Residents slam council plans to turn ‘thriving’ community garden into housing
Local group Daubeney Fields Forever calls for a rethink, but Town Hall says it is ‘doing all it can to build the homes Hackney needs’
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Grenfell: Fire hazards at council block still not fixed after four years – and Town Hall cannot explain why
‘Priority 2’ risks picked up by assessors in 2013 should have been addressed within six months
Ridley Road Market: Council survey sparks fears over gentrification
Town Hall says questionnaires about its local markets are about ‘improvements’ and none are ‘under threat’
New bike-sharing scheme being ‘ruined by vandalism’, claims user
Ofo regular says venture is ‘falling apart’ after less than two months as bikes are ‘constantly trashed’ and ‘dumped in bins’
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
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’
Baby box scheme ‘put on hold’ by council over safety concerns
Town Hall delays launch following ‘cautionary advice’ from infant death charity, but the Baby Box Company insists its products ‘exceed standards’
London Fields Lido: New delay could last ‘several weeks’
Popular swimming spot had been due to re-open this weekend after months of repair work
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
New landlord licensing measures will ‘drive up standards’, say campaigners
Community action group Citizens UK welcomes Town Hall consultation on scheme that will ‘bring rogue landlords to book’
Fire Risk Assessment error blamed on bungling safety expert
According to the council, a surveyor wrongly put 24 June 2017 as the date of an FRA for one of its blocks – despite carrying out the test on 4 October 2016
School funding reforms ‘designed to confuse parents and quash protests’, say Hackney campaigners
Education Secretary Justine Greening revealed further changes to the controversial national funding formula last week
Teaching vacancies at Hackney primaries ‘above average’, the most recent data suggests
‘It is not unusual to have three vacancies across all 53 of Hackney’s primary schools’, says council spokesperson
Council offers £30k for job ‘sorting papers’ of ex-Mayor Jules Pipe
‘You will need to have a head for heights due to the tall racking!’ the Town Hall warns applicants
Anti-poverty charity slams Town Hall’s ‘absurd’ council tax proposals
Zacchaeus 2000 Trust says changes to relief scheme will ‘take money out of the pockets of their poorest residents’, but council says government cuts led to decision
Hackney Council’s letting agency does not exist, Town Hall admits
Priority Homes scheme billed as a social letting agency ‘because that’s how most people would understand its function’