Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
Nick Clegg visits Hackney to speak with ‘heroine’ Pauline Pearce
Deputy Prime Minister says he is ‘honoured’ to meet the ‘Hackney Heroine’ ahead of council by-election
Read MoreLeader: Hackney Council – show us the money
Hackney Council refuses to reveal how much it it pays consultants filling interim senior officer posts
Read MoreOlympic Village social housing plans revealed
Six boroughs to get 107 homes between them for social housing in the post-Games ‘East Village’
Read MoreHackney Council rejects Dalston 18-storey tower block plan
Town Hall planning committee turns down proposal for 18-storey block in Kingsland High Street
Read MoreHackney Council passes budget with £10m public spending cuts
Council tax frozen for seventh year running as spending plans for year approved by councillors
Read MoreHackney Council assistant chief executive paid direct to limited company
Town Hall comms chief paid since 2009 as a consultant, rather than as a council employee
Read MoreHackney Council sets 20mph speed limit for residential roads
By April, all residential roads in the borough will have a 20 mph speed limit
Read MoreHackney school roads ‘not safe’ for kids
Cash squeeze and poorly framed regulations make school parking restrictions impossible to enforce. Hackney Council says it is resolving the problem
Read MoreThe People’s Supermarket launches ‘buy a brick’ campaign to help fund new Hackney store
The People’s Supermarket second store aims to provide ‘fresh, affordable food’ with the help of the local community
Read MoreHackney Council secures £5 million in riots revamp
The Burberry Outlet Store is to be at the centre of council development plans to create 200 new jobs
Read MoreHackney community projects safe from spending cuts – for now
Projects that help at community level avoid council spending squeeze. But no guarantees beyond 2013
Read MoreHackney CCTV: someone to watch over me
The Hackney Citizen pays a visit to the hub of Hackney’s surveillance network and looks into personal privacy issues
Read MoreHackney fourth worst in UK for child poverty
Child poverty in Hackney is falling, but the borough still has a worryingly high proportion of children living below the breadline
Read MoreCuts to Hackney care budget could ‘harm’ older people warn charities
Social care has already been hit hard by the Coalition Government’s spending squeeze and plans for more cuts risk making life intolerable for many needy pensioners
Read MoreTech City defends its £1m+ budget
The re-branded Silicon Roundabout project has come under fire for wasting money
Read MoreWenlock Arms ‘saved’ as Hackney Council protects historic pub
Council votes to extend the Regent’s Canal Conservation area, providing well-loved pub with protection against demolition
Read MoreLeader: Hackney Mayor’s cosy relationship with ‘Occupied’ investment bank UBS
Hackney’s Mayor should not let local hand-outs from investment bank influence his stance on Occupy protest
Read MoreHackney estate tenants in pets row
Proposed changes to tenancy agreements for Hackney residents living in council-owned properties are causing concern
Read MoreTop Boy, Top Christmas
A look back at Hackney in 2011, another year of the unexpected and unpredictable
Read MoreHackney Council rent hike threatens Centerprise
An iconic Dalston bookshop and cultural centre may have to close if a new lease fails to be agreed
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