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Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’

De Beauvoir by-election: Six candidates vying for votes ahead of polling tomorrow

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 6 July 2022 at 15:20
Polling station credit Martin Deutsch

The by-election was called after the resignation of a Labour councillor just two weeks after May’s local elections

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‘Devastation’: Residents on Hackney estate urge council to stop using weedkiller after their herbs were destroyed

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 28 June 2022 at 20:09

Calls for biodiversity training for Town Hall contractors after plants on Kingsgate estate were laid to waste

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Artist Thomas J Price prepares to unveil Hackney sculpture that ‘celebrates positive contribution of the Windrush Generation’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 17 June 2022 at 18:36

Price is installing two bronze figures outside Hackney Town Hall – ready for a big reveal on Windrush Day next week

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‘Lovely surprise’: Hackney’s long-serving libraries manager recognised in Queen’s honours

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 2 June 2022 at 14:01

Sue Comitti awarded British Empire Medal – just months after celebrating 50 years of public service

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‘Disastrous’: Thames Water under pressure after residents spot trees being felled during nesting season

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 May 2022 at 19:00

Utility giant says it stopped the work in Woodberry Down when it became aware of nesting activity

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Woman lived with mould and damp for two years after ‘unacceptable’ delays at Hackney Council

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 26 May 2022 at 13:55
Hackney Town Hall

Housing Ombudsman orders Town Hall to pay the woman £1,500 in compensation

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Council sorry after disabled candidate unable to mount stage for election results announcement

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 10 May 2022 at 23:31
Hoxton East & Shoreditch results

Independent Network candidate Peter Smorthit was stunned when he realised he would not be able to get on

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Local and mayoral elections 2022: All the candidates vying for your votes on 5 May

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 12 April 2022 at 11:08
Polling station credit Martin Deutsch

With 57 seats up for grabs in 21 wards, the borough is set for a fierce contest

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Child Q: Metropolitan Police to bring in stricter rules for intimate searches of children

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 1 April 2022 at 17:41

Hackney Council ‘cautiously welcomes’ Met’s response to strip-search of Black teenage girl at her school

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What exactly is a directly elected mayor? Find out more about Hackney’s highest political office

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 29 March 2022 at 18:41
Polling station credit Martin Deutsch

Too much power for one person or much-needed stability for a council? What’s the pay like? And how did a monkey end up running Hartlepool?

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Find out how you can help Ukrainian refugees at online community event next week

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 24 March 2022 at 09:51

Hackney Council hopes meeting will connect residents who have spare rooms with community groups and fundraisers

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Hackney Caribbean Elderly Organisation celebrates £250k premises overhaul

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 23 March 2022 at 11:43

Hackney Mayor says refurbishment will see the long-standing charity continue its work for ‘many years to come’

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Child Q: Councillors call for resignation of Hackney police borough commander

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 March 2022 at 18:35
Hackney’s police commander Marcus Barnett

‘We no longer see you occupying the role of Borough Commander as a tenable option for our borough’

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Child Q: Hackney Mayor calls on Home Secretary to take action over strip-searching of children

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 18 March 2022 at 15:10

Child Q was strip-searched in her school’s medical room, without a responsible adult present

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Council tax to rise by over four per cent in Hackney – with warning of more ‘hard choices’ to come

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 3 March 2022 at 17:59

Mayor blames a number of factors, including austerity, the hostile environment, welfare reforms and Covid

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Council transport chief grilled on impact of Hackney’s 19 low traffic neighbourhoods

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 1 March 2022 at 18:51

Cllr Mete Coban faced questions from campaigners who fear the schemes are disproportionately affecting vulnerable residents

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‘As tall as St Paul’s cathedral’: Hoxton residents condemn council’s plan to build four towers next to Shoreditch Park

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 1 March 2022 at 18:24

Latest phase of Britannia redevelopment includes 387 homes that will be sold on the open market

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Council set to convert Dalston hostel into temporary homes to help tackle ‘severe housing crisis’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 25 February 2022 at 15:33
Hackney Town Hall

Town Hall wants to take on lease at Cape House to create 70 homes

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‘On autopilot without a map’: Hackney Mayor condemns government decision to end free Covid testing

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 22 February 2022 at 18:09

Philip Glanville says move is ‘wrong and unsupported by the science’

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Sundae walk? Council floats idea of ice cream stalls in Hackney parks

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 15 February 2022 at 13:20

Move could lead to a steady drip of income for Town Hall, and tempt people outside

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