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Cllr Jonathan McShane will quit cabinet in May to ‘devote more time’ to charity

Hackney’s cabinet member for health has been a councillor for 13 years

Author: Hackney Citizen

Boaters vow to ‘reclaim towpath’ from criminals – starting with a human chain in Hackney

More than half of towpath users now steer clear due to safety fears, a recent survey found

Author: Hackney Citizen

Boaters vow to ‘reclaim towpath’ from criminals – starting with a human chain in Hackney

Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville criticised for ‘remaining shtum’ on Vittoria Wharf demolition

Save Hackney Wick calls on Mayor to use influence over LLDC plans

Author: Adam Barnett

Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville criticised for ‘remaining shtum’ on Vittoria Wharf demolition

Council has ‘no plans’ to publish old Fire Risk Assessments and is ‘redoing’ ones it claimed were ‘up-to-date’

Town Hall had previously rejected Freedom of Information requests on grounds it would publish FRAs

Author: Hackney Citizen

Rashan Charles: Family ‘concerned and disappointed’ following Metropolitan Police decision not to suspend officer

Relatives say Charles died ‘within minutes’ of the officer ‘throwing him to the ground’ and vow to push for a criminal investigation

Author: Hackney Citizen

Rashan Charles: Family ‘concerned and disappointed’ following Metropolitan Police decision not to suspend officer

New landlord licensing measures will ‘drive up standards’, say campaigners

Community action group Citizens UK welcomes Town Hall consultation on scheme that will ‘bring rogue landlords to book’

Author: Hackney Citizen

New landlord licensing measures will ‘drive up standards’, say campaigners

Hackney Stand Up to Racism drops speaker over ‘racism’ – but defends group linked to Jihadi John

Rashan Charles’s father was booked to speak alongside group banned by NUS

Author: Adam Barnett

Hackney Stand Up to Racism drops speaker over ‘racism’ – but defends group linked to Jihadi John

Fire Risk Assessment error blamed on bungling safety expert

According to the council, a surveyor wrongly put 24 June 2017 as the date of an FRA for one of its blocks – despite carrying out the test on 4 October 2016

Author: Hackney Citizen

Grenfell Tower fire. Photograph: Natalie Oxford via Twitter

School funding reforms ‘designed to confuse parents and quash protests’, say Hackney campaigners

Education Secretary Justine Greening revealed further changes to the controversial national funding formula last week

Author: Hackney Citizen

School funding reforms ‘designed to confuse parents and quash protests’, say Hackney campaigners

Hackney Council confirms identity of freesheet’s publishers after delay to ‘get to the bottom of that’

Hackney Burgesses mystery solved – with a little help from Citizen readers

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Today has been competing with local newspapers for advertising

Diane Abbott slammed for recounting racist abuse on live TV

The Shadow Home Secretary told ITV’s Good Morning Britain she has been called a ‘nigger bitch’ – prompting a frenzied reaction on social media

Author: Hackney Citizen

Calling for more new homes: Diane Abbott MP

Hackney Mayor faces public grilling in Question Time event at Town Hall

Hackney Citizen has been offered one vetted question for the Mayor

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Mayor faces public grilling in Question Time event at Town Hall