Is your ward hot or not? Here are Hackney’s local election battlegrounds
Labour holds 50 of the borough’s 57 council seats, but there is potential for a few surprises in May
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Green Party’s Alastair Binnie-Lubbock would ‘give power back’ to residents if elected Hackney Mayor
‘If you want to see a change in Hackney you’re going to have to vote for it’
Women’s Equality’s Harini Iyengar would apply ‘gender lens’ to policy if elected Hackney Mayor
‘We have a monolith in Hackney Council and women’s political voices have not been heard’
‘Hackney Heroine’ Pauline Pearce vows to tackle knife crime if elected Mayor
‘I don’t want it to be the norm in Hackney. Not on my watch’
Conservative Imtiaz Lunat says he would empower residents if elected Hackney Mayor
‘Everything would be done through local people’
Clapton Common synagogue revamp approved by Hackney planning chiefs
Fifty orthodox Jewish men attend meeting on future of local house of worship
More than 1,000 fire safety jobs in Hackney could still be outstanding on Grenfell anniversary
Forty per cent of priority works breach one-month window as council says it is tackling issues ‘as quickly as we can’
Parents and carers raise £3,000 to fight SEND cuts in a judicial review
Hackney Council has offered to work with campaigners to manage the cuts
Mayor ‘disappointed’ about council’s cladding report U-turn – which he discovered reading the Hackney Citizen
Philip Glanville says he did not agree with the decision and will release a ‘hybrid report’ later this year
Hackney Mayor promises ‘council-owned energy company’ if re-elected
Philip Glanville gives Citizen a preview of what’s in his election manifesto
Hackney Deputy Mayor to scrap SEND funding changes – but five per cent cuts will go ahead
Cabinet will tonight formally drop the changes and set up a parents working group
Hackney agrees £4 million deal to combine ‘stop smoking’ services
Health chief McShane says the deal will make service accountable
Council to spend £945k on new tech staff for ‘Hackney’s digital journey’
Town Hall says the 17 jobs will save money and improve services
Green-light for workshop and flats block opposite Shacklewell gallery
Council approves scheme to replace Miller’s Avenue shipping containers
Finsbury Park site could become emergency housing for vulnerable young people
Themi Care facility in Somerfield Road goes before planning sub-committee
Children protest SEND cuts at Hackney Town Hall as parents address council
Deputy Mayor Bramble offers ‘co-production’ with parents to manage changes