Posts Tagged ‘hackney council’
‘Cyclists don’t stop’: disabled residents frightened of floating bus stops as council urged to reject them
Protesters turned up to the Town Hall in anger at the council updating its plans for Queensbridge Road
Read MoreRidley Road Shopping Village traders bid for community asset status
Traders have held out at the Dalston shopping hall since March, working without lights after the landlord cut the power
Read MoreWoodberry Down Disco turns WhatsApp group into a dancefloor
Founder Nirmala Kesumadewi wanted a way to meet the thousands of neighbours she only knew from a group chat
Read MoreHackney Council security guard filmed throwing housing protester to the floor
Campaigners spent two hours in the foyer demanding a home for a family in one-bedroom temporary accommodation
Read MoreCouncil hands out £10,500 to open repair cafés across Hackney
Volunteers will fix broken household items for free as the Town Hall marks Zero Waste Week with grants for seven community groups
Read MoreEmpty Stoke Newington Town Hall costs council £850,000 a year
Grade II-listed landmark has stood empty for seven years, with asbestos and a hidden coal bunker delaying repairs
Read MoreCouncil delays left autistic boy without teaching for months
Watchdog orders Town Hall to pay £4,500 to the family for causing ‘avoidable distress’
Read MoreCouncil hires Wates to finish stalled Britannia regeneration
Council officers used delegated powers to move the contract to a parent company that later folded
Read MoreLabour attacks Green record as Garbett marks 100 days
Labour has used the Green administration’s 100-day mark to accuse it of neglecting repairs, buses and nursery fees. The mayor’s office calls the charge sheet an ‘inaccurate shopping list’
Read MorePlans submitted for 23-storey ‘co-living’ high rise in Homerton
A ‘co-living’ high-rise block could be coming to Hackney under plans to knock down and redevelop abandoned garages in Homerton
Read MoreGreens and Labour trade blows over London Fields paddling pool
Cabinet member Jacob Cable says the pool ‘sat closed and derelict’ under Labour, as Cllr Anntoinette Bramble accuses the new administration of offering ‘kind platitudes’ instead of a firm commitment
Read MoreResidents fight Town Hall plan to build on Hoxton community garden
Campaigners say the 16-year-old kitchen garden on St John’s Estate cannot be moved, as Hackney Council proposes 32 social rent homes on the site
Read MoreHoxton playgrounds locked for years as Labour councillor launches campaign to reopen them
Repairs are underway at one Wenlock Barn play area. The other needs more than a routine fix — and the council has set no timetable for it
Read More‘More like 20 years’: Zoë Garbett on 100 days in office
From a £53m funding gap to a fight over single-sex spaces, Hackney’s first Green mayor on rearranging the furniture and setting a new tone at the Town Hall
Read MoreCouncil must keep tenants cool under new heat law
City Hall says failing to adapt could cost London up to £36bn a year by the 2050s
Read MoreRecord grades across Hackney as academies report best-ever GCSE results
Provisional figures put the borough above emerging national and London averages, the Town Hall says
Read MoreHaifa mayor calls for ‘dialogue’ but leaves Citizen’s questions unanswered
Yona Yahav’s office sent a newspaper article and a statement from an interfaith forum convened under his own auspices
Read MoreCouncil rejects self-storage plans for crumbling Anvil House
Officers criticised an ‘excessively prominent’ top storey, poor-quality cladding and unfinished bat surveys
Read More‘No postcode lottery’: Greens take Hackney childcare case to ministers
Town Hall asks parents for evidence to present to the government, delivering half a manifesto pledge while a promised review of fee rises inherited from Labour remains unfinished
Read MoreWatchdog downgrades Hackney mental health crisis care over safety failures
Two-thirds of crisis staff missed mandatory supervision, and a bathroom CCTV blind spot went unfixed for two years
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