News Former Hackney councillor 'debanked' by HSBC after Ukraine trip Andrew Boff, once a Queensbridge councillor and now chair of the London Assembly, says First Direct closed his account of 30 years over a £36 card payment in Kyiv Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter
News ‘Avid reeders’ use much-maligned plant to tackle pollution in River Lea ‘Army’ of reedbed volunteers are using nature to fight pollution in an operation to clean up East London’s waterways Author: Hackney Citizen
