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Town Hall says its Destination Hackney website is ‘migrating’
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Cllr Jonathan McShane will quit cabinet in May to ‘devote more time’ to charity
Hackney’s cabinet member for health has been a councillor for 13 years
Boaters vow to ‘reclaim towpath’ from criminals – starting with a human chain in Hackney
More than half of towpath users now steer clear due to safety fears, a recent survey found
Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville criticised for ‘remaining shtum’ on Vittoria Wharf demolition
Save Hackney Wick calls on Mayor to use influence over LLDC plans
Council has ‘no plans’ to publish old Fire Risk Assessments and is ‘redoing’ ones it claimed were ‘up-to-date’
Town Hall had previously rejected Freedom of Information requests on grounds it would publish FRAs
Rashan Charles: Family ‘concerned and disappointed’ following Metropolitan Police decision not to suspend officer
Relatives say Charles died ‘within minutes’ of the officer ‘throwing him to the ground’ and vow to push for a criminal investigation
New landlord licensing measures will ‘drive up standards’, say campaigners
Community action group Citizens UK welcomes Town Hall consultation on scheme that will ‘bring rogue landlords to book’
Hackney Stand Up to Racism drops speaker over ‘racism’ – but defends group linked to Jihadi John
Rashan Charles’s father was booked to speak alongside group banned by NUS
Fire Risk Assessment error blamed on bungling safety expert
According to the council, a surveyor wrongly put 24 June 2017 as the date of an FRA for one of its blocks – despite carrying out the test on 4 October 2016
School funding reforms ‘designed to confuse parents and quash protests’, say Hackney campaigners
Education Secretary Justine Greening revealed further changes to the controversial national funding formula last week
Hackney Council confirms identity of freesheet’s publishers after delay to ‘get to the bottom of that’
Hackney Burgesses mystery solved – with a little help from Citizen readers
Diane Abbott slammed for recounting racist abuse on live TV
The Shadow Home Secretary told ITV’s Good Morning Britain she has been called a ‘nigger bitch’ – prompting a frenzied reaction on social media
Hackney Mayor faces public grilling in Question Time event at Town Hall
Hackney Citizen has been offered one vetted question for the Mayor
Hackney Council posts newspaper-style story online, despite claims of not competing with local press
The council has declined to rule out launching an online newspaper
Rashan Charles: Police officer being investigated for ‘gross misconduct’
IPCC chief says officer’s behaviour when restraining Charles, who later died in hospital, ‘may have breached police standards’
Momentum U-turns on open selection to protect ‘four left-wing councillors’ from non-Corbynite challengers
Group had earlier called open selection ‘democratic’ and the ‘best option’ for socialists