Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
Hackney to open two children’s homes as council moves to end reliance on private care
Partnership with charity Action for Children aims to keep looked-after children in the borough
Read MoreHackney Council looks to divest pension fund from firms linked to human rights abuses
Council’s Green administration begins overhauling its investment strategy to exclude companies operating in territories condemned by international bodies
Read MoreHackney among boroughs warning climate change could cost London £15bn a year by 2050
Worsening heatwaves, floods and drought will hit unless government acts, warns a partnership of 12 central boroughs including Hackney
Read MoreHackney bought 43 homes for temporary housing — but kept no record of who was living in them
The council is one of a dozen London authorities buying up properties for emergency housing with no knowledge of whether tenants were evicted to make way for the sales, an investigation has found
Read MoreLeader: Fix the politics — and the plumbing
Labour rewrote Hackney’s rulebook to suit itself. Then it lost. The Greens should learn the lesson, not repeat it
Read MoreLast phase of Britannia Project on hold as council contractor enters administration
The final stage of a major regeneration project in Hackney has stalled after the lead contractor fell into administration following a High Court ruling.
Read MoreLeader – ‘Lives, not spreadsheets’: Hackney’s new mayor is right to doubt the dashboard — but on climate, targets are how we survive
Standing in the council chamber at the first full meeting since the Greens’ landslide, Hackney’s new mayor set out a governing creed in plain terms
Read MoreResident trapped in council block lift for 40 minutes — just hours after engineers said they had fixed it
‘If I had been stuck in there without a phone, I don’t know how I would’ve got out’
Read More‘I’m running out of hope’: NHS worker driven to brink after 20 months of hell from anti-social neighbour
Tenant left sleep-deprived and on verge of breakdown by ‘nocturnal’ neighbour
Read MoreCouncil admits restructure worsened backlog of 15,000 overdue housing safety checks
Watchdog sounded alarm nearly two years ago — yet problem has spiralled
Read MoreNear-impassable: resident raises alarm over ‘sea of bikes’ cluttering pavements near Broadway Market
Terry Stewart, a 70-year-old partially-sighted resident, warned that the strewn bikes make streets near-impassable for vulnerable pedestrians.
Read MoreNew Hackney Half route is bad for business, traders warn council
Hackney businesses have warned they are losing one of their best trading days of the year following changes to the route
Read More‘Shellshocked’ and ‘exhausted’: The Mount residents raise concerns over safety and council support after Clapton blaze
Tenants of a four-storey council block off Mount Pleasant Lane say the local authority has offered limited support since fire tore through their homes on 5 May — as health fears raised over asbestos, burnt plastics and a hoarded flat still strewn with scorched debris
Read MoreMayor Garbett unveils first Green cabinet as new era begins at the Town Hall
New mayor announces the first members of her cabinet, just days after sweeping the Greens to an historic victory at the Town Hall
Read MoreHackney Council shells out £15.6 million on fire safety consultants
The Town Hall has appointed contractors to identify ‘potentially combustible’ materials in its housing stock by the 2029 deadline
Read MoreOpinion: ‘The campaign for divestment in Hackney may yet be won’
‘As Hackney goes to the polls, at issue is not only divestment, but whether the council’s fundamental decision-making structures are actually fit for purpose’ says Gwen Jones
Read MoreHolborn Studios closes after going into administration
The Hoxton photography studio has permanently closed its doors after 37 years
Read MoreResidents petition council to reopen London Fields paddling pool
While Clissold Park has seen its facilities restored, the London Fields site remains a storage depot
Read MoreMoth Club gets reprieve as council blocks planning bid – but venue ‘not out of the woods’
Venue celebrates a ‘huge win’ following a 30,000-strong petition to block a controversial flat development on Morning Lane
Read MoreCouncil’s uncollected £850k debt leaves leaseholders ‘trapped’ in their building
The freeholder, Restoration Hackney Ltd, owes almost £1 million to the local authority
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