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Hackney Council security guard filmed throwing housing protester to the floor

Campaigners spent two hours in the foyer demanding a home for a family in one-bedroom temporary accommodation

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Hackney Council security guard filmed throwing housing protester to the floor

West Reservoir path opens — but row grows over fence that keeps non-swimmers from the water

Residents say the scheme has created a 'place of segregation'

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West Reservoir path opens — but row grows over fence that keeps non-swimmers from the water

Labour attacks Green record as Garbett marks 100 days

Labour has used the Green administration's 100-day mark to accuse it of neglecting repairs, buses and nursery fees. The mayor's office calls the charge sheet an 'inaccurate shopping list'

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'More like 20 years': Zoë Garbett on 100 days in office

From a £53m funding gap to a fight over single-sex spaces, Hackney's first Green mayor on rearranging the furniture and setting a new tone at the Town Hall

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'More like 20 years': Zoë Garbett on 100 days in office

Haifa mayor calls for ‘dialogue’ but leaves Citizen’s questions unanswered

Yona Yahav’s office sent a newspaper article and a statement from an interfaith forum convened under his own auspices

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Haifa mayor calls for ‘dialogue’ but leaves Citizen’s questions unanswered

'No postcode lottery': Greens take Hackney childcare case to ministers

Town Hall asks parents for evidence to present to the government, delivering half a manifesto pledge while a promised review of fee rises inherited from Labour remains unfinished

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'No postcode lottery': Greens take Hackney childcare case to ministers

Je ne regrette rien

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

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Leader: Fix the politics — and the plumbing

Labour rewrote Hackney's rulebook to suit itself. Then it lost. The Greens should learn the lesson, not repeat it

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Leader - 'Lives, not spreadsheets': Hackney's new mayor is right to doubt the dashboard — but on climate, targets are how we survive

Standing in the council chamber at the first full meeting since the Greens' landslide, Hackney's new mayor set out a governing creed in plain terms

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Hackney’s new Green mayor signals break with previous administration over ‘clinical’ use of performance targets

Zoë Garbett took aim at previous Labour regime's reliance on KPIs in maiden speech

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Greens set out plans for Hackney as Labour vows to 'hold new administration to account'

Greens are jubilant following their historic sweep in last Thursday's landslide victory that swept Labour from its 45-year dominant position in the borough

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