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‘Incredibly proud’: Hackney students celebrate improved exam results after ‘strange and difficult couple of years’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 30 August 2022 at 14:13

Borough’s pupils post impressive A-level, Btech and GCSE grades as formal exams returned following the pandemic

‘History will judge’: Morning Lane campaigners to fight on despite warning from Hackney Mayor over affordable housing

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 25 July 2022 at 15:26

Borough leader says major town centre development will struggle to make 50 per cent of homes available at social rent

Politicians hail ‘world-class’ revamp of Clapton special school – as building’s pioneering past revealed

By Lizzie McAllister | Tuesday 5 July 2022 at 14:46

The Pavilion’s £2m restoration has created 50 new places for children with special educational needs

Child Q: Police’s decision to strip-search Black teenager at school to be examined at special council meeting

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 7 June 2022 at 18:10

Commission set to hear updates from Scotland Yard and the Mayor of Hackney, with residents able to watch proceedings live online

Labour’s Philip Glanville re-elected as Mayor of Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 6 May 2022 at 13:20

Glanville glides home with 59 per cent of the vote, but insists the victory ‘is about a new administration’

‘Hope is important’: Labour’s Philip Glanville on challenging the police and ‘fighting Hackney’s corner’ as he seeks third term as mayor

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 7 April 2022 at 12:32

The current borough leader says he will be excited to get on with a ‘job half done’ if he is re-elected in May

What exactly is a directly elected mayor? Find out more about Hackney’s highest political office

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 29 March 2022 at 18:41

Too much power for one person or much-needed stability for a council? What’s the pay like? And how did a monkey end up running Hartlepool?

Hackney Carnival is coming back – here’s how you can take part

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 28 March 2022 at 13:10

One of the UK’s biggest events is returning to the streets after two years online

Child Q: Hackney Mayor calls on school’s headteacher to resign

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 23 March 2022 at 12:45

Philip Glanville says move would ‘fully recognise traumatic impact’ of police strip-search on the girl and her family

Mayor’s Music Awards celebrate best young talent in Hackney

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 21 March 2022 at 11:08

Pupils and schools recognised at annual ceremony that featured stunning performances from past winners

Council tax to rise by over four per cent in Hackney – with warning of more ‘hard choices’ to come

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 3 March 2022 at 17:59

Mayor blames a number of factors, including austerity, the hostile environment, welfare reforms and Covid

Hackney councillors unite in condemnation of Putin’s ‘calculated act of brutality’ against Ukraine

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 3 March 2022 at 17:07

Town Hall lit up in blue and yellow as politicians hold minute’s silence for Ukrainian and Russian victims

‘On autopilot without a map’: Hackney Mayor condemns government decision to end free Covid testing

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 22 February 2022 at 18:09

Philip Glanville says move is ‘wrong and unsupported by the science’

‘LTNs would be gone’: Tory mayoral candidate hopes to swerve Labour ‘coronation’ with vow to reverse traffic measures

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Monday 21 February 2022 at 18:43

Nineteen-year-old Oliver Hall also has affordable housing and young people on his agenda ahead of polling in May

Arts venues across Hackney announce new wave of discounts and freebies as part of Town Hall’s culture recovery effort

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 3 February 2022 at 15:01

Cut-price tickets for young people and low-income families are among the latest offers

‘Levelling down London’: Hackney politicians admonish government over delays to funding reforms – with ‘frontline services at risk’

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 31 January 2022 at 11:12

Town Hall leaders call for clarity from Whitehall on plans to change how money is awarded to councils

Campaigners celebrate as council vows to ‘breathe new life’ into Ridley Road with revamp of shopping village

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 25 January 2022 at 14:25

Town Hall is taking on the lease for building that has been at the centre of anti-gentrification protests

‘Historic’ An Viet House to be turned into UK’s first East and South-East Asian resource centre

By Lizzie McAllister | Monday 20 December 2021 at 14:57

Town Hall agrees £1.4 million investment for building that has fallen into disrepair

Council shelves plans to close two children’s centres in big win for campaigners

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 17 November 2021 at 12:58

Town Hall calls a halt to any closures until it has held a wider review into early years provision next year

Local MP Diane Abbott backs campaign to save two children’s centres from closure

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Tuesday 16 November 2021 at 19:58

The two centres in north London are earmarked for closure as the council tries to save £1m to balance the books