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Penny Wrout

Independent Socialists launch Hackney People's Forum in challenge to council's 'top-down' approach

Ex-Labour councillors say 'people power is coming' as they champion grassroots-led initiative

Author: Hackney Citizen

Independent Socialists launch Hackney People's Forum in challenge to council's 'top-down' approach

Commissioner warns against 'reckless public discourse' ahead of Mossbourne investigation

Jim Gamble has raised concerns around people making assertions about the review which are 'simply wrong'

Author: Hackney Citizen

Jim Gamble

No savings 'yet' from contentious housing register shake-up, council admits

Data shows Hackney residents are waiting for 20 years on average for a council home

Author: Hackney Citizen

Cllr Sade Etti

'Cost-of-greed crisis': Opposition councillors urge Town Hall to back 'immediate' wealth tax

Debate on Green motion calling for redistribution pushed to January

Author: Hackney Citizen

Critical: Green party London Assembly Member and Dalston councillor Cllr Zoë Garbett

Council urged to investigate Hackney's schools following Mossbourne allegations

Councillors say children are 'suffering under a culture of fear and cruelty' in some academies

Author: Hackney Citizen

Council urged to investigate Hackney's schools following Mossbourne allegations

DBS checks now compulsory for Hackney’s elected politicians

The move follows two recent cases of ex-councillors being charged with sex offences

Author: Joe Steen, Local Democracy Reporter

Sunday's best: Licensing committee considers Hoppers' bid for longer opening hours

Stamford Hill Jewish community calls on government to scrap two-child benefit cap

Letter calls on secretary of state for work and pensions to consider the needs of larger families

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Rabbi Levi Schapiro

Cross-party support as Hackney Mayor and councillors join anti-racist solidarity rally

Labour, Green and independent representatives attend Hackney Stand Up To Racism event

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Anti-racism protest on Saturday 10 August 2024

Councillors hit out at ‘lily-livered’ Labour in first press conference since quitting party

Three newly independent councillors addressed pro-Palestinian protesters outside the Town Hall this morning

Author: Hackney Citizen

Councillors hit out at ‘lily-livered’ Labour in first press conference since quitting party

Three Hackney councillors dramatically quit Labour to form independent group

Cllrs Claudia Turbet-Delof, Penny Wrout and Fliss Premru say they can ‘no longer in good conscience continue campaigning for Labour’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Three Hackney councillors dramatically quit Labour to form independent group

‘Ready for the fight’: Sanctuary Housing workers backed by politicians as they strike again over pay

Repair and maintenance staff say under-inflation pay rises have left some using food banks

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

‘Ready for the fight’: Sanctuary Housing workers backed by politicians as they strike again over pay

Peabody residents joined by Hackney councillors to protest ‘huge’ rent hikes

Campaigners were backed by suspended Victoria ward councillors as they took their fight to Peabody’s headquarters

Author: Maya Sall, Local Democracy Reporter

Peabody residents joined by Hackney councillors to protest ‘huge’ rent hikes