‘We want a clear, loud Islamic voice’ Eric Pickles tells Hackney mosque
Communities Secretary addresses the ‘bit of bother’ surrounding controversial letter sent to Muslim leaders across UK
Communities Secretary addresses the ‘bit of bother’ surrounding controversial letter sent to Muslim leaders across UK
Plot thickens over Head of Regeneration’s last-gasp call to arms as pow-wows on petition do not add up
Mayor Pipe responds by slamming Government’s ‘absurd war’ against Town Hall freesheets
Head of Regeneration Andrew Sissons challenges Eric Pickles MP over proposed reforms to permitted development rights
Local Government Secretary’s deadline to Hackney Council expires as Jules Pipe’s rivals attack freesheet
Hackney Council given just two weeks to explain its non-compliance with Publicity Code for local authorities
Town Hall asks Pickles for more power to restrict where bookies can open, but Labour itself opened the floodgates
Town Hall says printing freesheet still makes financial sense due to ‘absurd’ government rules
Does Hackney’s Labour leader see Tories’ council tax vote-winner as measure of his success?
Campaigners begin letter-writing drive against development in Stoke Newington
Localism head honcho enjoys ‘first dance for a long time’ in Stamford Hill
Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles plans to clamp down on the publication of ‘town hall Pravdas’ by ‘hard core authorities’
The council decides to continue publication of its free ‘newspaper’ – one of the very few local authorities to do so
The Cabinet is to consider retention of its freesheet in defiance of criticism that it is simply ’propaganda on the rates’
Local authority ‘fat cat’ pay is revealed whilst the government mulls plans to give councillors the power to veto town hall salaries over £100,000
The council may be overestimating the amount of savings it makes by publishing its own ‘newspaper’, claim critics