost-of-living crisis will mean tough decisions on budgets,’ warns Hackney’s chief executive
Mark Carroll, who took up the job last year, says the council will have to do ‘things we don’t want to do’
Read MoreCouncil ‘determined’ to forge ahead with Kings Hall Leisure Centre refurbishment despite ‘significant financial challenges’
Town Hall procurement committee set to approve £35m plans – with ‘doing nothing simply not an option’
Read MoreCharity for African communities celebrates new home at council property in Clapton – with Hackney Mayor welcoming ‘brilliant’ organisation
AFRIDAC selected as new tenant at one of the 50 council buildings reserved for the voluntary sector
Read More‘Easy and intuitive’: Meet the locals saving money and helping the environment by borrowing from the Library of Things
Venues in Hackney Wick and Dalston are thought to have saved people around £33k – and their DIY skills are improving
Read More‘The council hasn’t learnt its lesson’: Angry business owners say drains should have been cleared before destructive flash floods in Stoke Newington
One business owner is predicting a £100,000 hit after water damaged property and stock
Read MoreChatsworth Road to host free one-day festival this Sunday – with food, fairground rides and music on offer
ChatsWORLD Summer Fair is a celebration of the shopping street’s history
Read More‘Worried and depressed’: Traders at Ridley Road Shopping Village call for better communication as council prepares to take over the lease
Business owners criticise uncertainty over the upcoming handover, as Town Hall moves to assuage their fears
Read More‘Distress and uncertainty’: Council apologises to Hackney family whose bid for a bigger home was hit by lengthy delays
Local Government Ombudsman criticises ‘service failure’ while recognising the ‘unique challenges’ faced by the Town Hall following a 2020 cyber attack
Read More‘History will judge’: Morning Lane campaigners to fight on despite warning from Hackney Mayor over affordable housing
Borough leader says major town centre development will struggle to make 50 per cent of homes available at social rent
Read MoreNominations open for this year’s Hackney Design Awards – with two new categories added
The biennial celebration of the borough’s architecture will now recognise ‘innovative and low-carbon designs’
Read More‘Wiped out by carelessness’: Gardeners devastated after grass fire damages trees at Millfields community orchard
London Fire Brigade ‘concerned that some grass fires are being started deliberately’
Read MoreHackney Council scraps this year’s Clissold fireworks with finances ‘under pressure’
Parks chief says the council has to ‘weigh up priorities’ as inflation and costs rise
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