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Lakanal House

Leader – Hackney Council now must put fire safety first

To take a lackadaisical approach – missed deadlines, delays to checks, a trickle of information – is to neglect one of the council’s absolute duties

Author: Hackney Citizen

HC Crest

Grenfell: Diane Abbott urges retro-fitting of sprinklers in Hackney blocks

Shadow Home Secretary calls for Lakanal coroner’s recommendations to be implemented

Author: Hackney Citizen

Diane Abbott MP

It should take just ‘two days’ to test cladding, says former council health and safety officer

Town Hall said today – nearly two weeks after Grenfell disaster – that independent cladding tests “will begin this week”

Author: Hackney Citizen

It should take just ‘two days’ to test cladding, says former council health and safety officer

Sign our petition: we call on the Mayor and council to fit fire sprinklers in all of Hackney’s tower blocks

Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, the Hackney Citizen urges immediate action to protect residents living in the borough’s high rises

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Town Hall

Grenfell Tower fire: Hackney mayor reveals number of council high rises that have sprinklers installed

Philip Glanville says fitting was based on fire risk assessments carried out by council

Author: Hackney Citizen

Grenfell Tower fire