Hackney Council to launch ‘innovative’ house-building company
Have your say on the Town Hall’s new housing strategy, which it says ‘could enable more affordable homes to be built’ across the borough
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Stik banner auction to raise money for LGBTQI+ youth project
Proceeds from the sale will help local group put on exhibition celebrating borough’s queer heritage
Two choices for Haggerston Baths’ future – but pool hopes vanish down plughole
Mayor urges residents to get involved in new consultation before final decision is made
‘Small wins give us confidence’, say business rates campaigners
Mayor welcomes budget measures but local trader says government is still ‘punishing’ small businesses
Police cuts will risk safety of Hackney residents, warns Mayor Glanville
Town Hall wants a fairer deal for London as crime spikes in the borough for the first time in years
Petition opposing business rates hike handed to Downing Street
‘The sheer severity of the impact on areas like Hackney is unjustifiable’, warns Mayor Philip Glanville
Council tax hike of three per cent voted through in Town Hall budget meeting
Adjustments pass with solid majority as council forced to swallow £14 million government squeeze
Hackney businesses slam ‘devastating’ rates hike at emergency summit
Local traders were supported by Town Hall bosses as they expressed fears over the ‘unjustifiable’ rise
Sisters Uncut slams Hackney mayor’s ‘broken promises’ at Valentine’s Day protest
Domestic violence campaigners say Philip Glanville is “breaking their hearts”
Mayor launches year-long LGBTQI+ festival
Events throughout 2017 will celebrate Hackney’s LGBT+ community as part of drive to commemorate its history in the borough
Mayor announces council tax hike and £13.8m cuts
Philip Glanville blames ‘austerity years’ for tax rise but vows to protect key services in the face of further cuts
Claims of crackdown on prostitutes in Hackney denied by top police officer
Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Laurence says streets are ‘not a safe place’ for sex workers as support group leads criticism of alleged enforcement
Government’s ‘laughable’ £36,000 handout ‘won’t do anything’ to fix housing crisis
MP Meg Hillier describes sum as “laughable” while Mayor Philip Glanville calls for councils to be given more power to build affordable homes amid crisis of families living in homeless hostels
Council poised to seal the deal on Tesco’s Morning Lane site
Mayor insists project won’t just be about yet more designer clothes shops as he announces premises will be leased to Hackney Walk, which already runs units in the neighbouring railway arches
Mayor sings praises of Nightingale plans as final stage of regeneration gets green light
Planning committee unanimously gives thumbs up to plan to create new homes on currently vacant plot of land in Clapton
Polls, hellos and goodbyes: My, haven’t the past 12 months flown by!
Is it really nearly January again? Time for a quick recap of the year when Philip Glanville replaced Jules Pipe in Hackney’s top job, Sadiq triumphed and Brexit was the buzzword – in spite of Hackney’s best efforts