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Independent Socialists urge council to use £4m reserves to halt primary school closures

Opposition groups lay out alternative budget plans, with mayor accusing Green co-leader of ‘populism’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Penny Wrout

Hackney’s deficit has shrunk by £16m, says mayor

Caroline Woodley accused of hypocrisy over continuing ‘austerity’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Caroline Woodley

Hackney Wick co-living plans 'send signal' to all developers, says community group

Hackney's first co-living scheme gets green light - thanks to novel partnership between community and developer

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Wick co-living plans 'send signal' to all developers, says community group

Hackney Council launches ‘in-depth review’ of school behaviour policies to tackle high exclusion rates

Councillors lay out scope of investigation into why borough has second-highest number of exclusions in inner London

Author: Hackney Citizen

Councillor Sophie Conway

Divestment activists ‘jumping on bandwagon’, says Hackney’s pensions chair

Cllr Kam Adams says campaigners’ demands unclear – despite persistent calls for council to pull funds from specific arms firms

Author: Hackney Citizen

Divestment activists ‘jumping on bandwagon’, says Hackney’s pensions chair

Abney Park Trust launches year-long festival to celebrate 'historic radicals'

The Radical Writers festival will feature appearances from acclaimed writers, politicians and academics

Author: Hackney Citizen

Abney Park Trust launches year-long festival to celebrate 'historic radicals'

Joy as rewilders return small mammals to Hackney Marshes

Council praised for support in bringing local wildlife back from ‘absolute crunch point’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Joy as rewilders return small mammals to Hackney Marshes

Child safeguarding watchdog lays out scope of Mossbourne inquiry

Rare review follows more than 300 separate complaints about children's experiences

Author: Hackney Citizen

Jim Gamble

Hackney History Festival to return for two weekends in May

Talks, walks and films are on the bill for the second annual celebration of the borough's history

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney writer Ken Worpole

Health campaigners urge councillors to speak out about ‘savage’ NHS cuts

Keep Our NHS Public says Labour is continuing ‘disastrous’ Tory plans

Author: Hackney Citizen

Health campaigners urge councillors to speak out about ‘savage’ NHS cuts

Elderly residents waiting over a year for home adaptations, report finds

Councillors ‘shocked’ by time taken to put in grab rails, non-slip flooring and other adjustments

Author: Hackney Citizen

Elderly residents waiting over a year for home adaptations, report finds

‘Nightmare’: Families displaced by Dalston fire hit out at landlord over lack of support

Tenants left on ‘tenterhooks’ after Peabody failed to renew temporary housing bookings

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Nightmare’: Families displaced by Dalston fire hit out at landlord over lack of support