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Council under fire for using casual library staff contracts - ‘in tension’ with its own policies

Unison says nearly 25 per cent of hours worked in libraries last November were temporary employees

Author: Hackney Citizen

Brian Debus, Hackney Unison chair at library protest

Hundreds of council residents ‘suffering’ as heating failures plague Hoxton estates

Housing chief tells residents he is ‘very disappointed’ about his department’s response to outages

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hundreds of council residents ‘suffering’ as heating failures plague Hoxton estates

Threat of another cyber attack still ‘very significant’, council warns

Town Hall lays out measures being taken to upgrade IT security

Author: Hackney Citizen

Threat of another cyber attack still ‘very significant’, council warns

Council declines to rule out further cuts if government funding falls short

Opposition councillors weigh in with their proposals to help address Hackney's financial woes

Author: Hackney Citizen

Council declines to rule out further cuts if government funding falls short

Independent Socialists launch Hackney People's Forum in challenge to council's 'top-down' approach

Ex-Labour councillors say 'people power is coming' as they champion grassroots-led initiative

Author: Hackney Citizen

Independent Socialists launch Hackney People's Forum in challenge to council's 'top-down' approach

Titbits - New year, old habits

Read this month's column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough

Author: Hackney Citizen

Titbits bird

Dame Meg Hillier MP alerts Hackney Mayor to key worker Airbnb holiday home 'scandal'

Victoria Park residents raise alarm after council-funded, fully-accessible flat for disabled key worker listed on rental site

Author: Hackney Citizen

Dame Meg Hillier MP

Council postpones meeting with displaced Travellers following confusion over new home

Community shares its disappointment after Hackney loses control of £2 million in ring-fenced money for long-promised site

Author: Hackney Citizen

Cllr Clayeon McKenzie

Town Hall to keep council tax exemption for poorest pensioners

Despite finance 'challenges', low-income households will still get support, says finance chief Robert Chapman

Author: Hackney Citizen

Town Hall to keep council tax exemption for poorest pensioners

Parents reignite pleas for safer crossings near Clapton school following two collisions

Town Hall has submitted plans for a zebra crossing near Southwold Primary School, but parents say the area needs at least three

Author: Hackney Citizen

Parents reignite pleas for safer crossings near Clapton school following two collisions

Hackney caregivers praise ‘empowering' council-backed sewing scheme

Kundakala's 'Make and Mend' programme aims to support women in gaining financial independence

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney caregivers praise ‘empowering' council-backed sewing scheme

Displaced Travellers outraged as confusion reigns over funding for long-promised site

Families displaced by 2012 Olympics still in temporary housing after years of waiting for new residential area

Author: Hackney Citizen

Displaced Travellers outraged as confusion reigns over funding for long-promised site