Council accused of ‘salami slicing’ library budgets 'It is about time this Labour council called on the central government to provide more funding' By Hackney Citizen / 1 Nov 2025
Council under fire for using casual library staff contracts - ‘in tension’ with its own policies By Hackney Citizen / 24 Jan 2025
Campaigners blast council cuts to children’s services as ‘massive attack’ on those most in need By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter / 29 Feb 2024
‘We will oppose any closure’: Union vows to fight threat to libraries By Noora Mykkanen, Local Democracy Reporter / 7 Feb 2024
Mayoral candidates call for Gaza ceasefire at final hustings before tomorrow’s by-election By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 8 Nov 2023
Protest as Hackney Unison chair amongst those handed compulsory redundancies in libraries shake-up By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 16 Mar 2023
‘Hands off our jobs’: Library staff across Hackney go on strike amid dispute over council cuts By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 10 Jan 2023
Library staff to go on strike over job cuts: four dates announced By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 5 Jan 2023
‘Absolute disgrace’: Protesters hit out at council plan to cut library jobs – with union set to vote on strike action By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 25 Oct 2022
Union members prepared to strike over Town Hall’s plan to cut library service By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 19 Oct 2022
Hackney Council defends plan to restructure libraries as unions promise to fight any job losses By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 5 Oct 2022
Exclusion from question time event was ‘denial of democracy,’ says candidate By Hackney Citizen / 6 May 2015
