Dalston councillor unites Town Hall in advocacy for single parents’ rights
Labour and Conservatives join in calls for single parenthood to be made a protected characteristic
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Town Hall holds debate on future of domestic violence charity Sistah Space
Town Hall urged to provide minimum five-year lease for new premises as leading councillors complain of ‘social media kangaroo court’ around dispute
Invisible Ink: A Family Memoir, Martha Leigh, book review: ‘Part love story, part history, part meditation’
The Hackney GP’s journey into the lives of her parents ‘probes with admirable delicacy some of the most pressing questions of our era’
PEERing into the world of lockdown art
Artist Savinder Bual on her exhibition at Hoxton’s PEER gallery, and why the first lockdown made her think of a flatfish
‘Be the light in the darkness’: Hackney marks Holocaust Memorial Day
Speakers gather in solidarity with calls to learn lessons from the past to create ‘safer, better future’
100 per cent Distance Learning for Adults: BSix Sixth Form College
Start learning from home with BSix Adult courses starting this February 2021 at BSix.
Garden School ‘thrilled’ as funding for expansion of post-16 education approved
Council pledges ‘deep commitment’ on investment into in-borough provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities
Town Hall calls on government to extend business rates holiday and grants
Skills chief warns of twin challenge of pandemic and Brexit throwing up ‘serious barriers’ to employment for residents in coming years
Shortfalls and missed opportunities: report on homeless man Musa’s death published
Social work expert highlights ‘questionable’ decisions as council health chief accepts all review’s recommendations
Hackney Mayor condemns ‘shocking’ 300-person illegal rave raided by police
Over £15,000 in fines issued by local forces as officers are ‘forced yet again to put their own health at risk’
Dunsmure Road businesses speak out against plan for School Streets
Critics of council initiative designed to improve air quality for pupils claim proposals are ‘in essence a two-hour closure’ of their shops
Dispute over staff cuts at two primary schools continues with more unions likely to strike
Thirty-one jobs understood to be at risk at Colvestone and Thomas Fairchild primary schools
Council apologises to resident left with broken front door for four years
Troy Goldie, 27, who has paranoid schizophrenia, wins civil case after ‘hellish’ experience
Two Hackney residents among winners of the London Writers Awards 2021
Carla Montemayor and Elizabeth Chan chosen for ten-month development course designed to improve diversity in publishing
Organiser of 400-person wedding in Stamford Hill facing £10k fine
Borough’s police chief hits out at ‘unacceptable’ behaviour when ‘people across the country are postponing or cancelling celebrations’
‘No Year 7 exclusions’: Town Hall pilot aims to support at-risk pupils
Trial focused on easing the transition from primary to secondary school to be rolled out this year