Hackney Central by-election candidates announced
Hackney Central residents are set to cast their vote once again following the recent local elections
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A little more than seven weeks after the local elections, residents of this ward will be heading to the polls to cast their votes once again
Read MoreHackney man jailed for five years after antisemitic tirades near synagogue
Tavius Jean-Charles, 36, shouted death threats at members of the Jewish community and suggested a Jewish school should be blown up
Read More‘The loudest bass I’ve ever heard’: resident says her home was left shaking by car park party near Goldsmiths Row venue
‘You’re just going to have to get used to it. These do happen this time of year’, she was told
Read MoreBrewed awakening bestows barista’s confidence
A social enterprise founded in Shoreditch is giving young people a shot at coffee-making
Read MoreResident trapped in council block lift for 40 minutes — just hours after engineers said they had fixed it
‘If I had been stuck in there without a phone, I don’t know how I would’ve got out’
Read More‘I’m running out of hope’: NHS worker driven to brink after 20 months of hell from anti-social neighbour
Tenant left sleep-deprived and on verge of breakdown by ‘nocturnal’ neighbour
Read MoreHackney’s new Green mayor signals break with previous administration over ‘clinical’ use of performance targets
Zoë Garbett took aim at previous Labour regime’s reliance on KPIs in maiden speech
Read MoreCouncil admits restructure worsened backlog of 15,000 overdue housing safety checks
Watchdog sounded alarm nearly two years ago — yet problem has spiralled
Read MoreSadiq Khan rejects New York-style air conditioning rules
Big Apple bosses banned stores from leaving doors open with air con running back in 2015
Read MoreLondon to miss 2030 Net Zero target, Mayor admits as he calls for more ‘energy devolution’
Green party leader brands City Hall’s climate policies ‘siloed’ and disjointed
Read MoreCity Hall to cut 80 jobs in £6.6m ‘efficiency’ drive
Fury as axes falls but no cuts Mayor’s office
Read MoreRegeneration drives sharp fall in East London’s deprived neighbourhoods
Since 2010, the figure has fallen from 23 to 16 per cent in London, according to new research
Read MoreDiscarded bottle believed to have sparked major Hackney blaze that halted Overground
Dozens of firefighters called as caravan engulfed in flames
Read MoreCity Hall scraps Met Police deal with Palantir
City Hall has blocked a £50 million contract over a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules
Read MoreAnntoinette Bramble elected Labour group leader following bruising local election defeat
Bramble has represented her London Fields ward for more than 15 years and previously served as deputy mayor and cabinet member for education
Read MoreOpinion: ‘If there’s something May’s local elections made clear, it’s that Britain’s voting system is not working’
‘It’s never been more evident that First Past the Post is not fit for purpose. It’s time to replace it’
Read MoreMayor Garbett unveils full cabinet team as Greens take the reins at Town Hall
The number of cabinet positions has been trimmed, in a move the new mayor says will save more than £250,000 over the four-year term
Read MoreFormer Hackney councillor becomes chair of London Assembly for third time
The London Assembly has completed its annual reshuffle, electing a new chair and appointing leadership roles across its cross-party investigative committees
Read MoreWhat’s next after the Greens’ historic takeover of Hackney?
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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