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Mossbourne refuses to apologise to pupils as academy trust defends record before councillors

Academy trust leaders said they would not say sorry to children the safeguarding review found were harmed

Author: Hackney Citizen

Mossbourne refuses to apologise to pupils as academy trust defends record before councillors

Leader: Fix the politics — and the plumbing

Labour rewrote Hackney's rulebook to suit itself. Then it lost. The Greens should learn the lesson, not repeat it

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney Citizen crest

Hackney’s new Green mayor signals break with previous administration over ‘clinical’ use of performance targets

Zoë Garbett took aim at previous Labour regime's reliance on KPIs in maiden speech

Author: Hackney Citizen

Photograph of Zoe Garbett

'Of course' Sadiq Khan could contribute to House of Lords, new Labour peer says

Len Duvall backs London's mayor for a potential move to the red benches, as speculation mounts over a post-election peerage

Author: Kumail Jaffer, Local Democracy Reporter

Photograph of Lord Duvall of Woolwich

Council’s £51 million budget gap likely to increase if 'Fair Funding Review' left unchanged

Concerns raised over 'detrimental' impact of government's review on council finances

Author: Claudia Lee

Hackney Town Hall

'What are they afraid of?': Fresh row over changes to Town Hall constitution

Independent Socialists say they are being 'punished for being an effective opposition'

Author: Hackney Citizen

L-R: Cllrs Penny Wrout, Claudia Turbet-Delof and Fliss Premru.

Garden waste collection services to be 'improved' after council 'reviews charges and listens to feedback'

Town Hall recently introduced £85 per year subscription for fortnightly garden waste collection from ‘street-level properties'

Author: Hackney Citizen

Waste truck

Child Q review: School policing in Hackney set for major shake-up

Officers’ roles in schools to be redefined after notorious strip-search incident

Author: Joe Steen, Local Democracy Reporter

The Child Q scandal sparked protests in Hackney.

Parents and nursery workers to be consulted on need for low-cost childcare

Council casts spotlight on affordability

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Previously: Children joined their parents to fight for the nurseries

Child Q: Councillors call for resignation of Hackney police borough commander

‘We no longer see you occupying the role of Borough Commander as a tenable option for our borough’

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney’s police commander Marcus Barnett

‘Some institutions are so hellbent on their rules they squeeze you for any reason’: young people speak out over permanent school exclusion

Pupils expressed their ‘shock, surprise and confusion’

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Tashaûn Aird

Mental health assessment rooms set for overhaul amid fears over ‘safety and dignity’

Accessibility, privacy and staffing issues cited at Homerton Hospital as mental health boss says: ‘We need to do something soon’

Author: Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter

Mental health assessment rooms set for overhaul amid fears over ‘safety and dignity’