Council plans quality-of-life measurements to tackle ‘hollowed-out’ London economy
New strategy rejects reliance on ‘trickle-down’ economics as councillors warn of gentrification ‘ripple effect’
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Government’s zero emissions target prompts concern for Hackney’s small businesses
Scrutiny commission criticises proposals as lacking in details of how to accomplish targets
Hackney Labour ‘seriously concerned’ as it hits out at government over local food bank shortages
Town Hall’s food poverty chief calls situation ‘one of the greatest scandals of 21st-century Britain’
Bright Kids Nursery to host open day this weekend
Situated close to Homerton Hospital, the nursery offers free, funded places for children aged 2-4
Biff’s Jack Shack, Homerton, food review: ‘Junk food to stop you missing meat’
A stand inside a supermarket-cum-cinema in Homerton is serving up jackfruit burgers and wings – and they ‘pack a punch’
Free full-time nursery places available at St Mary’s Primary School
Admissions now open for 2019 at the Stoke Newington school which has provided ‘high quality education for over 450 years’
Medics quizzed over plans for ‘eligibility criteria’ for hip, knee and cataract operations
Healthwatch Hackney voices ‘intense nervousness’ at plans to restrict access to procedures
Council launches new preemptive approach to violence against women and girls
Three-year strategy aims to prevent domestic abuse ‘from even materialising’
Unions react to Town Hall’s new workforce plans amid concerns austerity could leave services ‘unfit’
Council to start setting targets to reduce spend on agency workers
‘History in the making’: Hackney artist’s Brexit gift ‘delightfully received’ by Prime Minister Theresa May
Kevin Gill, who counts Barack Obama as a fan, sent a print of his painting ‘The Brexit Note’, featuring politicians past and present, to Number 10
Olive School’s temporary home could set precedent for ‘shortchanging’ Hackney pupils, warn councillors
Residents raise concerns over air pollution from nearby Lea Bridge roundabout
Transport for London unveils plans to ‘reduce road danger’ at Dalston Junction
TfL moots left turn ban into Dalston Lane as it launches consultations on five of the capital’s most notorious junctions
Plastic producers must foot the waste bill, Hackney Mayor tells MPs
Borough leader Philip Glanville says ‘fundamental rethink’ is needed in appearance at inquiry into government’s waste strategy
‘Stop the spread’: Doctors issue new warning to parents amid ongoing measles outbreak
More than 350 cases recorded in Hackney and Haringey in the past eight months as local GP urges people to ‘think of the benefits’
Frequent publication of council freesheet ‘unacceptably compromises’ local press, says judge
Town Hall considers legal options as Mayor expresses ‘disappointment’ with outcome of judicial review
‘Tip of the iceberg’: More than 40 families with SEND children left without respite funding for months
Hackney Independent Parents call on borough’s mayor to intervene as parents reported as ‘at the end of their tether’