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Hackney Youth Parliament pleads with cabinet against future cuts

Education lead apologises to junior politicians for not consulting them

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Youth Parliament pleads with cabinet against future cuts

Displaced Travellers outraged as confusion reigns over funding for long-promised site

Families displaced by 2012 Olympics still in temporary housing after years of waiting for new residential area

Author: Hackney Citizen

Displaced Travellers outraged as confusion reigns over funding for long-promised site

'Cost-of-greed crisis': Opposition councillors urge Town Hall to back 'immediate' wealth tax

Debate on Green motion calling for redistribution pushed to January

Author: Hackney Citizen

Critical: Green party London Assembly Member and Dalston councillor Cllr Zoë Garbett

Cries of 'betrayal' as Town Hall stands by twinning arrangement with Israeli city

Mayor says council is 'committed' to controversial relationship after thousands sign petition to cut ties with Haifa

Author: Hackney Citizen

Cries of 'betrayal' as Town Hall stands by twinning arrangement with Israeli city

'Deeply worrying': Campaigners blame 'feeble' repairs system for Hackney woman's death

Coroner's report into death of Sarah McGreevy warned council more action was needed on housing maintenance

Author: Hackney Citizen

'Deeply worrying': Campaigners blame 'feeble' repairs system for Hackney woman's death

Hackney Council unlikely to hit target of switching to electric vehicles by 2030, officers admit

More 'realistic' transition date needed, says Town Hall's fleet manager

Author: Hackney Citizen

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Hackney Council admits to unlawful consultation over children's centre closures

Sebright and Fernbank shutdowns staved off after consultation is quashed

Author: Hackney Citizen

Campaigners contesting the closure of Fernbank children's centre

Titbits – Full Stops

Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

Author: Hackney Citizen

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Cyclists speak out against council’s ‘dangerous’ Pembury Circus plans

Hackney Cycling Campaign call designs ‘weak’, but its own vision has also come in for stick

Author: Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter

Cyclists speak out against council’s ‘dangerous’ Pembury Circus plans

Drug consumption rooms key to tackling substance misuse in Hackney, say Greens

Cllrs Alastair Binnie-Lubbock and Zoë Garbett say drug use should no longer be categorised as anti-social behaviour

Author: Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter

Drug consumption rooms key to tackling substance misuse in Hackney, say Greens

Town Hall joins calls for carbon producers to pay ‘incineration tax’ – amid fears new scheme could cost councils ‘billions’

Borough leader defends waste disposal strategy following criticism of ‘dirty’ doubled incinerator

Author: Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter

Town Hall joins calls for carbon producers to pay ‘incineration tax’ – amid fears new scheme could cost councils ‘billions’

Fear and frustration over rising anti-social behaviour in Hackney Downs

Police have requested ongoing assistance from council enforcement officers to patrol park

Author: Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter

Fear and frustration over rising anti-social behaviour in Hackney Downs