Labour mayoral candidate accused of ‘insulting electorate’ after rejecting hustings invite
Caroline Woodley says her ‘focus is on speaking to as many residents as possible on the doorstep’
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Conservative mayoral candidate will help ‘rip out’ his local LTN if elected – as he vows to scrap traffic scheme
Simche Steinberger, a Springfield ward councillor, also promises a new budget and planning reforms
Former Hackney councillor Tom Dewey given 12-month suspended sentence for possessing indecent images of children
Former de Beauvoir ward councillor avoids jail
Residents urged to prepare for new voter ID rules being introduced in May
People will be required to show photo ID
De Beauvoir residents hit out at boundary changes that could see them ‘shunted into Islington’
Voters in the ward could be faced with electing politicians in two boroughs
‘Very confusing’: Brownswood residents urged to fight boundary changes that could see them represented by politicians in two different boroughs
Current plans mean residents in the ward will have councillors in Hackney and an MP in Tottenham
De Beauvoir by-election: Labour’s Joe Walker elected after edging out Green candidate by just 27 votes
Walker will join party colleague Polly Billington in representing the ward
‘It degraded me’: Election candidate opens up about ‘horrific’ strip-search following Child Q scandal
TUSC’s Victoria ward hopeful Margaret Trotter calls for police ‘overhaul’
Local and mayoral elections 2022: All the candidates vying for your votes on 5 May
With 57 seats up for grabs in 21 wards, the borough is set for a fierce contest
Roll up! Roll up! Join the Great Mayoral Debate: Hackney Citizen to host election hustings
Volunteer Centre Hackney’s CEO Lauren Tobias will be putting a selection of readers’ questions to the candidates next Tuesday from 6.30pm
What exactly is a directly elected mayor? Find out more about Hackney’s highest political office
Too much power for one person or much-needed stability for a council? What’s the pay like? And how did a monkey end up running Hartlepool?
‘It takes lives – same as the pandemic’: Anti-gang activist puts crime prevention at forefront of mayoral bid
Gwenton Sloley, founder of a gang prevention programme, is running as an independent in his home borough
‘LTNs would be gone’: Tory mayoral candidate hopes to swerve Labour ‘coronation’ with vow to reverse traffic measures
Nineteen-year-old Oliver Hall also has affordable housing and young people on his agenda ahead of polling in May
‘Rebuilding trust’ after cyber attack is council’s biggest challenge, says Hackney Mayor
Philip Glanville outlines issues facing the borough with local and mayoral elections looming
Hackney protesters bang drum for a better voting system
Make Votes Matter campaigners call for proportional representation in nationwide day of action
By-election results leave Hackney’s political landscape unchanged
Labour holds three of the four wards up for grabs, while the Tories retain Stamford Hill West