Posts by Adam Barnett, Local Democracy Reporter
Tributes paid to outgoing Hackney Speaker Soraya Adejare as Clare Potter is elected into role
Council votes for new speaker at annual general meeting
Read MoreHackney Council backs Deliveroo couriers’ campaign for workers’ rights
Legal bid union calls on other councils to ‘follow Hackney’s example’
Read MoreFamilies seek judicial review against Hackney’s ‘unlawful’ SEND cuts
Lawyers file High Court bid over cuts to children’s special education needs
Read MoreHackney Council fails to update register of payments over £500 since late 2017
Town Hall says payments for 2018 will be online next week
Read MoreHackney Council’s SEND ‘crisis’ group held no meetings for three months
New SEND boss Chris Kennedy rejects claims more cuts are in the works
Read MoreHackney has ‘around 18 street gangs’ says anti-crime chief – and council uses Met’s controversial gang matrix
Cllr Caroline Selman says the police matrix supports Hackney’s Integrated Gangs Unit
Read MoreCouncillor set for £6,000 pay rise as Deputy Mayor after cabinet reshuffle
Feryal Demirci could earn more than £50,000 thanks to her new job title
Read MoreDeputy Mayor loses SEND brief in cabinet reshuffle, as Chris Kennedy joins the fray
New cabinet member will be ‘leading’ on SEND as council makes £5 million of cuts
Read MoreHackney youth worker says give people on police gang matrix apprenticeships
Deji Adeoshun of Hackney CVS says good jobs can save young men from a life of crime
Read MoreHackney’s energy company will avoid Bristol woes, says energy chief
Cllr Jon Burke says company will be safe from procurement issues
Read MoreMayor Glanville hails election results as manifesto mandate
‘Despite Tory austerity and cuts to our grant, we must continue to be ambitious’
Read MoreHackney Liberal Democrats resolute after ‘bittersweet’ election showing
Tributes to ‘true gentleman’ Ian Sharer, who lost his seat after 24 years of service
Read MoreWomen’s Equality Party ‘very proud’ of election results after first ever Hackney candidate
Party chiefs praise Harini Iyengar who ran for mayor and Dalston councillor
Read MoreGreens call for voting reform after losing Hackney Downs and Dalston by small margins
Party slams Hackney’s ‘archaic, unfair first-past-the-post voting system’
Read MoreDalston Labour councillor re-elected by 21 votes after dramatic recount
Peter Snell was only up one vote on his Green challenger in the first count
Read MoreLiberal Democrats wiped out in Hackney as Labour gains three Cazenove seats
Council now has 52 Labour councillors and five Conservatives
Read MoreShock as Conservatives snatch Labour-held seat in Stamford Hill
Former Hackney Speaker Rosemary Sales ‘disappointed’ after losing out to Ahron Klein
Read MoreLabour’s Philip Glanville re-elected as Mayor of Hackney
Conservative candidate takes a surprise second ahead of the Greens
Read MoreWomen’s Equality Party co-founder Catherine Mayer urges Hackney to vote for Harini Iyengar
‘I think she absolutely killed it’, Mayer tells Citizen after mayoral hustings
Read MoreMayoral candidates quizzed at Hackney Citizen hustings at the Arcola Theatre
Panel answers questions at sold-out event ahead of elections
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