DBS checks now compulsory for Hackney’s elected politicians The move follows two recent cases of ex-councillors being charged with sex offences By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter / 19 Sep 2024
Child Q review: School policing in Hackney set for major shake-up By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter / 16 Sep 2024
Tom Dewey inquiry: Final report praises ‘cool heads and steady hands’ at Town Hall after arrest came to light By Hackney Citizen / 17 Jan 2024
Council commissions independent investigation into Dewey scandal By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 3 Nov 2023
Mayor speaks of shock and anger at former councillor’s actions By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 16 Aug 2023
Child Q: School at centre of scandal has made ‘radical changes’ after listening to pupils, according to new report By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 23 Jun 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
Hackney councillors urged to complete mandatory training – with only a few recorded as having brushed up on finance and child safeguarding By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 16 Feb 2023
Two arrested on suspicion of child neglect over death of seven-year-old girl By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 30 Jan 2023
Safeguarding expert warning over children in unregistered Hackney ‘schools’ By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 27 Jan 2023
‘Simply not good enough’: Child safeguarding expert urges police and other bodies to back up anti-racism pledges with evidence By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 17 Jan 2023
Child Q: Officers who strip-searched Black teenager now being investigated for gross misconduct By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter / 14 Jun 2022
