Posts Tagged ‘Sophie Linden’
The Crib youth club launches £30,000 crowdfunder to keep doors open
Manager Janette Collins had hoped to retire this year but funding crisis sparks bid to save social inclusion project
Read MoreDalston councillor urges London mayor to push for fairer policing after deputy mayor resigns
Green Party’s Zoë Garbett says new appointment must set London towards ‘more just policing era’
Read MoreTitbits – selective voices and multiple choices
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Read MoreBorough-wide stop and search orders see sharp increase
Living in Hackney Scrutiny Commission preparing to examine how stop and search powers are used
Read MoreControversial PSPO is back in Hackney – but ‘only relates to alcohol’
The council axed its previous PSPO in 2015 after it was slammed for ‘criminalising the homeless’
Read MoreEx-Hackney bigwig plugs hate crime app in acid attacks letter – despite her own statistics
Only one of London’s 526 acid attacks is being treated as a hate crime
Read MoreShoreditch Police Station to be axed in ‘drastic’ shake-up
Hackney to be left with one front counter and fewer neighbourhood contact points as part of Mayor of London’s cost-saving measures
Read MoreHackney Council holds secret £6,000 bash to celebrate ex-Mayor and Town Hall makeover
No media were invited to catered event packed with London council leaders
Read MoreArrests follow yet another stabbing, this time in Coopersale Road, Homerton
Incident happened on same day as sergeant apprehended suspected knifeman in Stoke Newington and follows troubling spate of violent attacks
Read MorePolls, hellos and goodbyes: My, haven’t the past 12 months flown by!
Is it really nearly January again? Time for a quick recap of the year when Philip Glanville replaced Jules Pipe in Hackney’s top job, Sadiq triumphed and Brexit was the buzzword – in spite of Hackney’s best efforts
Read MoreRise in knife crime blamed on declining use of stop and search
Two Hackney youth workers at the Crib say figures show stabbings spike coincided with dwindling use of the police powers
Read MoreSophie Conway wins Hackney Central by-election for Labour
Result sees seat of former Deputy Mayor Sophie Linden held for Labour, with a turnout of 18.6 per cent
Read MoreTitbits – a lackadaisical ex-councillor, a party for London and farewell to Jules Pipe
Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of what’s going on in the borough
Read MoreHackney Central ward by-election called
Ballot to take place on 21 July following Sophie Linden’s resignation as local councillor
Read MoreYou’re hired! Sophie Linden accepted as London’s deputy mayor for policing and crime despite ‘worst CV ever seen’
Police and crime committee ‘deeply disappointed at paucity and shortness’ of nominee’s supporting documents and questions her judgment
Read MoreTitbits – councillors, cuckoo mayors and Linden’s day out
Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of what’s going on in the borough
Read MoreSadiq Khan announces Sophie Linden as London’s new deputy mayor for policing
Cllr Linden plans to step down as Deputy Mayor of Hackney
Read MoreCouncil commission slammed for ‘dismissing’ PSPO opposition as ‘passing social media campaign’
‘The council have dismissed the groundswell of public opposition to Linden’s Law,’ says housing campaigner
Read MoreFuture PSPOs: we will not rule them out, says Hackney Council
Report recommends that Hackney Council monitor the ‘success’ of Public Space Protection Orders that are currently in place in ten other London boroughs
Read MoreCouncil calls for 100 extra police officers on the streets
Report by Deputy Mayor says loss of 173 officers over five years is ‘excessive, disproportionate and counter-productive’
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