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6 days ago · Hackney schoolchildren star in supermarket giant’s healthy eating campaign. By Hackney Citizen | Monday 21 October 2024 at 18:49. Mandeville Primary, home to the School of Food, was chosen to take part in launch of Tesco’s £4m giveaway. Hackney Citizen does not take responsibility for any comments posted on this site.
Hackney Council still has ‘no plans’ to bring in four-day working …
1 day ago · Hackney Council has said it has no plans to introduce a four-day week for staff – after the government dropped its official opposition to local authorities doing so. A Cambridgeshire council’s decision last year to trial reduced working days sparked debate when the previous Conservative government ordered it to end the practice.
Council sticks with Pembury Circus design in blow to campaigners
2 days ago · Campaigners’ efforts to overturn Hackney Council’s “dangerous” redesign of Pembury Circus were dealt a blow last night as councillors voted to keep the plans unchanged. Activists, residents and councillors met on Monday at a special scrutiny meeting triggered by opposition members, who were backed by the local branch of the London ...
Council to slash charity grants by more than £800k amid budget ...
Nov 5, 2024 · Hackney Council is to cut grants for local charities by more than £800,000 in a bid to deal with its multimillion-pound budget overspend. Following repeated warnings about tough decisions, the borough’s finance chief Cllr Robert Chapman (Labour) last week announced its largest planned spending reduction would fall on the voluntary and ...
Rent rises in Hackney causing homelessness to spiral, council warns
Oct 29, 2024 · Photograph: Hackney Council. A spike in homelessness in Hackney is down to rent rises outpacing the rest of London, the council has said – amid warnings that the whole city is facing an “emergency”. New analysis from London Councils, a collective of the capital’s local authorities, revealed that boroughs had spent a total of £114m each ...
General Election 2024: Labour holds Hackney as Diane Abbott and …
Jul 5, 2024 · The General Election was a night of change across the country, but Hackney residents woke up this morning to business as usual after Labour candidates Diane Abbott and Meg Hillier retained their seats.
Campaigners urge council to ramp up progress on LTNs
Oct 2, 2024 · At the Town Hall cabinet meeting on 30 September, campaigners from Low Traffic Hackney quizzed Mayor Caroline Woodley on when a timeline would be published for the rollout of LTNs in Dalston, Chatsworth Road and Hoxton East. These plans were announced in January 2023, but activists said residents have “lost trust” in the the council because ...
Labour’s Caroline Woodley elected as Mayor of Hackney
Nov 10, 2023 · Labour has kept control of the mayoralty in Hackney in a by-election that saw just a fifth of voters turn out. Caroline Woodley, previously the cabinet member for families, parks and leisure, becomes the borough’s third Labour mayor. She won 18,474 of a total of 37,289 votes, and is the first woman to land the top job.
Hackney mayoral by-election: Six candidates to compete for …
Oct 16, 2023 · Six candidates are in the running to become mayor of Hackney in next month’s by-election. Nominations closed last week and the list of hopefuls includes three serving Hackney councillors.
‘Real privilege’: Hackney Council’s chief executive to depart in …
Jul 18, 2023 · Hackney Council is on the hunt for a new chief executive – just two years after Mark Carroll took the job. Carroll, who has been on extended leave since April to handle family matters, is to step down at the end of August after reaching …