The People’s Supermarket second store aims to provide ‘fresh, affordable food’ with the help of the local community

The Burberry Outlet Store is to be at the centre of council development plans to create 200 new jobs

Projects that help at community level avoid council spending squeeze. But no guarantees beyond 2013

The Hackney Citizen pays a visit to the hub of Hackney’s surveillance network and looks into personal privacy issues

Child poverty in Hackney is falling, but the borough still has a worryingly high proportion of children living below the breadline

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

The re-branded Silicon Roundabout project has come under fire for wasting money

Council votes to extend the Regent’s Canal Conservation area, providing well-loved pub with protection against demolition

Hackney’s Mayor should not let local hand-outs from investment bank influence his stance on Occupy protest

Proposed changes to tenancy agreements for Hackney residents living in council-owned properties are causing concern