Children’s centre campaigners to launch legal action over ‘misleading’ council consultation
Families fighting plans to close two centres expect to issue urgent judicial review proceedings next week
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Town Hall stands by consultation process as children’s centre campaigners ramp up legal threat
Parents fighting to save two centres from closure send council a letter before claim
Hackney MP defends mayor and council over plans to shut two children’s centres
Hackney South Meg Hillier met with parents at Sebright, one of the centres under threat
‘False economy’: Protesters again urge Hackney Council to rethink children’s centre closures
Diane Abbott MP joined demonstrators outside Hackney Town Hall last night
‘Groundhog Day’: Parents fighting to save two children’s centres hit out at council’s ‘tick-box’ consultation
Campaigners say the Town Hall has offered no ‘plan B’ to shutting Fernbank and Sebright centres
Letter: ‘The suppression of dissent in Hackney is an alarming pattern’
Members of two local campaign groups condemn council’s ‘refusal to listen to citizens’
Campaigners blast council cuts to children’s services as ‘massive attack’ on those most in need
Local MP Diane Abbott said there are ‘other ways to save money’ at a protest attended by families and unions
Hackney Greens call on council to delay children’s centre cuts ahead of budget showdown
Councillors Zoë Garbett and Alastair Binnie-Lubbock put forward their own budget measures with backing from parents and a union
‘Absurd’: Parents and unions slam council over plans to cut children’s centres
Campaigners hit out at ‘baffling’ consultation process
‘Hands off our nurseries’: Parents kick off new battle against council plans to close children’s centres
Two centres that won a reprieve in 2021 following a hard-fought campaign are again at risk
Parents and nursery workers to be consulted on need for low-cost childcare
Council casts spotlight on affordability
Gift appeal: how and where to donate unwanted toys and games
The scheme is part of a drive to encourage a circular economy, so people re-use things or pass them on