Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
Council under fire over use of ‘low pay employers’ in new recycling rewards scheme
‘Bitter irony’ that the scheme’s launch coincided with Mayor Glanville’s pledge to tackle poverty pay
Read MoreHackney’s economy ‘at risk of stagnation’ over rates hike, council warns
Town Hall urges government to delay ‘devastating’ increase in business rates amid Brexit fears
Read MoreHaggerston Park campaigners condemn decision to approve temporary school
Alternative vision for BMX track and nature reserve disregarded as council waves through temporary school plans
Read MoreHackney Walk: Residents demand action over ‘horrendous alarms’ and ‘endless pop-up parties’
Much-vaunted fashion hub accused of ‘breaking promises about noise and light pollution’ as council ‘drags its feet’
Read MoreCampaigners demand ‘mini Holland’ in Hackney after Walthamstow success
Council accused of ‘wasting an opportunity’ to trial a similar traffic reduction scheme in London Fields
Read MoreCouncil weighs up temporary school plans for Haggerston ‘parkland’ as campaigners set out alternative vision
Planning committee set to decide tonight whether to grant permission to create temporary school premises on the disputed site
Read MoreRough sleepers penalised via council loophole, group claims
CPNs stop antisocial activity as part of outreach work, Town Hall insists
Read MoreTitbits – growing Momentum, growing beards, and the council’s Olympic false start
Facial furniture, Labour elections and more cancelled council meetings feature in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreLondon Fields residents ‘deliberately sidelined’ over plans to fling up flats
Feud continues over plot of land that the council sold in 2013 in the face of local opposition
Read MoreDish up, dish out: Hackney restaurants sign up to ‘solidarity tax’ to fight food poverty
Restaurants can add a few optional pennies to a bill or menu item, with the proceeds going towards food supplies for Spitalfields Crypt Trust and Hackney Migrant Centre
Read MoreTraffic warden ‘lashes out at driver’ for filming him on his mobile phone
The motorist caught the incident on video following a row outside Homerton Hospital over a parking ticket
Read MoreCouncil launches £640k recycling rewards scheme despite ‘mixed results’
Government-funded initiative is part of a fresh drive to boost stagnant recycling rates in Hackney, but research suggests such schemes are ‘unreliable’
Read MoreLondon Fields Lido forced to close until next spring for ‘urgent repairs’
Swimming pool will be out of action from November so council can fix cracking tiles
Read MoreRevealed: Hackney Council sprays around 1,200 litres of glyphosate in the borough each year
Weedkiller is ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’ according to World Health Organisation, but Town Hall says it has been declared safe by the EU
Read MoreLetter – ‘Halt demolition of Britannia Leisure Centre’
Three campaign groups write to Hackney’s mayor Philip Glanville amid fears tower block of 176 ‘unaffordable’ flats will be built
Read MoreAkwaaba – a place of welcome for Hackney’s migrants
Social centre helps immigrants and asylum seekers integrate into community life, writes Michael Boyle
Read MoreTitbits: misspellings, Hackney ‘Cancel’ and is the honeymoon over for Sadiq?
Gaffes, oddities and frayed tempers feature in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreHackney Council redacted ‘secret’ payments worth £14m in one month, report finds
Anti-corruption charity accuses local authorities of ‘lacking transparency’ over spending
Read MoreStopping traffic ‘critical’ to Chatsworth Road market survival, organisers warn
Residents’ survey reveals 80 per cent support vehicle ban between the Dunlace and Rushmore Road junctions during Sunday market hours
Read MoreMother and disabled child inappropriately housed after fleeing domestic violence, council admits
Hackney woman, who declined to be named, had to carry her wheelchair-using child up stairs to reach bathroom
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