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Hackney Green mayoral candidate calls to 'break up the Met' following report into 'systemic' racism

Green councillor Zoë Garbett called for the Met’s directorates to be separated and for London residents to “rethink how we keep each other safe.”

Author: Hackney Citizen

Zoë Garbett

Green Party announces Hackney Mayor candidate for 2026 - and her deputy

Zoë Garbett and Dylan Law explain the change they want to see in Hackney if the party wrests control from Labour next year

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of Zoe Garbett and Dylan Law

Three Hackney primary schools offering free breakfast clubs in state-backed trial

Thomas Fairchild, Grasmere and Nightingale are providing 30 minutes of care before school until July

Author: Hackney Citizen

Three Hackney primary schools offering free breakfast clubs in state-backed trial

Stoke Newington traders fear loss of business rate relief could be ‘final straw’

Council rebuffs shopkeepers’ plea for discount despite warnings over ‘triple whammy’ with tax and wage hikes

Author: Hackney Citizen

Stoke Newington traders fear loss of business rate relief could be ‘final straw’

Councillors hit out at ‘lily-livered’ Labour in first press conference since quitting party

Three newly independent councillors addressed pro-Palestinian protesters outside the Town Hall this morning

Author: Hackney Citizen

Councillors hit out at ‘lily-livered’ Labour in first press conference since quitting party

Three Hackney councillors dramatically quit Labour to form independent group

Cllrs Claudia Turbet-Delof, Penny Wrout and Fliss Premru say they can ‘no longer in good conscience continue campaigning for Labour’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Three Hackney councillors dramatically quit Labour to form independent group

‘Traumatic’: Muslim organisations condemn Hackney Council’s response to Middle East conflict

Several mosques sign letter criticising Town Hall’s failure to vote on Gaza ceasefire and calling for end to borough’s twinning with Haifa

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Traumatic’: Muslim organisations condemn Hackney Council’s response to Middle East conflict

‘What have I done?’ Hackney Mayor Caroline Woodley on her first 100 days in office

The former parks chief says a sense of duty overtook her initial reticence to run for the borough’s highest office

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

‘What have I done?’ Hackney Mayor Caroline Woodley on her first 100 days in office

‘Atrocious’: Four councillors suspended by Hackney Labour for voting to hear motions on Gaza ceasefire and Dewey investigation

Clare Joseph, Claudia Turbet-Delof, Penny Wrout and Fliss Premru are expected to have their suspensions lifted after two months

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Atrocious’: Four councillors suspended by Hackney Labour for voting to hear motions on Gaza ceasefire and Dewey investigation

Labour lifts suspension of by-election candidate accused of transphobia on eve of vote

Laura Pascal issues ‘heartfelt apology’ for her social media activity after being reinstated by her party

Author: Hackney Citizen

Labour lifts suspension of by-election candidate accused of transphobia on eve of vote

Hackney Labour councillors defy party to demand Gaza ceasefire

Former speakers Soraya Adejare and Humaira Garasia add their names to Labour Muslim Network letter

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney Labour councillors defy party to demand Gaza ceasefire

Hackney Council announces independent investigation into its handling of events surrounding Tom Dewey’s resignation

Dewey quit as a councillor just days after being elected last year, and was later found guilty of possessing indecent images of children

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Hackney Council announces independent investigation into its handling of events surrounding Tom Dewey’s resignation