Stamford Hill Jewish community calls on government to scrap two-child benefit cap
Letter calls on secretary of state for work and pensions to consider the needs of larger families
Labour party
London Fields and Stoke Newington by-election candidates announced
Voters are off to the polls on 12 September 2024
Government denies London mayor Sadiq Khan power to impose rent controls
Ministers have ‘no plans whatsoever’ to enable introduction of caps on the amount private landlords can charge
Cross-party support as Hackney Mayor and councillors join anti-racist solidarity rally
Labour, Green and independent representatives attend Hackney Stand Up To Racism event
Confusion as Diane Abbott and party leaders make conflicting claims on MP’s future
Abbott says she is banned from standing in the general election, but the party says no decision has been taken
Critics round on Woodberry Down plans as next phase narrowly wins approval
A Labour schism meant plans for more than 500 new homes passed by a hair
Hackney set for fifth by-election in two years as another Labour councillor quits
Yvonne Maxwell is yet to speak out about her resignation, but said she was ‘free at last’ on social media
New Labour councillors ‘honoured and humbled’ after winning Hackney by-elections
Cllrs Jasmine Martins and Faruk Tinaz fill seats in De Beauvoir and Hoxton East respectively
Gaza: Hackney Council calls for cessation of hostilities
Green party motion passes – with qualified Labour support
Tom Dewey inquiry: Final report praises ‘cool heads and steady hands’ at Town Hall after arrest came to light
Chair John Henderson says ‘safeguarding systems worked perfectly’ but criticises ‘blurring of boundaries’ between politicians and council officers
Mayoral candidates quizzed on transport at Hackney Cycling Campaign’s hustings
In the absence of two of the four invited mayoral candidates, residents put the Greens’ Zoë Garbett and the Liberal Democrats’ Simon de Deney on the spot
Hackney Mayor suspended by Labour after partying with disgraced former councillor on day he found out about arrest
Party says photograph is in clear contradiction of Philip Glanville’s previous account of events
Former Hackney councillor Tom Dewey given 12-month suspended sentence for possessing indecent images of children
Former de Beauvoir ward councillor avoids jail
Former Hackney councillor charged over indecent images of children
Thirty-six-year-old was previously elected as Labour councillor for De Beauvoir ward
Letter: ‘Diane Abbott was wrong’
But the Conservative Party is in no position to take the moral high ground, says Sasha Simic
Diane Abbott suspended as Labour MP over ‘deeply offensive’ letter about racism
Abbott apologises for comments suggesting Jewish, Irish and Traveller people have not suffered racism ‘all their lives’