Vaccine pop-ups to encourage uptake in ‘marginalised communities’
Health and community leaders join forces to help undocumented migrants feel safe enough to get the jab
Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter
‘Just one social rent home in 2019’: Disappointment at Town Hall over ‘poor performance’ with affordable housing
Council officer cites Brexit uncertainty but says ‘no one single reason’ for underwhelming figures
Police accused of ‘racial profiling’ after stopping member of Hackney police scrutiny group
Hackney Account’s David Smith says ‘everyone should be happy it happened to me and not to someone who doesn’t know the law’
Food poverty: Community groups call for no return to ‘business as usual’
Council pledges not to ‘step away’ with volunteers set to return to their normal work as lockdown eases
Concerns over lift maintenance prompt scrutiny of ‘inefficient’ council communication
Town Hall admits ‘challenge’ in relying on letters to get information to residents
‘Propaganda’: Campaigners rip into Town Hall consultation on housing waiting list changes
Consultation is ‘robust, fair and extensive’, says Town Hall as it calls for support fighting government on ‘underlying issues’ on housing
US takeover of Hackney GP practice sparks fears of ‘trojan horse’ privatisation
Local CCG moves to reassure residents that ‘patients will not see any difference in the way their GP practice is run’
Campaigners call out Town Hall over £35m fossil fuel investments
Divest Hackney and Extinction Rebellion accuse council of ‘failing in responsibility to protect future of residents’
Hackney health chief opens up about mental health impact of pandemic
Chris Kennedy speaks out on social care and government support in cabinet member’s question time
Trade union fires broadside at departing council executive
Tim Shields comes out fighting after Hackney Unison delivers stinging critique of his legacy
Labour dismisses opposition’s budget amendments, with Hackney Mayor calling them a ‘disgrace’
Conservative councillors condemn administration investments as ‘waste of money’ as levels of allowances and salaries criticised
Tories call for resignation of Toyin Agbetu from council naming review in wake of antisemitism claims
Town Hall leaders ‘reflecting on what he may have said in the past’ as Hackney Mayor underlines work of Review Renew Reclaim project as ‘vital’
Activists ‘appalled’ as Town Hall begins demolishing Marian Court with family still living there
Sisters Uncut hits out at Hackney Council amid row over the condition of an alternative home waiting for the last remaining occupants of the Homerton block
Cyber attack to cost Hackney Council ‘roughly’ £10m, Mayor reveals
Outlay expected to be similar to that of Redcar Council, whose systems were hit earlier in 2020
Hackney to ‘reclaim’ nearly £12m worth of services from private companies
Deputy Mayor Rebecca Rennison outlines plan to ‘turbocharge insourcing’, starting with over 360 jobs by 2022
‘Utterly wrong’: Town Hall rejects calls to rethink housebuilding model
Hackney Mayor responds to criticism that the council has left itself open to the vagaries of the property market