Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
Town Hall proposes council tax rise after 10-year freeze
Government is no longer offering council tax-freeze grant so Town Hall says proposed two per cent rise is ‘prudent’
Read MoreFuture of Haggerston Baths should be decided in public, say campaigners
Pool campaign group calls for ‘public perusal’ and debate
Read MoreHackney Council ‘only cares about money’ in turning Victorian school into flats, say critics
Vision Homes deal ‘beggars belief’ and puts money above heritage
Read MoreCrossrail 2 plans to demolish Dalston homes blasted by Hackney Council
Cabinet member calls for ‘fundamental rethink’ on rail proposals
Read MoreTom Hunter on squatting in Hackney during the 90s: 'It gave my art a meaning and a purpose'
The photographer recalls life as a student on Ellingfort Road, then a fully squatted street, and the community he helped to build – and battled to save
Read MoreTom Hunter on squatting in Hackney during the 90s: ‘It gave my art a meaning and a purpose’
The photographer recalls life as a student on Ellingfort Road, then a fully squatted street, and the community he helped to build – and battled to save
Read MoreHousing: Why Hackney Council needs to get ‘passiv aggressive’
Passivhaus housing can reduce energy bills to almost zero, meaning a substantial CO2 saving – so why isn’t the council commissioning it?
Read MoreIs this the end of Ridley Road Market as we know it?
Fee hikes, Crossrail 2 and a changing community are making it difficult for traders to continue
Read MoreRidley Road Market traders ‘might not be able to carry on’ as fee hike looms
Chair of traders’ association says stall holders will struggle to cope with proposed increases
Read MoreDeveloper fined £700,000 for illegally building block of flats
Yusuf Sarodia ordered to demolish block of 34 flats he built in 2011 without planning permission
Read MoreDalston’s ‘cultural quarter’ not up for sale, council insists
Eastern Curve Garden, Peace Mural and Railway Tavern will all be affected by ‘regeneration package’
Read MoreFuming residents consider options over London Fields cycleway
‘People just don’t want this,’ claims councillor as Town Hall reveals details of consultation
Read MorePee-back time: council introduces ‘bounce off’ walls in bid to slash street urination
Specially-coated walls designed to repel liquid are Town Hall’s secret weapon in battle against public peeing
Read MoreScrapping poverty targets will make children ‘invisible’, charity warns
Department for Work and Pensions plans to stop measuring child hardship in favour of measures tackling ‘root causes’
Read MoreCouncil backpedals over London Fields cycleway
Town Hall has delayed three-month trial of cycle quietway trial after the new consultation period
Read MoreLeader – The wild, disorderly year that was
Rough sleepers faced fines, foxes dodged a council cull and trendies were branded too hip for Shoreditch
Read MoreGCHQ pavement ads breach council rules in graffiti gaffe
Security and intelligence organisation claims it sought permission but council denies any record of agreement
Read MoreHouse homeless people in empty council buildings, urge campaigners
Petition launched calling on the Town Hall to throw open the doors of its underused premises
Read MoreLondon Fields residents clash over car-cutting measures
Rival petitions launched after council announces plans to block off roads to through-traffic
Read MoreOffice politics: Town Hall to raise cash by renting out Keltan House
Mare Street building could be turned into bar as ‘continued austerity measures’ pushes council into leasing assets
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