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Hoxton playgrounds locked for years as Labour councillor launches campaign to reopen them

Repairs are underway at one Wenlock Barn play area. The other needs more than a routine fix — and the council has set no timetable for it

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hoxton playgrounds locked for years as Labour councillor launches campaign to reopen them

'No postcode lottery': Greens take Hackney childcare case to ministers

Town Hall asks parents for evidence to present to the government, delivering half a manifesto pledge while a promised review of fee rises inherited from Labour remains unfinished

Author: Hackney Citizen

'No postcode lottery': Greens take Hackney childcare case to ministers

Steve Backshall opens new children’s play area in Woodberry Wetlands

The TV star and naturalist hosted an outdoor learning session with children from Holmleigh Primary School to mark the event

Author: Patrick Cardwell

Hackney charity celebrates 25 years of removing barriers to the arts for young people

Hackney Shed puts on performing arts workshops for under-26-year-olds

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Hackney charity celebrates 25 years of removing barriers to the arts for young people

Hackney nursery to close in days with parents scrambling to find new places for children

The nursery will shut down at the end of March due to a ‘continued decline in demand’

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Hackney nursery to close in days with parents scrambling to find new places for children

Hackney Council ignored tenant's concerns over safety of her autistic child in social housing

The council has paid the family £500 to recognise the “distress, uncertainty and frustration” it had caused

Author: Hackney Citizen

Opposition councillors slam 'lack of transparency' over 'harrowing' Mossbourne safeguarding review

They claim there has been no reassurance that changes are being made in the three months since the review was published

Author: Hackney Citizen

Opposition councillors slam 'lack of transparency' over 'harrowing' Mossbourne safeguarding review

Hackney Foodbank launches campaign to help tackle child poverty

The new campaign, ‘No Child Left Hungry’, will help the nearly 600 children who rely on the food bank’s services every month

Author: Erin Donnelly

Hackney Foodbank launches campaign to help tackle child poverty

Families warn they could quit Hackney after nursery fee hikes

Parents say the borough has become an unaffordable place to raise children

Author: Hackney Citizen

Families warn they could quit Hackney after nursery fee hikes

Petition urging council to freeze nursery fee hike hits 500 signatures

One signatory calls move 'slap to the face of hard-working families', but Town Hall says 'it was a choice we had to make'

Author: Hackney Citizen

Petition urging council to freeze nursery fee hike hits 500 signatures

Council warned of ‘damaging’ school behaviour policies and ‘racism’ towards pupils

Town Hall reviewing behaviour policies in bid to bring down suspensions and exclusions

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney residents crowdfund to save climbing frame before council scraps it

Parents at Linzell Estate launch £3.5k appeal to repair ageing playset

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney residents crowdfund to save climbing frame before council scraps it