Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
Hackney 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
Read MoreHackney Council defends CLR James library ‘Starbucks cafe’ decision
‘It’s not a Starbucks’ says Hackney Council, but admits the cafe will sell Starbucks coffee and other Starbucks products
Read MoreHackney public sector workers strike over pensions
Strikes hit Hackney’s services as its public sector workers heed their union’s call to fight pension cuts
Read MoreBid to curb betting shop ‘blight’ gains support from local councils
Council leaders are calling for extra local powers to curb the ‘blight’ of betting shops on the high street
Read MoreHackney Council defends ‘slowest’ adoption rate
Hackney Council has been ‘named and shamed’ as having the ‘slowest’ adoption rate in the country – but the service is also one of the most sustainable
Read MoreSeeing through the spin: experts call for greater council transparency
Too dangerous, too complicated, too expensive: objections raised by councillors to open data and greater freedom of council information
Read MoreLetter: Deputy Mayor disputes cost saving of dumping green energy
Councillor Sophie Linden says Hackney Citizen is ‘misleading’ over the cash Hackney Council saved when it quietly dumped its ‘green’ electricity tariff
Read MoreLeader: Hackney makeovers and council make-believe
Real life events will always hamper Hackney Council’s efforts to manage the presentation of the borough
Read MoreLocals face battle with investors as Hackney rental costs continue to soar
The Hackney Citizen investigates the impact of a recent surge in property prices on Hackney rents
Read MoreLeader: talk is cheap
Do Hackney’s politicians always mean what they say?
Read MoreHackney Council to evict Dalston squatters
A squat in St Mark’s Rise is the latest in a string of properties to be emptied by bullish housing chiefs
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