Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
Leader – Anti-Veolia deputation fails the ‘spirit test’
Hackney Council’s reasons for preventing a resident speak at a council meeting are puzzling and perhaps disingenuous
Read MoreHackney Council to extend 20 mph speed limit to more roads
Council vows to expand 20 mph zones to more of the borough’s roads – despite police reluctance to enforce them
Read MoreLeader – a Living Wage is a fair one
Hackney Council should act now to broaden Living Wage pay
Read MoreCouncil tax freeze is bad deal for taxpayers warns union
Council tax freeze would lead to cuts to vital services and job losses claims union
Read MoreHarder times for Hackney squatters
The Hackney Citizen investigates the impact of the new legislation scrapping ‘squatters’ rights’ on the borough’s squatting community
Read MoreChatsworth Road Market faces uncertain future
Hackney Council to decide the fate of the weekly Sunday market
Read MoreHackney Council promises action on poverty wages
Hackney Citizen investigation prompts Town Hall to review policy on advertising jobs that fail to meet the London Living Wage
Read MoreCenterprise loses court case against Hackney Council
A black community centre has lost its fight in court to remain in its Kingsland Road premises
Read MoreStorm over Centerprise rages through Black History Month
Black literature and arts hub unable to meet council’s rent demands
Read MoreHackney Council admits debate on its tobacco investments needed
Cllr Jonathan McShane questions whether council should be investing in tobacco companies whilst promoting messages about healthy lifestyles
Read MoreRidley Road Market row – is eating cane rat really any different to eating zebra?
Cane rat meat isn’t the problem – we should be more concerned about regulation
Read MoreThe future of education in Hackney – a word from councillor Rita Krishna
Cabinet Member for Children’s Services looks to what lies ahead for the borough’s schoolchildren and college students
Read MoreLearning Trust returns education services to Hackney Council control
Council takes over the running of its education services as decade-long contract with private provider comes to an end
Read MoreMove to car-free streets to help Hackney children play
Youngsters set to reclaim their residential roads
Read MoreSainsbury’s revised plan stokes fears
Residents encouraged to speak up over proposed Stoke Newington supermarket development
Read MoreCouncil tax discounts face axe
Hackney Council launches consultation on response to new government benefit cuts
Read MoreCouncil accused over Games parking ‘insanity’
Resident complains of ‘Kafkaesque’ experience, and demands apology and compensation
Read MoreTown Hall ‘snub’ to Paralympics
Disability rights activists criticise council after sports screen is removed
Read MoreCouncil offers £2,000 compensation to Hackney newsagent over Olympic bunting bungle
Respected trader Hamdy Shahein says he will give the money to charity
Read MoreMayor apologises to Hackney newsagent over Olympic bunting bungle
Stoke Newington newsagent is considering suing Hackney Council over ‘fake’ goods slur
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