Charedi orthodox children missing out on free school meals
‘No child should have just bread for their lunch. It’s very upsetting.’
Michael Levy
‘Farce’: Motorcyclists and opposition councillors blast decision to press ahead with new parking charges
Town Hall scrutiny panel backs cabinet’s approval of scheme after it was called into question
Local elections 2022: ‘Exhilarated’ Greens celebrate winning two seats in Hackney as Labour maintains firm hold
Zoë Garbett and Alastair Binnie-Lubbock elected in Dalston and Hackney Downs – two wards where the party narrowly missed out in 2018
Plan for 76 retirement homes in Woodberry Down gets thumbs-up
Anchor Hanover development on Newnton Close wins approval from councillors
Changing of the guard at the Town Hall as new Speaker elected and chief executive departs
Cllr Michael Desmond to occupy Speaker’s chair for rare second term as former finance boss Ian Williams to serve as acting chief exec
Council ‘reflecting’ on implications of City Hall traffic scheme judgment
Opposition leader points to parallels with council’s own transport measures as Hackney Mayor promises ‘equality at heart of what comes next’
Conservative councillors call for ‘immediate end’ to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Transport chief Cllr Burke responds to criticism by saying voters who ‘want to make roads less safe and air more polluted’ now have a choice
Mayor voices anger at ‘morally repugnant’ cyber attackers as services remain disrupted
More details emerge of damage inflicted on council systems as opposition joins in condemnation of ‘cowardly’ act
Titbits – Soporific stories and disappearing Tories
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Dispute blows up over opposition leader’s special allowance
Cllr Levy’s pay as first opposition group leader has remained substantially unchanged since 2015
Residents ‘relieved’ after derelict Mecca Bingo hall wins council reprieve
“We are glad that the decision to permit this damaging scheme has been deferred”
Titbits – GCHQ, artful dodgers and in praise of Mao
One Hackney MP leaps to the defence of Chairman Mao and GCHQ breaks the rules
Hackney Labour win big at election and top Euro poll as Greens criticise ‘antiquated’ system
Jules Pipe declines to rule out standing yet again after winning fourth term as Mayor of Hackney
Hackney Council meeting ends in farce amid accusations of Standards Committee ‘bias’
Dalston Special Policy Area plans voted through earlier in evening
We’ll play no part in ‘biased’ standards committee, say Hackney Conservatives
Tories withdraw from group they brand ‘nakedly partisan’
Conservative councillor Michael Levy censured for breaching codes of conduct
Standards committee found he had ‘prejudicial interest’ in application to extend property in Stamford Hill