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Posts Tagged ‘hackney mayor’

Hackney’s new Green mayor signals break with previous administration over ‘clinical’ use of performance targets

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Saturday 30 May 2026 at 12:10
Photograph of Zoe Garbett

Zoë Garbett took aim at previous Labour regime’s reliance on KPIs in maiden speech

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What’s next after the Greens’ historic takeover of Hackney?

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 19 May 2026 at 14:14
Photograph of Hackney's new mayor, the Green party's Zoë Garbett

Hackney’s new mayor Zoë Garbett pledged to ‘change the system’ as she claimed victory at the local elections. What has she promised to do, and how will she try to achieve her goals?

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Exclusive: New Hackney mayor Zoë Garbett speaks to the Citizen following victory

By Patrick Cardwell | Friday 8 May 2026 at 15:36
Hackney mayor Zoë Garbett

‘I think it really shows that people have looked for an alternative and they’ve seen what we’re offering in terms of hope for Hackney’

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Hackney mayoral election 2026: Five candidates to compete for borough’s top job

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 13 April 2026 at 18:59
Polling station credit Martin Deutsch

On 7 May, eligible residents will vote in two elections – one to choose the directly-elected mayor, and the other to pick their local councillors

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Ridley Road Shopping Village traders win reprieve after protesters block private security

By Gabriel MacArthur | Thursday 2 April 2026 at 18:23

The standoff marks the latest chapter in a nine-year battle between offshore developers Larochette and Ridley Road vendors

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Council’s £51 million budget gap likely to increase if ‘Fair Funding Review’ left unchanged

By Claudia Lee | Saturday 1 November 2025 at 08:36
Hackney Town Hall

Concerns raised over ‘detrimental’ impact of government’s review on council finances

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Broken lifts, loss of hot water and overdue repairs: Hackney Council pays out ‘astonishing’ £572,000 in compensation

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 9 October 2025 at 10:49
Hackney Town Hall

Hackney councillor told officers she had gone two months without hot water in her housing block

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Town Hall scores £2m for Hackney Museum revamp

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 11 April 2025 at 20:48
Design ideas for the new museum

Centre will close this year to for transformation works including new exhibition spaces

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Dame Meg Hillier MP alerts Hackney Mayor to key worker Airbnb holiday home ‘scandal’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 27 December 2024 at 16:39
Dame Meg Hillier MP

Victoria Park residents raise alarm after council-funded, fully-accessible flat for disabled key worker listed on rental site

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Countering the rhetoric: Hackney migrants speak out following a summer of discontent 

By Josef Steen | Friday 13 September 2024 at 22:11
Anti-racism protest on Saturday 10 August 2024

‘It’s hard to escape the fact that the far-right succeeded in bringing crucial support services to a standstill,’ says Hackney Migrant Centre CEO

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Net zero targets: Mayor shrugs off doom and gloom as two-thirds of councils flag lack of funding

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 2 September 2024 at 20:02
Caroline Woodley and Mete Coban

‘Despite significant financial challenges, we’re committed,’ says Caroline Woodley

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Council tax hike confirmed as Mayor Woodley’s first budget is voted through

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 29 February 2024 at 14:53

Hackney’s new leader praised the ‘ambitious’ finance plan in the face of criticism from opposition councillors

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Gaza: Hackney Council calls for cessation of hostilities

By Darryl Chamberlain | Thursday 25 January 2024 at 12:42

Green party motion passes – with qualified Labour support

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Hackney mayoral by-election to take place following Philip Glanville’s resignation

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 25 September 2023 at 14:40
Notice of Mayoral vacancy

By law, the by-election has to be held within 35 working days

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Charedi orthodox children missing out on free school meals

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 24 August 2023 at 18:17
Deputy Mayor Anntoinette Bramble and cabinet member for education, young people and children’s social care and Mayor Philip Glanville enjoy a school dinner at Mandeville primary school (a maintained school).

‘No child should have just bread for their lunch. It’s very upsetting.’

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Casey Review: Hackney Council ‘appalled’ by Metropolitan Police’s systemic failings

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 21 March 2023 at 18:26
Althea

‘Policing by consent at serious risk of collapse’

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Increase in councillors’ allowances approved

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 30 January 2023 at 11:34
Hackney Town Hall

Every councillor can claim a basic annual allowance of £12,014.

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‘Populist hobby horses rather than tackling the cost of living crisis’ – Mayor responds to Queen’s Speech

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 11 May 2022 at 07:13
Philip Glanville.

‘Instead of tackling the cost of living crisis, today’s proposals showed the Government seems bizarrely preoccupied’

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Hackney remembers Duke of Edinburgh as flags flown at half-mast

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 9 April 2021 at 17:13
Prince Philip

Local tributes are being paid to HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who died at Windsor Castle today at the age of 99.

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Man arrested following ‘disgusting attack’ on pregnant woman in Stamford Hill

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 23 March 2021 at 12:39

Suspect in his late 50s taken into custody after 20-year-old woman was assaulted last week on Manor Road

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