Residents slam ‘epic hubris’ of council approving its own application to build two high rise towers
Councillor says plans would never be approved if submitted by a private developer
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‘A massive slap in the face’: residents slam council’s plans to build high rise towers on top of schools
Campaigners fume at ‘lack of transparency’ in planning process ahead of vital meeting over high-rise developments in Hoxton and Hackney Downs
‘There is not a person in Britain who is not interested in politics. They just don’t always call it politics’
How can decision-making be brought closer to the people?
Stik takes pride in Hackney with specially-made LGBT+ banner
Street artist has designed a two metre high flag for this month’s Pride in London parade
Hackney Central ward by-election called
Ballot to take place on 21 July following Sophie Linden’s resignation as local councillor
Free school’s bid to convert former police station blocked
Council’s planning committee scuppers cop shop school scheme
Hackney Council staff sacked following fraud investigation
Seven workers given their marching orders following probe into wrongdoing
Rows over London Fields ‘quietway’ and BBQs are battles in war for space
A growing population brings with it growing pressures and competing demands
Titbits – councillors, cuckoo mayors and Linden’s day out
Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of what’s going on in the borough
Abney Park’s Grade II-listed gates ‘saved’ as greengrocer’s plans prove fruitless
Council refuses to allow local business to expand its premises, after Abney Park Trust objects to plans
Fume Free Streets slams ‘perverse’ proposal over London Fields ‘quietway’
Hackney Council should scrap original road closure plans, council officers to recommend
Councillors clash over election of new Speaker of Hackney
Opposition parties take the unusual step of proposing an alternative
Sadiq Khan announces Sophie Linden as London’s new deputy mayor for policing
Cllr Linden plans to step down as Deputy Mayor of Hackney
‘Ban barbecues on London Fields,’ demand residents left fuming over heatwave litter
Council says it will step up security during hot weather after London Fields was left covered in rubbish
Abney Park Trust slams Stoke Newington greengrocer’s expansion plans
Charitable trust fears for character of the historic park’s gates after shop’s planning application is submitted
Government’s Right to Buy policy to cost Hackney Council £90m
Councils will be forced to sell off their most valuable homes to fund the extension of the policy