‘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
Eric Pickles
Leader — Dog’s breakfast of a ‘resurrected’ campaign
Plot thickens over Head of Regeneration’s last-gasp call to arms as pow-wows on petition do not add up
‘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
Hackney Today under fire from Eric Pickles and rivals for Mayor of Hackney post
Local Government Secretary’s deadline to Hackney Council expires as Jules Pipe’s rivals attack freesheet
Secretary of State Eric Pickles threatens Town Hall over continuing publication of Hackney Today ‘newspaper’
Hackney Council given just two weeks to explain its non-compliance with Publicity Code for local authorities
Leader – Hackney Council’s gesture politics over betting shops
Town Hall asks Pickles for more power to restrict where bookies can open, but Labour itself opened the floodgates
Council ‘Pravda’ Hackney Today operating at loss
Town Hall says printing freesheet still makes financial sense due to ‘absurd’ government rules
Leader – Mayor Pipe’s policy is Pickles’ dream
Does Hackney’s Labour leader see Tories’ council tax vote-winner as measure of his success?
Controversial Sainsbury’s application passed (again) by Hackney Council
Campaigners begin letter-writing drive against development in Stoke Newington
Yes he can-can! Eric Pickles takes to dance floor
Localism head honcho enjoys ‘first dance for a long time’ in Stamford Hill
Hackney Today – here tomorrow?
Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles plans to clamp down on the publication of ‘town hall Pravdas’ by ‘hard core authorities’
Councillors’ fury at Hackney Today decision
The council decides to continue publication of its free ‘newspaper’ – one of the very few local authorities to do so
Council to decide future of Hackney Today
The Cabinet is to consider retention of its freesheet in defiance of criticism that it is simply ’propaganda on the rates’
Hackney Council paid director over £200k per year
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
Hackney Liberal Democrats join row over cost of Town Hall ‘Pravda’
The council may be overestimating the amount of savings it makes by publishing its own ‘newspaper’, claim critics