Margaret Gordon - Hackney Citizen

Hackney residents slam landlord’s plan for two large HMOs

Council rejects seven- and nine-bedroom shared homes following complaints from neighbours and politicians

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney residents slam landlord’s plan for two large HMOs

NHS to close sexual health clinic serving City and Hackney

Homerton Hospital to shut clinic in October due to falling patient numbers post-pandemic and rent costs - despite Hackney remaining STI hotspot

Author: Hackney Citizen

NHS to close sexual health clinic serving City and Hackney

Young people's use of sexual health clinics 'significantly higher' in Hackney

Public health analysis reveals spike in STI-related support following closure of local sexual health information service

Author: Hackney Citizen

Opposition groups stage Council AGM walkout over 'assault on democracy'

Green party and Independent councillors slam Labour for 'stifling criticism', attacking service failures and position on Israel-Gaza war

Author: Hackney Citizen

Town Hall to pay consultants £2m to help 'modernise' council

Mayor says corporate transformation strategy will invest to save and be alternative to 'salami-slicing' approach to Town Hall finances

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney mayor slams ‘zero-tolerance’ behaviour policies in schools

Caroline Woodley rebukes ‘famous’ academy head as data shows suspensions in Hackney's secondaries eclipse inner and outer London

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney mayor slams ‘zero-tolerance’ behaviour policies in schools

Hackney Council urges Education Secretary to help with ‘intolerable’ unregistered schools dilemma

Councillors write to Bridget Phillipson as data shows nearly 1,600 youngsters out of safeguarding ‘line of sight’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Campaigners 'pleased' as council's Pembury Circus decision 'called in' for review

Special scrutiny panel to judge council's proposal on 11 November

Author: Hackney Citizen

Pembury Circus junction, cyclists crossing Dalston Lane

Child Q: Councillors call for resignation of Hackney police borough commander

‘We no longer see you occupying the role of Borough Commander as a tenable option for our borough’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney’s police commander Marcus Barnett

‘Strike action works’: Union celebrates as long-running Leaways School dispute settled

Agreement reached on salary bump and better sick pay

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Strike action works’: Union celebrates as long-running Leaways School dispute settled

New policies introduced as council responds to calls to tackle off-rolling

Scrutiny committee warns some parents may be facing pressure to remove their children from school

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Sunday's best: Licensing committee considers Hoppers' bid for longer opening hours

Could supermarket giant Tesco be poised to muscle into Chatsworth Road?

Grocer indicates scheme is nothing to do with it after councillor hits out over secrecy surrounding new planning application for premises on characterful shopping street

Author: Hackney Citizen

Tesco Express opened today on Lower Clapton Road E5. Photo: Emily Webber