Hackney Council in wrangle with UK data watchdog after refusing to answer questions on 2020 cyber attack
Information Commissioner looking into the Town Hall’s failure to respond to Freedom of Information request
Darren Martin
‘Ultimately, fewer people will vote’: How the cyber attack on Hackney Council could damage local democracy
Tiya Thomas-Alexander examines the impact of last year’s criminal hack on postal voting ahead of May’s elections
‘Hackney Heroine’ Pauline Pearce and family remain stranded in Gambia
Former local mayoral candidate appeals for help as her and her father run out of medication with no means of getting home
Coronavirus: Town Hall forming group to help residents support their neighbours
Local Liberal Democrat, Green and Women’s Equality Parties all offer to mobilise memberships for volunteer effort
Council tax support levels reset as campaigners call for Town Hall to go further
Liberal Democrats say ‘U-turn’ on cuts introduced two years ago is an ‘admission the council got it wrong’
Town Hall drops pilot programme profiling families without their knowledge
Liberal Democrats hit out at Town Hall’s ‘complete disregard for people’s privacy’ in use of Early Help Profiling System
Liberal Democrat activists accuse Town Hall of ‘completely losing control’ of fly-tipping
Council’s own figures still in doubt as pledge made to develop system to ‘more accurately map’ locations of fly-tips
Activists express alarm as number of ‘hazardous’ council-owned homes spikes 350 per cent in a year
Town Hall fails to explain sudden rise in ‘Category 1’ hazards as Liberal Democrats and Greens call for ‘action’
Council position on second referendum ‘left open’
Hackney Liberal Democrats call for official council motion on second EU referendum
Liberal Democrats warn against ‘complacency’ on violent crime
Council community safety chief hits back at proposals for joint violence reduction unit with Tower Hamlets as ‘out of touch’
No Poll Tax 2 campaign urges Town Hall to scrap controversial relief cut
Petition calls for exemption from bailiff action for those receiving council tax support
‘Scandalous’: Town Hall faces fresh criticism over council tax support cut as new documents reveal rejected options
Hackney Liberal Democrats and anti-poverty charity slam the council for going ahead with the cut despite analysis showing it would hit vulnerable residents hardest
Town Hall defends Marian Court publicity amid claims of ‘spinning the truth’ on housing
Homerton scheme means fewer social rent homes – but is this clear from council publicity?
Hackney Liberal Democrats resolute after ‘bittersweet’ election showing
Tributes to ‘true gentleman’ Ian Sharer, who lost his seat after 24 years of service
Titbits – Lying little rags and political handbags
Plus ça change – it’s the monthly column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Hackney MP Diane Abbott slammed over ‘disingenuous’ Brexit promise
Shadow Home Secretary rows back on pledge to argue for ‘electorate to get a vote on final deal’