Posts by Adam Barnett
Children protest SEND cuts at Hackney Town Hall as parents address council
Deputy Mayor Bramble offers ‘co-production’ with parents to manage changes
Read MoreHackney votes to adopt anti-semitism definition at Town Hall meeting
Motion passes as Cllr Odze says ‘anti-semitism continues to rear its ugly head’
Read MoreChaos at Town Hall meeting after ‘disgusted’ resident urges council to scrap Walford Road closures
Pollution debate over William Patten Primary stopped by Speaker’s gavel
Read MoreHackney to vote on anti-semitism definition opposed by anti-Israel campaigners
IHRA definition adopted by 125 local authorities has seen protests in other boroughs
Read MoreHackney crime chief says cuts to blame for Tower Hamlets police merger
Cllr Selman said she would work to ‘minimise the impact’ on residents
Read MoreHackney police to merge with Tower Hamlets as Met looks to save £325m
Basic Command Unit will share police officers, buildings and resources
Read MoreCouncil tackles 3,000 urgent fire safety issues discovered post-Grenfell
Mayor says council is ‘working flat out’ to act on FRAs as front doors are checked on estates
Read MoreCleaners at six Hackney schools vote to strike over Living Wage and holiday pay
Unite the union warns ‘classroom rubbish will be uncollected and toilets uncleaned’
Read MoreStoke Newington Town Hall revamp is ‘not a sell-off’, says Mayor as cabinet agrees site’s future
Plans include shops, cafés and live music but would protect children’s library
Read MoreHaggerston Baths revamp approved by cabinet as Mayor ‘sad’ plans don’t revive historic swimming pool
Town Hall rubber-stamps Castleforge plans as Mayor pays tribute to campaigners
Read MoreThe Lower Clapton Tales, Carolyn Clark, book review: plus ça change…
Think you know ‘Clop Ton’? We wager you’ll glean something new from this “charming book of memories, photographs and historical artefacts”
Read MoreJihadi John-linked speaker dropped from Stand Up to Racism event with Diane Abbott
CAGE’s Moazzam Begg dropped just weeks after Hackney branch appearance
Read MoreCouncil pension fund owns £27 million in tobacco firms – Happy Stoptober!
Hackney Council defends doubling of assets, saying it has a ‘legal duty to maximise investments’
Read MoreGrenfell: Town Hall refuses to release fire safety ratings for Hackney schools
Council says Red-Amber-Green ratings are ‘not intended for public use’
Read MoreHackney Mayor Philip Glanville criticised for ‘remaining shtum’ on Vittoria Wharf demolition
Save Hackney Wick calls on Mayor to use influence over LLDC plans
Read MoreHackney Stand Up to Racism drops speaker over ‘racism’ – but defends group linked to Jihadi John
Rashan Charles’s father was booked to speak alongside group banned by NUS
Read MoreHackney Council freesheet claims to be a ‘fortnightly newspaper’ – but legally may be neither
Hackney Today ‘appears to be in breach of the law’, says Citizen editor
Read MoreCampaigners ‘mystified’ over Diane Abbott’s failure to sign fossil fuel pledge
Hackney MP’s team cites ‘Shadow Cabinet protocol’ and unfair media scrutiny
Read MoreEx-Hackney bigwig plugs hate crime app in acid attacks letter – despite her own statistics
Only one of London’s 526 acid attacks is being treated as a hate crime
Read MoreHackney Council holds secret £6,000 bash to celebrate ex-Mayor and Town Hall makeover
No media were invited to catered event packed with London council leaders
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