Posts Tagged ‘Penny Wrout’
Titbits – Tale of two halves
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read More‘Gaslighting’: Disabled man trapped in flat for months slams landlord over rehousing delays
Malcolm Cripps was ‘traumatised’ after being unable to leave his building last year but is still in the same property
Read MoreTown Hall to consult on changing ‘generous’ social care charges
Health and social care chief says policy currently subsidises wealthiest residents as opposition argues ‘no good will come’ of engagement on draft changes
Read MoreFinance chief declines to rule out inflation-busting service charge hikes
Cllr Robert Chapman quizzed over state of borough’s housing revenue account and plans to address ‘unsustainable’ pressure
Read MoreCouncil to close four primary schools as pupil numbers collapse
St Dominic’s, St Mary’s, Oldhill and Sir Thomas Abney schools to shut from September
Read MoreCouncil asks for opinions on plans to cut traffic and ‘humanise streets’
Cllr Sarah Young defends rollout of low traffic zones as opposition councillor says council consultation has a credibility issue
Read MoreLocals restart campaign to ban ‘intimidating’ HGVs from Victoria Park Road
Residents warn of lorries gridlocking congestion zones and point to recent fatalities
Read MoreOpposition parties slam government’s ‘cruel’ welfare cuts
Hackney mayor defends Labour, saying she sees ‘strong direction of travel’ in Whitehall policy
Read MoreIndependent Socialists urge council to use £4m reserves to halt primary school closures
Opposition groups lay out alternative budget plans, with mayor accusing Green co-leader of ‘populism’
Read MoreHackney’s deficit has shrunk by £16m, says mayor
Caroline Woodley accused of hypocrisy over continuing ‘austerity’
Read MoreDivestment activists ‘jumping on bandwagon’, says Hackney’s pensions chair
Cllr Kam Adams says campaigners’ demands unclear – despite persistent calls for council to pull funds from specific arms firms
Read MoreHackney Council votes to lobby government over ‘inhumane’ hostile environment
Town Hall passes motion urging Home Secretary to drop ‘destructive’ measures in rare show of cross-party consensus
Read More‘Leave us kids alone!’: Hackney forges ahead with school closures as families and staff protest
Controversial plans to shut and merge four schools follows similar spate of closures in 2024
Read MoreCriminal investigation launched into Airbnb key worker home ‘scandal’, council says
Hackney Council and Peabody probing potential fraud over use of ‘affordable’ home billed for disabled key worker
Read MoreIndependent Socialists launch Hackney People’s Forum in challenge to council’s ‘top-down’ approach
Ex-Labour councillors say ‘people power is coming’ as they champion grassroots-led initiative
Read MoreCommissioner warns against ‘reckless public discourse’ ahead of Mossbourne investigation
Jim Gamble has raised concerns around people making assertions about the review which are ‘simply wrong’
Read MoreNo savings ‘yet’ from contentious housing register shake-up, council admits
Data shows Hackney residents are waiting for 20 years on average for a council home
Read More‘Cost-of-greed crisis’: Opposition councillors urge Town Hall to back ‘immediate’ wealth tax
Debate on Green motion calling for redistribution pushed to January
Read MoreCouncil urged to investigate Hackney’s schools following Mossbourne allegations
Councillors say children are ‘suffering under a culture of fear and cruelty’ in some academies
Read MoreDBS checks now compulsory for Hackney’s elected politicians
The move follows two recent cases of ex-councillors being charged with sex offences
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