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Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’

Council strives to end off-rolling amid concerns over ‘detrimental impact’ on children

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 5 September 2019 at 12:26

Governors urged to undertake ‘strong and regular analysis’ as local level of pupils disappearing from school rolls rises

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Health boss to be quizzed over claims commissioning body’s ‘days are numbered’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 5 September 2019 at 12:11
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Campaigners call for public consultation as CCG promises merger with other London boroughs would not affect care

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Leader – Too houseproud

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 4 September 2019 at 10:29
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Blaming the housing crisis entirely on the government doesn’t wash when the council has more to do closer to home

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London Renters Union slams Town Hall for ‘vindictive conduct’ towards Marian Court resident

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 30 August 2019 at 19:18

Local MP Meg Hillier dragged into long-running row after council uses email written in support of her constituent Shahbana Bibi to withdraw its duty to find the mother-of-four a home

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Town Hall introduces glyphosate ‘no-spray’ zone in Homerton

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 23 August 2019 at 16:51

Council ‘commended’ for policy by Pesticide Action Network as campaigners call for wider ban on controversial chemical

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Another single mum given days to choose between Stoke-on-Trent or homelessness

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 22 August 2019 at 18:29

Council’s Move On Team present abuse survivor with relocation hundreds of miles away as supporters warn move could ‘reverse’ her recovery

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Police unconvinced over Pizza East’s plans to stay open all night

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 21 August 2019 at 19:52

Town Hall to decide next week on Shoreditch venue’s bid to stay open till 6am

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Pembury Estate residents outraged as playground locked for months – to everyone but private owners

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 21 August 2019 at 17:59

Peabody Trust apologises as Hackney Mayor condemns segregated play areas as ‘divisive and draconian’

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Handful of leaseholders resist council plans for Woodberry Down redevelopment

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 20 August 2019 at 22:03

Over 40 per cent of homes for private sale on estate gone to overseas buyers so far as council argues scheme ‘beyond credible challenge’

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Dancing babies and woolly trees: Next month’s Hackney Carnival set to be ‘biggest and best yet’

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 16 August 2019 at 15:30

Yarn-bombing and baby disco added to 8 September line-up, alongside the iconic parade through the new Hackney Central location

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Daubeney Fields playground transformation an ‘instant hit’ with families

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 14 August 2019 at 12:41

Council and local community turn ‘bleak’ 1970s rec ground into a natural play space with an outdoor classroom

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Council to put up warnings about ticks after woman reports catching Lyme disease in Clissold Park

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 8 August 2019 at 10:56

Andrea Smyth says she was bitten last month in the same dog-free zone where a jogger purportedly caught the disease in 2018

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Campaigners to hold Marian Court ‘protest party’ over threats of intentional homelessness

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 31 July 2019 at 20:15

Thursday evening’s protest planned as family event with ‘speeches, food and music’ as campaigners say safe housing ‘a right, not a privilege’

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Campaigners and council to scrutinise plans for Bishopsgate Goodsyard

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 31 July 2019 at 20:14

Revised proposals to be studied ‘forensically’ as Hackney Mayor keeps up pressure on affordability

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Death of woman with Down’s syndrome from scabies could have been avoided, report finds

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 25 July 2019 at 16:40

Safeguarding chair calls on borough’s health and care agencies to learn lessons of ‘truly heartbreaking’ case

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Borough’s top medic to ‘make enquiries’ on privacy concerns over GP receptionists

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 25 July 2019 at 16:21

Health campaigner slams triage practice as ‘showing a lack of trust in patients’

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Today in the Life? Town Hall insists replacement for controversial freesheet contains ‘information, not news’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 22 July 2019 at 17:10

Council confirms attempt to appeal judge’s ruling that it abide by the law and publish its freesheet quarterly rather than every fortnight

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Transport for London lays out plans for new Cycleway between Dalston and Lea Bridge

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 22 July 2019 at 14:28

Public can have a say on the first phase of the route, which is designed to make it easier to get around east London on foot or by bike

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Tempers rise as Dalston bakehouse goes for 5am extension of booze licence

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 19 July 2019 at 18:58

Councillors to settle debate next week as residents’ association ‘outraged’

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Town Hall ‘agreed to disagree’ with Home Office on counter-terror strategy

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 18 July 2019 at 15:21
Hackney Town Hall

Criticism by government over lack of radicalisation referrals ends in ‘stalemate’

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