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Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’

Council’s use of embedded Home Office staff criticised as part of ‘hostile environment’

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 16 November 2018 at 17:35
Hackney Town Hall

Project 17 and Hackney Green Party urge Town Hall to think again on ‘very intimidating’ policy

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‘Grim reading’: Net loss of hundreds of social rent homes expected under Woodberry Down plans

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 15 November 2018 at 10:03

Town Hall contest figures though unable to directly refute them due to poor record-keeping in the 2000s

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‘No obvious link’ between Hackney’s drug markets and an increase in violence, report finds

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 14 November 2018 at 18:32

Findings contradict National Crime Agency claims that drugs fuel London’s violent crime

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Young Black Men programme’s Inspirational Leaders speak out

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 14 November 2018 at 18:16

Youth mentors call for ‘nuanced avenues’ in community support

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‘Explosive’ report questions Town Hall’s proposed tower repair work

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 13 November 2018 at 14:56

Morland leaseholders demand ‘firm evidence’ from council for basis of remedial proposals

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Town Hall backs campaign to resettle 10,000 child refugees

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 1 November 2018 at 16:13

Doha Al-Halaq, 15, addresses packed town hall meeting calling on local authority to pledge its support

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Moving scenes as Town Hall passes motion to tackle rare cancers

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 1 November 2018 at 13:23

‘All too often rare or less common cancers come as an afterthought. That can’t be the case anymore’

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Councillors reject government’s ‘end of austerity’ claim

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 30 October 2018 at 14:55
Hackney Town Hall

‘We’ve been told that austerity is coming to an end. It doesn’t feel like it’s over here’

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Council position on second referendum ‘left open’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 26 October 2018 at 16:41

Hackney Liberal Democrats call for official council motion on second EU referendum

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Campaigners calling for more places for child refugees to host free evening of films

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 23 October 2018 at 12:38

Safe Passage UK will ask the council to welcome more child refugees and push the government to do the same

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Hackney Council slammed for ‘perverse’ approach to playground air pollution

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 22 October 2018 at 20:21

Hackney ‘at odds’ with 23 other councils and City Hall over Whitehall’s air quality guidance, say campaigners

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Morland residents decry council’s ‘utter contempt’ over tower repair charges

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 19 October 2018 at 20:46

Quoted fees ‘could put me back ten years on my mortgage,’ says leaseholder

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Letter: ‘Labour must now defend the national interest’

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 19 October 2018 at 15:20

Architect Jake Ireland urges his Labour councillors in Hackney Central to formally ‘support a People’s Vote with the option to Remain’

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Hackney Council pays £360k to data firm whose software profiles troubled families

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 18 October 2018 at 19:00
Hackney Town Hall

Town Hall confirms people who use its services are not told their data is being used in this way

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Contamination sparks calls for residents to have more say over Hackney Wick’s future

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 18 October 2018 at 14:25

LLDC states fumes which threatened closure of primary school pose “no safety issue for residents”

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Jewish primary school celebrates Democracy Day

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 16 October 2018 at 16:57

Pupils at Simon Marks created manifestos with local politicians before voting for the school council

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Council braces for potentially ‘catastrophic’ no-deal Brexit

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 16 October 2018 at 14:20

‘We could lose very significant numbers of our frontline staff very quickly,’ says councillor

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Hackney Council unveils plaque honouring peace symbol creator

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 15 October 2018 at 13:27

Artist Gerald Holtom’s family ‘proud’ to see his work commemorated on Blackstock Road – where he first presented his design

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Furious Hackney Wick residents demand answers over contaminated construction site

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 13 October 2018 at 10:53

Principal speaks up for ‘young lungs’ at local primary school as council confirms carcinogenic hydrocarbons as cause of ‘odours’

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Finance boss calls for halt to ‘damaging’ Universal Credit roll-out

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 12 October 2018 at 18:08

Councillor highlights potential impact on residents with limited access to or experience of digital technology

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