Hackney has more than 1,000 empty homes – amid ‘urgent’ housing crisis
Borough has tenth highest number of homeless people in the UK, according to leading charity Shelter
Department for Communities and Local Government
Government rejects Hackney Council’s defence of ‘fortnightly’ freesheet
Senior civil servant explains DCLG notice ordering Town Hall to cut back Hackney Today
Government’s ‘laughable’ £36,000 handout ‘won’t do anything’ to fix housing crisis
MP Meg Hillier describes sum as “laughable” while Mayor Philip Glanville calls for councils to be given more power to build affordable homes amid crisis of families living in homeless hostels
Tussle over Hackney Today continues after council rapped by DCLG
Town Hall says it won’t share contents of letter to Whitehall as it again insists freesheet provides value for money for taxpayers who subsidise it
Revealed: How Hackney Today competes aggressively with local papers
Town Hall cancels odd relationship with Royal Borough of Greenwich after government puts the screws on Hackney Council in a letter that could serve as a prelude to court action
Council launches £640k recycling rewards scheme despite ‘mixed results’
Government-funded initiative is part of a fresh drive to boost stagnant recycling rates in Hackney, but research suggests such schemes are ‘unreliable’
Hackney restricts office-to-residential developments to ‘protect’ high streets
Council votes to adopt a wide-ranging Article 4 Direction to remove permitted development rights
Hackney Mayor slams ‘relentless attack’ as council’s budget slashed
Hackney hardest hit London borough as DCLG cuts funding by 6.3 per cent
Gypsies and Travellers in uproar over proposals to redefine their ethnic status
Government proposes that only those with ‘genuine nomadic lifestyles’ should be defined as Travellers
‘Eleventh hour’ for Hackney Today as Pickles threatens legal action
Mayor Pipe responds by slamming Government’s ‘absurd war’ against Town Hall freesheets
Council chief launches petition against ‘damaging’ Government consultation
Head of Regeneration Andrew Sissons challenges Eric Pickles MP over proposed reforms to permitted development rights