News Judge 'not minded to remove' Hackney chief executive’s name from injunction in leaseholder contempt case Both sides are now negotiating to settle the contempt application and disrepair claim By James Barnes / 23 Sep 2026
News Refugee Week 2026: Mayor Garbett rebukes Labour's 'inflammatory rhetoric' on migration Hackney's new Green mayor sets out her stall against the national government's tightening immigration regime and pledges to build on the borough's three-year Sanctuary designation By James Barnes / 15 Jun 2026
News Hackney mayoral election 2026: meet the Reform UK party candidate Vahid Almasi 'I am coming from the real world, I may not understand the processes the way they do, but I am actually determined to make a change' By James Barnes / 29 Apr 2026
News Hackney mayoral election 2026: meet the Labour party candidate Caroline Woodley 'I’m proud of all that Hackney stands for and am ambitious for all that we can achieve', says Woodley By James Barnes / 23 Apr 2026
News 'The destruction of our livelihoods' - Ridley Road Shopping Village traders to hold public meeting as 'evictions' loom Traders told to leave by 31 March as their landlord has declined to renew their tenancies By James Barnes / 15 Mar 2026
News Greens on drugs - as extreme as it seems? Labour has condemned plans by the Green Party to decriminalise all drugs, but is the stance as radical as it appears? By James Barnes / 5 Mar 2026
