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’
Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles plans to clamp down on the publication of ‘town hall Pravdas’ by ‘hard core authorities’
Councillor Sophie Linden says Hackney Citizen is ‘misleading’ over the cash Hackney Council saved when it quietly dumped its ‘green’ electricity tariff
Real life events will always hamper Hackney Council’s efforts to manage the presentation of the borough
Hackney Council is recognised for PR excellence for its ‘newspaper’ Hackney Today amid a funding crisis and cuts to public services
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’
The council may be overestimating the amount of savings it makes by publishing its own ‘newspaper’, claim critics
The council’s freesheet needs to be clear about its proper function in future
The Government is currently consulting on a new Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity