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Hackney’s Deputy Speaker charged with sexually assaulting a child – just days after handing in his resignation

Lee Laudat-Scott, 48, appeared in court today charged with sexually assaulting a boy under the age of 13

By Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 18 Jul 2024

Tom Dewey: Little could have been done to stop him becoming a councillor, concludes inquiry

By Darryl Chamberlain

/ 25 Jan 2024

Woman, 42, shot dead in Hackney as police launch murder inquiry

By Hackney Citizen

/ 6 Dec 2023

Child Q: Three police officers to face gross misconduct hearings over school strip-search

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 14 Sep 2023

Scotland Yard’s reform plan wins cross-party praise – with Mayor of London hailing it as an ‘important step’

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 21 Jul 2023

‘Why was it me?’ Child Q still haunted by school strip-search, safeguarding expert reveals in hard-hitting report

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 20 Jun 2023

Child strip-searches: More incidents come to light after police ‘data error’

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 12 Jun 2023

Child Q: Laws allowing child strip-searches need ‘radical rethink’, says safeguarding expert

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 26 Apr 2023

‘Wake-up call’: New report finds thousands of child strip-searches were carried out in past four years – more than half without appropriate adult

By Noah Vickers, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 30 Mar 2023

Casey Review: Hackney Council ‘appalled’ by Metropolitan Police’s systemic failings

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 21 Mar 2023

‘Not surprising’: Majority of Londoners hold negative view of the police, new polling finds

By Joe Talora, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 21 Jul 2022

Child Q: Officers who strip-searched Black teenager now being investigated for gross misconduct

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

/ 14 Jun 2022