De Beauvoir by-election: Green candidate vows to tackle digital divide and push for more action on climate change
Charity adviser Tyrone Scott wants to help people struggling with access to online services
Digital divide
Remote medical services could ‘disenfranchise’ patients, councillors warn
Members of health scrutiny committee fear older people, disabled people and those with no internet access may be ‘forgotten about’
‘Sadly necessary’: School staff donate stationery to borough’s most vulnerable kids
National Education Union says its scheme highlights underfunding in schools, as it announces community event on post-Covid recovery plans
Town Hall’s struggle to address Hackney’s digital divide continues
Skills chief Cllr Carole Williams says pandemic has brought long-standing issue into focus, and calls for push to ‘help people get online’
Call goes out for spare laptops to support Hackney pupils cut off by digital divide
Town Hall estimates 4,000 pupils are still without sufficient equipment despite existing loan schemes
Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley: ‘Despite high-profile errors, technology has proven to be a saving grace during the pandemic’
The local writer looks into the relationship between man and machine as it ‘approaches a critical juncture’
Town Hall gears up to provide affordable internet to social housing
Mayor Philip Glanville declares intention to ‘harness our own digital assets and estate for the public good’
Hackney’s digital divide is worst in capital as council plans online-only services
Town Hall plans to move face-to-face and telephone services online are being frustrated by lack of money, ‘stubborn’ older people and the Olympics
Hackney left behind as Britain goes digital
Some boroughs are taking steps to make broadband available on estates. Hackney isn’t one of them