Six boroughs to get 107 homes between them for social housing in the post-Games ‘East Village’

Town Hall planning committee turns down proposal for 18-storey block in Kingsland High Street

Council tax frozen for seventh year running as spending plans for year approved by councillors

Town Hall comms chief paid since 2009 as a consultant, rather than as a council employee

By April, all residential roads in the borough will have a 20 mph speed limit

Cash squeeze and poorly framed regulations make school parking restrictions impossible to enforce. Hackney Council says it is resolving the problem

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