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Anntoinette Bramble elected Labour group leader following bruising local election defeat

Bramble has represented her London Fields ward for more than 15 years and previously served as deputy mayor and cabinet member for education

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of Anntoinette Bramble, Labour party

Mayor Garbett unveils full cabinet team as Greens take the reins at Town Hall

The number of cabinet positions has been trimmed, in a move the new mayor says will save more than £250,000 over the four-year term

Author: Hackney Citizen

Mayor Zoë Garbett's new cabinet - L-R Cllr Abi Kingston, Cllr Soraya Adejare, Cllr Sam Mathys, Cllr Alastair Binnie-Lubbock,

Former Hackney councillor becomes chair of London Assembly for third time

The London Assembly has completed its annual reshuffle, electing a new chair and appointing leadership roles across its cross-party investigative committees

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

What’s next after the Greens’ historic takeover of Hackney?

Hackney's new mayor Zoë Garbett pledged to 'change the system' as she claimed victory at the local elections. What has she promised to do, and how will she try to achieve her goals?

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of Hackney's new mayor, the Green party's Zoë Garbett

Near-impassable: resident raises alarm over 'sea of bikes' cluttering pavements near Broadway Market

Terry Stewart, a 70-year-old partially-sighted resident, warned that the strewn bikes make streets near-impassable for vulnerable pedestrians.

Author: Niall Holden

Video still of Lime bikes at Broadway Market, May 2026

City Hall to launch probe into impact of high service charges on housing affordability

Londoners are uniquely exposed, being twice as likely to be leaseholders than residents in the rest of the country

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

City Hall to launch probe into impact of high service charges on housing affordability

New Hackney Half route is bad for business, traders warn council

Hackney businesses have warned they are losing one of their best trading days of the year following changes to the route

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of Stephane and Olivia Cusset

'Shellshocked' and 'exhausted': The Mount residents raise concerns over safety and council support after Clapton blaze

Tenants of a four-storey council block off Mount Pleasant Lane say the local authority has offered limited support since fire tore through their homes on 5 May — as health fears raised over asbestos, burnt plastics and a hoarded flat still strewn with scorched debris

Author: Niall Holden

Anntoinette Bramble elected Labour group leader following bruising local election defeat

Mayor Garbett unveils full cabinet team as Greens take the reins at Town Hall

Former Hackney councillor becomes chair of London Assembly for third time

What’s next after the Greens’ historic takeover of Hackney?

Near-impassable: resident raises alarm over 'sea of bikes' cluttering pavements near Broadway Market

City Hall to launch probe into impact of high service charges on housing affordability

New Hackney Half route is bad for business, traders warn council

'Shellshocked' and 'exhausted': The Mount residents raise concerns over safety and council support after Clapton blaze

Green party councillor quits straight after election victory following breach of local government rules

Mayor Garbett unveils first Green cabinet as new era begins at the Town Hall

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

Local elections 2026: Green party wins majority of seats on Hackney Council