Posts by Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter
Popular rooftop bar and ‘iconic’ heritage site at risk from ‘massive’ tower block plans
Netil 360 owner would take stock of venue’s ‘future and viability’ if contentious proposals go through
Read MoreStamford Hill campaigners blast Hackney transport policies for ‘upending lives’ of Charedi community
New task force launched amid ‘growing frustration’ with delays caused by LTNs, street closures and bus lanes
Read MoreMake Awaab’s Law apply to private landlords, council says
New plans will see Town Hall lobby government to step up enforcement of damp and mould repairs
Read MoreHackney Council votes to lobby government over ‘inhumane’ hostile environment
Town Hall passes motion urging Home Secretary to drop ‘destructive’ measures in rare show of cross-party consensus
Read MoreHackney’s social rent and service charges to rise
Council rents and maintenance fees to rise by 2.7 per cent and 4.8 per cent respectively from 7 April
Read MoreDisplaced Travellers dejected after setback in struggle for long-promised pitch
Families moved ahead of 2012 Olympics have faced years of delay and trust has worn thin
Read More‘Leave us kids alone!’: Hackney forges ahead with school closures as families and staff protest
Controversial plans to shut and merge four schools follows similar spate of closures in 2024
Read MoreHackney Council urges Education Secretary to help with ‘intolerable’ unregistered schools dilemma
Councillors write to Bridget Phillipson as data shows nearly 1,600 youngsters out of safeguarding ‘line of sight’
Read More‘Frightening’: Hackney renews pleas for housing aid as two thirds of councils fear budget collapse
New survey of 76 councils shows majority expect to pause or cancel housing developments to balance books by 2030
Read MoreCouncil under fire for using casual library staff contracts – ‘in tension’ with its own policies
Unison says nearly 25 per cent of hours worked in libraries last November were temporary employees
Read MoreHundreds of council residents ‘suffering’ as heating failures plague Hoxton estates
Housing chief tells residents he is ‘very disappointed’ about his department’s response to outages
Read MoreThreat of another cyber attack still ‘very significant’, council warns
Town Hall lays out measures being taken to upgrade IT security
Read More‘Heritage crime’: Residents decry vandalism and decay at Old St Mary’s churchyard
Graves opened and graffiti sprayed on walls of Grade II-listed medieval church in Stoke Newington
Read More‘So proud’: Councillors praise Hackney ice skaters after victory in national competition
Lee Valley London Skating Club team Stardust won first prize at 2025 Britannia Cup last weekend
Read MoreCriminal investigation launched into Airbnb key worker home ‘scandal’, council says
Hackney Council and Peabody probing potential fraud over use of ‘affordable’ home billed for disabled key worker
Read MoreCouncil declines to rule out further cuts if government funding falls short
Opposition councillors weigh in with their proposals to help address Hackney’s financial woes
Read MoreIndependent Socialists launch Hackney People’s Forum in challenge to council’s ‘top-down’ approach
Ex-Labour councillors say ‘people power is coming’ as they champion grassroots-led initiative
Read MoreCouncil buys new housing IT system to boost services ravaged by cyber attack
Town Hall to roll out ‘off-the-shelf’ software this month to handle backlogs made worse by 2020 data breach
Read MoreDame Meg Hillier MP alerts Hackney Mayor to key worker Airbnb holiday home ‘scandal’
Victoria Park residents raise alarm after council-funded, fully-accessible flat for disabled key worker listed on rental site
Read MoreTown Hall mulls options amid pleas to preserve St Mary’s Secret Garden
Campaigners are seeking to secure urban haven as a community asset after financial woes led to insolvency
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