Leader – why scrutiny of the council’s freesheet is in the public interest
Hackney Today threatens the Citizen’s ability to cover the issues readers value most
fire safety
Grenfell: Confusion as experts contradict Hackney Council on Fire Risk Assessment gaps
Surveyors and Town Hall at odds over documents which appear to counter Mayor’s claim that FRAs are ‘up to date’
Grenfell: Town Hall refuses to release fire safety ratings for Hackney schools
Council says Red-Amber-Green ratings are ‘not intended for public use’
Council has ‘no plans’ to publish old Fire Risk Assessments and is ‘redoing’ ones it claimed were ‘up-to-date’
Town Hall had previously rejected Freedom of Information requests on grounds it would publish FRAs
Titbits – ALMOs, Sudokus and mysterious burgesses
More on the Town Hall’s puzzling behaviour in this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Leader – Hackney Council now must put fire safety first
To take a lackadaisical approach – missed deadlines, delays to checks, a trickle of information – is to neglect one of the council’s absolute duties
Grenfell fire alarms firm in fraud probe over ‘defective’ work in Hackney
Allegations relate to fire safety work carried out by Lakehouse between 2011 and 2014, including ‘incorrectly fitted’ alarms
Leader – Grenfell questions must not be deflected
Providing incomplete information is no substitute for transparency and action
It should take just ‘two days’ to test cladding, says former council health and safety officer
Town Hall said today – nearly two weeks after Grenfell disaster – that independent cladding tests “will begin this week”
Grenfell fire: Hackney Council is ‘dragging its heels’ on fire safety, say local Liberal Democrats
Mayor promises action with little detail as sprinkers petition gathers pace
Sign our petition: we call on the Mayor and council to fit fire sprinklers in all of Hackney’s tower blocks
Following the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy, the Hackney Citizen urges immediate action to protect residents living in the borough’s high rises
Grenfell Tower fire: Hackney mayor reveals number of council high rises that have sprinklers installed
Philip Glanville says fitting was based on fire risk assessments carried out by council
Grenfell Tower fire: Hackney Council unable to say which of its high rise blocks have sprinklers installed
Hackney Citizen quizzes council over fire safety measures for residential towers
Grenfell Tower fire: Mayor Philip Glanville seeks to reassure residents living in Hackney blocks
Hackney Citizen quizzes council about its own fire safety checks on the borough’s estates