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Posts Tagged ‘Sharon Patrick’

‘It’s not f***ing okay’ – Tempers flare at council debate over Hackney’s ‘ties’ with Israel

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 27 October 2025 at 11:49
Protestors outside Hackney Town Hall

The council has faced pressure from Green party and Independent Socialist councillors to end its twinning relationship with Haifa, but Hackney Labour party has accused its opponents of political game-playing

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Local politicians pay tribute to late Pedro Club founder James Cook MBE

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 18 June 2025 at 18:37

The community ‘legend’ passed away earlier this month following a bladder cancer diagnosis

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Labour stalwart elected as Hackney Speaker for third time

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 May 2025 at 10:06

Cllr Sharon Patrick was chosen to wear the gold chain at the council’s AGM this month

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Opposition groups stage Council AGM walkout over ‘assault on democracy’

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 15 May 2025 at 14:52
Hackney Council AGM 14 May 2025

Green party and Independent councillors slam Labour for ‘stifling criticism’, attacking service failures and position on Israel-Gaza war

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‘So proud’: Councillors praise Hackney ice skaters after victory in national competition

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 17 January 2025 at 18:11

Lee Valley London Skating Club team Stardust won first prize at 2025 Britannia Cup last weekend

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‘We need to get our finger out’: Councillors welcome plans for ‘specialist’ homes for vulnerable residents

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 18 September 2024 at 11:19

Town Hall proposes a mix of upgraded and new accommodation to be built over the next 10 years

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New deputy speaker appointed following previous incumbent’s child sexual assault charge

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 26 July 2024 at 15:15

Cllr Sharon Patrick replaces Lee Laudat-Scott, who was charged last week with sexually assaulting a boy under the age of 13

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Child Q: Councillors call for resignation of Hackney police borough commander

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 18 March 2022 at 18:35
Hackney’s police commander Marcus Barnett

‘We no longer see you occupying the role of Borough Commander as a tenable option for our borough’

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Titbits – Chestnuts, Churchill and the Chief Executive

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 9 February 2021 at 13:28
Titbits bird

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

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‘Jawdropping’: Concerns raised over council proposal to remove thousands from housing list

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 18 December 2020 at 20:24

Renters’ union and housing lawyer pick apart the plan, which even a local councillor has admitted will lead to ‘a lot of heartache’

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Town Hall backs Marcus Rashford’s campaign as councillors call for end to ‘social insecurity’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 23 October 2020 at 20:15

Children’s boss Cllr Anntoinette Bramble says the council will ‘step in where the government has stepped out’

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Town Hall works to support residents as Universal Credit claims soar

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 24 July 2020 at 17:29

Claims see spike of 60 per cent between May and June as councillors warn of ‘new wave’ of job losses when furlough ends

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Hackney police’s stance on race disparity in stop and search ‘astounds’ equalities boss

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 24 June 2020 at 20:31
Police tape

Cllr Carole Williams criticises presentation given by officers, which led her to accuse them of policing ‘based on feelings and beliefs rather than stats and facts’

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Hackney Mayor warns of ‘significant challenges’ following Brexit transition

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 4 February 2020 at 20:33
Mayor Glanville, with a reuseable water bottle, speaks at the waste inquiry. Photograph: Parliament.uk

Town Hall winds down emergency plans from ‘crisis footing’ as borough leader suggests ‘alliances’ with agricultural sector over standards

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Councillors fear government funding could be drained from inner London

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 4 February 2020 at 20:33

Hackney Mayor pledges to ‘fight for London’ as concerns raised over Fair Funding Formula

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Councillors call for mental health services to partner with gangs unit

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 9 December 2019 at 16:47
Hackney Town Hall

Living in Hackney scrutiny commission voices concerns over Integrated Gangs Unit’s ‘lack of transparency’

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Councillors fear being ‘undermined’ by Town Hall’s slowing responses to their enquiries

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 8 October 2019 at 16:34
Hackney Town Hall

‘End to end’ review of enquiry process planned as Hackney Wick councillor argues delays harm credibility

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Asbestos in two thirds of council homes as residents urged to call Town Hall before renovating

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 1 October 2019 at 18:50

Training rolled out to all staff with planned online database for residents to check their properties

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Councillors call for release of tens of thousands in unspent community development cash

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 30 September 2019 at 15:08
Hackney Town Hall

Housing boss to ‘give consideration’ to opening up unallocated fund at year end to benefit local community

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High priority fire safety work uncovered after Grenfell now 80 per cent complete, council reveals

By Gaia Caramazza | Friday 12 April 2019 at 15:50

The Town Hall has been tackling the 3,000 high-risk issues found by assessors in the wake of the 2017 tragedy

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