Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
Hackney’s cabinet to vote on school closures next week
Council’s decision on proposals to shut or ‘merge’ six primary schools slated for 22 April
Read MoreMayor hopes Hackney will become Borough of Sanctuary ‘within a year’
Q&A session sees Mayor Caroline Woodley acknowledge that many residents “feel left behind”
Read MoreTown Hall scores £2m for Hackney Museum revamp
Centre will close this year to for transformation works including new exhibition spaces
Read MoreTown Hall to pay consultants £2m to help ‘modernise’ council
Mayor says corporate transformation strategy will invest to save and be alternative to ‘salami-slicing’ approach to Town Hall finances
Read More‘What are they afraid of?’: Fresh row over changes to Town Hall constitution
Independent Socialists say they are being ‘punished for being an effective opposition’
Read MoreWetland volunteers honoured with plaque on Hackney Marshes
Cabinet member for culture praises local groups’ work restoring Middlesex Filter Beds
Read MoreGreens pile pressure on Town Hall over tougher rules for Hackney landlords
Opposition urges council to use new powers to make property owners apply for permit to let out homes
Read MoreExplainer: What statutory powers do councils have over academies?
Unlike local authority-maintained schools, academies are run by not-for-profit trusts under contract with the DfE
Read MoreTown Hall presses ahead with King’s Hall revamp
Designs to upgrade deteriorating Grade II-listed building rubber-stamped by council
Read MoreStoke Newington traders fear loss of business rate relief could be ‘final straw’
Council rebuffs shopkeepers’ plea for discount despite warnings over ‘triple whammy’ with tax and wage hikes
Read MoreFears over ‘private sector carve-up’ as council agrees to sell off ‘creative quarter’ sites
Town Hall tries to assure Dalston Curve Garden and others that decision to sell Ashwin Street buildings would not affect arts and culture
Read MoreCouncil to exercise more control over Hackney’s leisure centres
Tax break prompts Town Hall to take ownership of income from gyms and other facilities outsourced to Better Health in 2009
Read MoreHackney yoga studio fears eviction after Transport for London ‘quadruples’ rent
Owners scramble to raise £25k as trades guild warns small businesses are being ‘killed off’
Read MoreCouncil rejects Shoreditch nightclub mogul’s latest bid for new venue
Town Hall said it did not have confidence in owner Shmail Khan after previously revoking his licence twice
Read MoreCouncil spending on agency staff expected to rise by nearly £1m
Town Hall revises forecasts after health and environment costs fuel temporary recruitment drive
Read More‘Full support’: Opposition councillors back Town Hall’s green jobs drive – but stress need for extra cash
Green councillors welcome Town Hall’s target to help 60 people find jobs in next year
Read MoreHackney mayor slams ‘zero-tolerance’ behaviour policies in schools
Caroline Woodley rebukes ‘famous’ academy head as data shows suspensions in Hackney’s secondaries eclipse inner and outer London
Read MoreSchool streets vandalised in ‘appalling criminal sabotage’ across Hackney
More than 20 incidents of damage to cameras, street signs and speed restrictions recorded since June 2024
Read MoreResidents fear more ‘carnage’ as Shoreditch nightclub mogul bids for new venue
Metropolitan police ‘cannot fathom’ why former Cargo director is asking for new licence after twice having it revoked
Read MoreHackney and Islington schools take fight against closures to Parliament
St Dominic’s joined by pupils and staff from neighbouring borough for Westminster march
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