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Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’

Benthal Primary parents ‘thrilled’ as council shelves plans to rebuild school

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 19 December 2018 at 11:06

Council states Shoreditch Park academy still ‘much-needed’ though Save Britannia Leisure Centre campaigners sceptical

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Whoville listen? Councillors labelled ‘grinches’ as campaigners again call for 100 per cent fossil fuel divestment

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 17 December 2018 at 17:18

Christmas cards from Hackney children calling for end to high-carbon investments delivered to committee as Town Hall defends 50 per cent divestment by 2022 as ‘ambitious’

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Council working with private property owners to remove Grenfell-style cladding

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 14 December 2018 at 21:48

‘We will continue to monitor this and ensure no stone is left unturned to make buildings in Hackney safer,’ says mayor

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‘We don’t use WhatsApp’: Young people deliver Snapchat training to council safeguarding officers

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 14 December 2018 at 21:24

‘Paradigm shift’ in social care underway as Town Hall presents new approach of contextualised safeguarding

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‘Homes not hotels’: Protestors lose out at planning committee as ‘harmful’ Chocolate Studios development gets go-ahead

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 13 December 2018 at 22:36

‘We’re very disappointed. The developers quite clearly stated they couldn’t be bothered to speak to the residents’, says councillor

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Number of homes for social rent under completed Woodberry Down plans under scrutiny

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 13 December 2018 at 22:00

Updated plans for seven more socially-rented properties for estate’s Block B approved at planning meeting

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Bard in the Yard: New Shakespeare statue to sit near Elizabethan Shoreditch Theatre

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 13 December 2018 at 21:46

Sculpture planned as part of public realm around Hackney’s first official monument

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Reformed gang members urge schools to stop excluding pupils at risk of exploitation

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 11 December 2018 at 23:07

Calls made for more outreach workers able to speak to young people ‘from a Hackney perspective’

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Space found for socially rented flats in new Woodberry Down block

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 11 December 2018 at 14:22

‘It’s a pretty good deal to get, because the figures at the start were slightly different,’ says community organisation chair

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‘Friends! Musicians! Visionaries!’: Town Hall rally planned to protect Strongroom Studios from construction work

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 11 December 2018 at 12:52

Protesters claim ‘developments such as this will kill culture’ as Save Strongroom petition attracts almost 6,000 names

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Chocolate Studios residents protest being ‘plunged into darkness’ by controversial hotel development

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 7 December 2018 at 21:07

‘There are some office occupiers that actually prefer to have lower levels of natural light,’ says council report

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Warnings over Brexit impact on food supply spark Town Hall review

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 6 December 2018 at 18:40
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‘Setting up food resilience teams is something practical local authorities can do,’ says City University of London

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Residents urge Town Hall to seize opportunity to end ‘mistrust’ with community conversation

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 28 November 2018 at 23:37

Mayor canvasses locals’ vision for Dalston’s future as London Renters Union slams proliferation of ‘massive new developer-led flats’

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Telford Homes restart exploratory works at contaminated construction site

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 28 November 2018 at 22:17

Hackney Wick residents call for assurances that noxious fumes will not be released again

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Mayor talks of challenge of ‘squaring the circle’ over borough’s housing

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 27 November 2018 at 23:48

Town Hall boss calls for ‘balance’ in approach to night-time economy during Mayor’s Question Time event

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Hackney to give microplastics the brush-off with biodegradable bristles

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 27 November 2018 at 15:47

Announcement comes as finance chief boasts of ‘Hackney model’ for new sustainable procurement strategy

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Outcry increases over plans to close all Hackney’s Overground ticket offices

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 23 November 2018 at 19:41

Council considers proposals ‘unacceptable’ as Hackney Disability BackUp and RMT voice opposition

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Thames Water slammed by residents for ‘inadequate’ response to Lea Bridge floods

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 22 November 2018 at 23:59

‘We don’t want to see this any more in Hackney, this should be the last time. It takes its toll on everyone’

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Legal row brewing between campaigners and council over Clapton garden build-over

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 21 November 2018 at 23:52

Town Hall accused of ‘riding roughshod’ over local people but states legal challenge to plans has no grounds

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‘Big step forward’: Hackney Council to get half of its power from renewables by April 2019

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 19 November 2018 at 23:57

Town Hall proposes working with other local authorities ‘to put rocket boosters under investment in renewable energy’

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