Posts by Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter
Campaign group urges council to serve only plant-based food
Councillor argues wrong to ask people to continuously ‘make sacrifices’ towards net zero
Read MoreCouncil won’t ‘engage in foreign policy’ over Gaza conflict says Mayor Woodley
“I barely dare speak, because I feel we’re in a room of bear traps’
Read MoreCouncil is ‘on wrong side of history’ says Hackney Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Committee refuses to hear deputation because of concerns about ‘community cohesion’
Read MoreInterim chief executive’s contract to be extended
Dawn Carter-McDonald to continue in role until next summer
Read MoreCampaigners press for action on accident blackspot
Two collisions have occurred near busy junction
Read MoreRough sleepers and single homeless crisis: ‘We are on a cliff edge’ – councillors warned
Services stretched as demand increases
Read MoreCouncil to train hate crime champions
Volunteers to challenge prejudice
Read MorePoor housing shreds people’s mental health warns expert as thousands still living in temporary accommodation
Call for residents to unite over housing issues
Read MoreThames Water to cut down 80 trees to protect pipes beneath Hackney woodland
Utility giant’s plans receive backing from local conservationists as it aims to ‘keep taps flowing for customers’
Read MoreOver-55s in Hackney can get advice on coping with the cold at free Winter Warmer event
Housing officers and financial experts will be on hand at next month’s get-together
Read MoreCampaigners speak out over loss of council homes in major rebuild of Woodberry Down estate
‘This is not what the regeneration was meant to be about,’ says resident Geoff Bell
Read More‘Good idea’: Nightingale Estate’s lunch clubbers welcome new monthly advice clinics
Charity Family Action has been helping locals with a variety of issues
Read MoreEight Labour councillors in Hackney urge party leader Sir Keir Starmer to back all-out ceasefire in Gaza
The local politicians are among 300 party colleagues to sign an open letter demanding a rethink
Read MoreLabour’s Caroline Woodley elected as Mayor of Hackney
Woodley becomes first woman to land the role in a by-election marked by low turnout
Read MoreHackney Labour councillors defy party to demand Gaza ceasefire
Former speakers Soraya Adejare and Humaira Garasia add their names to Labour Muslim Network letter
Read MoreMayoral candidates call for Gaza ceasefire at final hustings before tomorrow’s by-election
Two candidates turned up at Premises Studios, with a third represented by a proxy, as residents prepare to vote
Read MoreMayoral candidates tear into council’s new parking charges at motorcyclists’ hustings
Not one of the four candidates in attendance backed the exisiting prices as they laid out their transport plans for the borough
Read MoreCouncil commissions independent investigation into Dewey scandal
Former Staffordshire County Council boss to quiz staff
Read MoreMayoral candidates quizzed on transport at Hackney Cycling Campaign’s hustings
In the absence of two of the four invited mayoral candidates, residents put the Greens’ Zoë Garbett and the Liberal Democrats’ Simon de Deney on the spot
Read MoreLiberal Democrat mayoral hopeful outlines ambitious plan to fix ‘broken housing system’
If elected, Simon de Deney would set up a council house-building firm to create affordable homes
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