Hackney Council to pay back £268k to motorists caught out by unlawful road closure
Town Hall to refund more than 3,000 fines after slip-up in the wording of a traffic notice in Springfield
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‘It’s not a commodity’: Parents from Dalston primary school at risk of a merger urge council bosses to rethink plans
Colvestone primary is one of six schools facing major upheaval next year because of falling pupil numbers
Child Q: Special scrutiny meeting looking at what has changed since scandal broke to take place next week – with residents invited
Child safeguarding and policing in schools set to be a focus for councillors
Cases of alleged fraud reported to council up 15 per cent in a year
The majority involve council tenancies, with parking fraud also a big contributor
Hackney mother who fears mould in her council flat is affecting her children’s asthma calls for annual housing checks
Raeesa Patel says mould ‘keeps coming back’ at her home in Hackney Downs despite repeated treatment
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‘It means something to them’: Local arts project for refugees appeals for donations to save it from closure
Creative Art Space, run by Akwaaba, helps its participants ‘feel safe and not isolated’
‘Wake-up call’: New report finds thousands of child strip-searches were carried out in past four years – more than half without appropriate adult
Children’s Commissioner’s review shows ‘police cannot be trusted with the devastating power’, says London politician
Parents react to proposed primary school closures
Council cites falling pupil numbers as reason
Two Hackney primary schools face closure next year and four others could merge – as fall in pupil numbers leads to huge funding cuts
De Beauvoir and Randal Cremer primaries look set to shut in September 2024, with unfilled reception places rising
Town Hall to sell off two schoolkeepers’ homes to fund decarbonisation work
Properties at Queensbridge and Shoreditch Park primaries set to go on the market
Sunday night ‘no longer a school night’, claims restaurant in extended opening hours bid
Sri Lankan food chain Hoppers says remote working on Mondays means people are staying out later the night before
‘It’s completely preventable’: Polio vaccine campaign to be rolled out this summer following low uptake across north London
Samples of the virus were discovered in sewage last year
‘Just can’t compete’: Council bosses criticise bidding war for housing after being ‘gazumped’ by the Home Office
‘Extreme competition’ for temporary housing stock means residents are given ‘very little time to choose’
‘It can be alienating’: Councillor speaks up for young parents as support service for under-24s is decomissioned
The Family Nurse Partnership is set to be replaced by an enhanced health visiting scheme