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Leader: Fix the politics — and the plumbing

Labour rewrote Hackney's rulebook to suit itself. Then it lost. The Greens should learn the lesson, not repeat it

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Citizen crest

Hackney’s new Green mayor signals break with previous administration over ‘clinical’ use of performance targets

Zoë Garbett took aim at previous Labour regime's reliance on KPIs in maiden speech

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of Zoe Garbett

Opposition groups stage Council AGM walkout over 'assault on democracy'

Green party and Independent councillors slam Labour for 'stifling criticism', attacking service failures and position on Israel-Gaza war

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Council AGM 14 May 2025

'What are they afraid of?': Fresh row over changes to Town Hall constitution

Independent Socialists say they are being 'punished for being an effective opposition'

Author: Hackney Citizen

L-R: Cllrs Penny Wrout, Claudia Turbet-Delof and Fliss Premru.

Duo of advisers to Mayor Philip Glanville look set to receive £37,000 annually

Opposition councillor says sum is ‘not to be sniffed at’ ahead of changes to Hackney Council’s constitution expected to be approved tonight

Author: Hackney Citizen

Duo of advisers to Mayor Philip Glanville look set to receive £37,000 annually

Oh no it isn’t! Oh yes it is! Hackney Council’s constitutional confusion over tweeting in meetings

Councillors go against their constitution by using electronic devices in Town Hall meetings

Author: Adam Barnett