Town Hall commits £24 million over four years to upgrade ‘aged’ lift stock
Council admits many lifts have been in use beyond their “natural life cycle”
Carole Williams
Hackney Council rejects Green bid for four-day working week
Pressure from central government cited as one of the reasons for rejection
Hackney to host series of Windrush advice clinics to help people navigate government’s ‘unsatisfactory’ compensation scheme
Surgeries are taking place in June, July and August to support residents through the application process
LGBT+ History Month: Hackney mayor hopes ‘people of every identity feel represented’ as borough’s celebrations get underway
Walks, talks, films, performances and more are taking place across the borough throughout February
‘Expressing solidarity’: Campaigners gather outside Homerton Hospital in support of national nursing strikes
Despite nurses at the hospital narrowly missing out on joining the action, supporters still turned up to demand better pay for them
‘What a moment’: Veronica Ryan wins Turner Prize for work including Hackney Windrush sculptures
Artist pays tribute to her family after taking home UK’s most prestigious art award
‘An attack on women’s bodily autonomy’: Hackney politicians protest US Supreme Court’s decision to end abortion rights
Ruling has ‘reset the clock to a time when the constitution was written by slave-owners’, says Cllr Carole Williams
‘They are so beautiful’: Delight in Hackney as two sculptures are unveiled outside the Town Hall to mark Windrush Day
Thomas J Price says his nine-foot-tall figures of a Black woman and a Black man are a ‘celebration of the Windrush generation’
‘Let us help you’: Windrush campaigners urge people to come forward for free support – even if they don’t want to claim compensation
A group of organisations are offering mental health support as well as free legal advice if needed
‘How can we shift the narrative?’ Photographs of smiling Black schoolboys go on display around Hackney as ‘call to action’
Exhibition by artist Kay Adekunle Rufai closes out this year’s Black history season
Hoxton museum hints that slaver statue could be moved following months of protests
Museum of the Home says there is ‘potential’ for monument of Robert Geffrye to be relocated to a ‘less prominent space’
Family and friends gather to celebrate community stalwart Kit Crowley at the garden that now bears her name
The garden was the first to receive a new moniker through a Town Hall project to reclaim places linked to slavery
UK’s first permanent public artworks celebrating the Windrush Generation unveiled in Hackney
Veronica Ryan’s sculptures of custard apple, breadfruit and soursop can be found on the Narrow Way
Hackney vows to rehome five refugee families from Afghanistan
Borough leader Philip Glanville says council is doing ‘everything in its power to support the national effort’
Community stalwart to replace slave trader’s name at public garden in Homerton
Kit Crowley replaces Sir John Cass in first success for council’s renaming project
Hackney’s smaller parks ‘must not to be overlooked’, says equalities chief
Ten-year strategy agreed for borough’s parks and green spaces