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
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Labour’s Philip Glanville re-elected as Mayor of Hackney
Glanville glides home with 59 per cent of the vote, but insists the victory ‘is about a new administration’
Local elections 2022: Parties drive home key pledges as Hackney gears up for some tight races
LTNs, housing, the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency are major battlegrounds
‘We need to make violence against women and girls a political priority,’ says Women’s Equality Party candidate
Tabitha Morton, the party’s co-deputy leader, is competing for a council seat in Clissold
‘All SEN students deserve help’: Election candidates from Hackney and Islington sign up to community manifesto
Election hopefuls hear powerful testimony at event hosted by Hackney and Islington Citizens
‘It degraded me’: Election candidate opens up about ‘horrific’ strip-search following Child Q scandal
TUSC’s Victoria ward hopeful Margaret Trotter calls for police ‘overhaul’
Volunteers begin project to make River Lea an ‘oasis for wildlife’ again
Wildlife Gardeners of Haggerston team up with council staff to plant vegetation and build habitats along the eroded riverbanks
‘Face our shared history with honesty’: Hackney to play host to major art initiative on transatlantic slave trade
The World Reimagined will create educational walking trails featuring works by high-profile artists
‘Hackney still not past Omicron peak,’ warn local medics
Doctors estimate that 8.2 per cent of local residents had Covid last week
Plan for 76 retirement homes in Woodberry Down gets thumbs-up
Anchor Hanover development on Newnton Close wins approval from councillors
Hostel set for refurbishment after council agrees lease for 163 homes
More than 100 rooms at the former Metropolitan hospital to be upgraded
More than 30,000 households to get extra £30 off council tax
Hackney’s cabinet approves one-off reduction to help tackle cost of living crisis
Local elections 2022: Housing, racism and LTNs on the agenda for Hackney’s Independent Network
The Citizen caught up with the 11-strong group of candidates ahead of voting on 5 May
Child Q: Headteacher of school where Black teenage girl was strip-searched steps down due to ill health
Scandal-hit school informs parents of news – with successor already in place
‘No excuse’: Three hundred council workers strike over pay
Staff in waste collection, repairs and SEND passenger services launch six days of action
Children as young as 10 have been strip-searched by the Metropolitan Police, figures show
Data obtained by London Assembly Member Caroline Russell in wake of Child Q scandal