News No Poll Tax 2 campaign urges Town Hall to scrap controversial relief cut Petition calls for exemption from bailiff action for those receiving council tax support Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter
Opinion Titbits – Press play, nightlife scrap and deputy mayor’s heatwave flap Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough Author: Hackney Citizen
News ‘Scandalous’: Town Hall faces fresh criticism over council tax support cut as new documents reveal rejected options Hackney Liberal Democrats and anti-poverty charity slam the council for going ahead with the cut despite analysis showing it would hit vulnerable residents hardest Author: Max Eckersley
News Bailiffs come knocking for over 700 benefit claimants to recover council tax The council says it does not ‘take the decision to use Enforcement Agents lightly’ Author: Emma Snaith
News Benefits claimants face spike in ‘aggressive and intimidating’ bailiffs over unpaid council tax New figures show council using greater number of enforcement agents to recover debt from residents already on council tax support Author: Hackney Citizen
