Posts Tagged ‘Eric Pickles’
‘We want a clear, loud Islamic voice’ Eric Pickles tells Hackney mosque
Communities Secretary addresses the ‘bit of bother’ surrounding controversial letter sent to Muslim leaders across UK
Read MoreLeader — Dog’s breakfast of a ‘resurrected’ campaign
Plot thickens over Head of Regeneration’s last-gasp call to arms as pow-wows on petition do not add up
Read More‘Eleventh hour’ for Hackney Today as Pickles threatens legal action
Mayor Pipe responds by slamming Government’s ‘absurd war’ against Town Hall freesheets
Read MoreCouncil chief launches petition against ‘damaging’ Government consultation
Head of Regeneration Andrew Sissons challenges Eric Pickles MP over proposed reforms to permitted development rights
Read MoreHackney Today under fire from Eric Pickles and rivals for Mayor of Hackney post
Local Government Secretary’s deadline to Hackney Council expires as Jules Pipe’s rivals attack freesheet
Read MoreSecretary of State Eric Pickles threatens Town Hall over continuing publication of Hackney Today ‘newspaper’
Hackney Council given just two weeks to explain its non-compliance with Publicity Code for local authorities
Read MoreLeader – Hackney Council’s gesture politics over betting shops
Town Hall asks Pickles for more power to restrict where bookies can open, but Labour itself opened the floodgates
Read MoreCouncil ‘Pravda’ Hackney Today operating at loss
Town Hall says printing freesheet still makes financial sense due to ‘absurd’ government rules
Read MoreLeader – Mayor Pipe’s policy is Pickles’ dream
Does Hackney’s Labour leader see Tories’ council tax vote-winner as measure of his success?
Read MoreControversial Sainsbury’s application passed (again) by Hackney Council
Campaigners begin letter-writing drive against development in Stoke Newington
Read MoreYes he can-can! Eric Pickles takes to dance floor
Localism head honcho enjoys ‘first dance for a long time’ in Stamford Hill
Read MoreHackney Today – here tomorrow?
Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles plans to clamp down on the publication of ‘town hall Pravdas’ by ‘hard core authorities’
Read MoreCouncillors’ fury at Hackney Today decision
The council decides to continue publication of its free ‘newspaper’ – one of the very few local authorities to do so
Read MoreCouncil to decide future of Hackney Today
The Cabinet is to consider retention of its freesheet in defiance of criticism that it is simply ’propaganda on the rates’
Read MoreHackney Council paid director over £200k per year
Local authority ‘fat cat’ pay is revealed whilst the government mulls plans to give councillors the power to veto town hall salaries over £100,000
Read MoreHackney Liberal Democrats join row over cost of Town Hall ‘Pravda’
The council may be overestimating the amount of savings it makes by publishing its own ‘newspaper’, claim critics
Read MoreEric Pickles imposes curbs on council PR spending
Communities secretary has banned councils from publishing their own newspapers more than four times a year
Read MoreHackney publishes council spending over £500
Just two weeks before the government’s deadline, the Town Hall has made available its data online
Read MoreHackney Council yet to publish spending over £500
With just two weeks until the government’s deadline, Hackney is one of ten London councils that have still to make available their data online
Read MoreInterview: Ken Livingstone
The Labour party’s candidate for London mayor talks budgets, students, crime and the Olympics
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