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Hackney Council in wrangle with UK data watchdog after refusing to answer questions on 2020 cyber attack

Information Commissioner looking into the Town Hall’s failure to respond to Freedom of Information request

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 4 Feb 2022

‘Ultimately, fewer people will vote’: How the cyber attack on Hackney Council could damage local democracy

By Tiya Thomas-Alexander

/ 11 Mar 2021

‘Hackney Heroine’ Pauline Pearce and family remain stranded in Gambia

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 9 Apr 2020

Coronavirus: Town Hall forming group to help residents support their neighbours

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 16 Mar 2020

Council tax support levels reset as campaigners call for Town Hall to go further

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 27 Jan 2020

Town Hall drops pilot programme profiling families without their knowledge

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 30 Oct 2019

Liberal Democrat activists accuse Town Hall of ‘completely losing control’ of fly-tipping

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 22 Aug 2019

Activists express alarm as number of ‘hazardous’ council-owned homes spikes 350 per cent in a year

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 10 Jul 2019

Council position on second referendum ‘left open’

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 26 Oct 2018

Liberal Democrats warn against ‘complacency’ on violent crime

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 1 Oct 2018

No Poll Tax 2 campaign urges Town Hall to scrap controversial relief cut

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 18 Sep 2018

‘Scandalous’: Town Hall faces fresh criticism over council tax support cut as new documents reveal rejected options

By Max Eckersley

/ 31 Jul 2018