Pay all staff at least London Living Wage, urges Mayor of Hackney
Philip Glanville has called on all businesses in the borough to follow his council’s lead
Alison Garnham
New benefits cap will ‘damage life chances of over 3,000 Hackney children’
Borough will be one of the worst affected areas in the UK, according to new government figures
Benefits claimants face spike in ‘aggressive and intimidating’ bailiffs over unpaid council tax
New figures show council using greater number of enforcement agents to recover debt from residents already on council tax support
Scrapping poverty targets will make children ‘invisible’, charity warns
Department for Work and Pensions plans to stop measuring child hardship in favour of measures tackling ‘root causes’