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Posts Tagged ‘London politics’

London legacy: bridge-building in Hackney Wick

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 20 July 2012 at 14:26

A dispute between Olympic legacy planning authorities and a small community in Hackney over a proposed bridge highlights some larger legacy issues

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London legacy: Hackney’s mayor ‘delighted’ as media centre’s preferred bidder is named

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 17 July 2012 at 16:29

The legacy corporation has settled on a potential tenant after speculation that press and broadcast buildings might be demolished instead

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London legacy: security and towpath protests

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 13 July 2012 at 10:32

Small tales of local resentment of the Games underline the need for a true Olympic legacy to be delivered

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Ken Livingstone on riots, debt and the end of the world

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 21 September 2011 at 21:33
Ken Livingstone

Labour’s London mayoral candidate has offered a group of sixth form students his recipe for reviving the capital

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Boris Johnson says London riots “are not a simple issue.”

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 August 2011 at 23:59
Hackney, 8 August 2011

London’s Tory Mayor has said that the riots’ “background field of causation” is “very, very, various.”

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London 2012: Olympic flame will be lit in one year’s time, but still much to do

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 27 July 2011 at 10:55
Aquatics Centre, Olympic Park

IOC hail progress as Tom Daley dives into Aquatics Centre pool, completed on time and budget

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Telling Ken: the Livingstone roadshow

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 1 July 2011 at 17:22
Ken Livingstone

A public meeting in North Hackney showed Labour’s mayoral candidate in platform-building and listening mode

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Young Londoners still don’t feel police are on their side

By Hackney Citizen | Sunday 5 June 2011 at 08:38
Bishop Wayne Malcolm

Boris Johnson has given youth violence a high profile, but needs to ask whether stop-and-search does more harm than good

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London Living Wage: a message from the Mayor

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 9 May 2011 at 20:25

Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone are both trying to claim ownership of the London Living Wage campaign

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Budget night in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 3 March 2011 at 23:15
Hackney Council budget protest

There was a ritual element to last night’s budget-setting in one of London’s stroppiest boroughs. The real politics of cuts have yet to start

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2012 Olympic ticket prices announced

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 October 2010 at 14:53

Full range of ticket prices for London Games will be revealed: more than 8m tickets to go on sale in March

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