Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
Over 13,500 cigarettes seized in raid on Hoxton shop amid council crackdown on illegal tobacco
Sniffer dog Pippa helps trading standards officers track down the stash, hidden in a sink unit and under the chocolate stand
Read MoreTown Hall ‘highly commended’ for commitment to 100 per cent renewable electricity by 2020
Hackney Green Party calls for further action on fossil fuel divestment and glyphosate use
Read MoreHackney pupils show off their pedal power for 2019’s Bike Around The Borough
Nine hundred children from 42 schools joined in the annual ‘bike bus’ earlier this month
Read MoreHackney’s East Asian charities win £35k grant to revamp old Bath House in De Beauvoir
The run-down building could reopen as a kitchen and hub for borough’s Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino populations – if final fundraising push is successful
Read MoreBlurton Road residents speak out over ‘life-threatening’ speeding on their street
Transport chief promises to visit area as figures over speeding on residential street deemed ‘out of date’
Read MoreFather of blind 10-year-old ‘humiliated in Kafkaesque nightmare’ over disabled parking bay
Lack of clarity over policy leaves family ‘passed as a buck between uncaring officials’
Read MoreLocal councillors united in criticism of Chris Williamson’s return to Labour following antisemitism row
Hackney Mayor expresses ‘regret’ at decision while Conservative councillor calls out readmission as ‘utter disgrace’
Read MoreTwo pedestrian crossings in Hackney get a rainbow remake for Pride
The crossings have been painted on two roads with historical ties to the local LGBTQI+ community
Read MoreHackney becomes first council in the UK to make Windrush a cabinet duty
Cllr Carole Williams, who has led the Town Hall’s response to the immigration scandal, adds Windrush to her portfolio
Read MoreOver 200 new homes could be built in final phase of council’s award-winning Kings Crescent Estate project
Plans submitted this week also include refurbishments to 174 existing properties on the Stoke Newington block
Read MoreMarian Court resident still without new home amidst reports of hate crimes and vandalism
East End Sisters Uncut hit out at council as mum-of-four offered vandalised property
Read MoreTown Hall lays out action plan in response to Ofsted criticism of children’s services
Town Hall commits to prioritising children’s ‘lived experience’
Read MoreGovernment’s zero emissions target prompts concern for Hackney’s small businesses
Scrutiny commission criticises proposals as lacking in details of how to accomplish targets
Read MoreMedics quizzed over plans for ‘eligibility criteria’ for hip, knee and cataract operations
Healthwatch Hackney voices ‘intense nervousness’ at plans to restrict access to procedures
Read MoreUnions react to Town Hall’s new workforce plans amid concerns austerity could leave services ‘unfit’
Council to start setting targets to reduce spend on agency workers
Read More‘Stop the spread’: Doctors issue new warning to parents amid ongoing measles outbreak
More than 350 cases recorded in Hackney and Haringey in the past eight months as local GP urges people to ‘think of the benefits’
Read MoreFrequent publication of council freesheet ‘unacceptably compromises’ local press, says judge
Town Hall considers legal options as Mayor expresses ‘disappointment’ with outcome of judicial review
Read More‘Tip of the iceberg’: More than 40 families with SEND children left without respite funding for months
Hackney Independent Parents call on borough’s mayor to intervene as parents reported as ‘at the end of their tether’
Read MoreCouncil urges renters to shop rogue landlords as it vows to get tough over ‘unfair’ fees
Town Hall asks for help as it pledges to strictly enforce new ban on ‘unreasonable’ charges
Read More‘You cannot build yourself out of congestion’: Transport chief joins in condemnation of Silvertown Tunnel
Campaigners slam City Hall attempt to tackle Blackwall congestion as ‘expensive mistake’
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