Leader – Housing and bad air on the agenda of next Mayor of Hackney
The political coalescence around certain areas of interest leaves little doubt as to which complaints are being heard loudest by those who would lead us
Philip Glanville
Titbits – Among the ‘purged’, and a councillor’s shrewd move
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‘Techno-progressive’ One Love Party fields candidate Dawa Ma for Mayor of Hackney
Party advocates greater exploration of outer space and unification of all armies worldwide
Letter: ‘I have never been in the Tesla’ says acting Mayor of Hackney
‘I was merely defending the use of an environmentally sustainable car to support the civic duties of the Speaker’
Hackney Conservatives select Amy Gray as mayoral candidate
Ms Gray ran for the Hackney North and Stoke Newington seat at last year’s General Election
Cllr Philip Glanville selected as Labour mayoral candidate
Current deputy mayor beats three rivals to win Labour nomination to become Hackney’s next mayor
Clapton garage rented out as ‘bogus’ studio flat at more than £1,000 per month
Council discovered two people living in inadequate conditions
Stoke Newington landlord hit with £20,000 fine for cramming 28 tenants into terraced house
The illegally converted home had just one kitchen and bathroom and breached basic safety standards
Titbits – a lackadaisical ex-councillor, a party for London and farewell to Jules Pipe
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Hackney mayor Jules Pipe announces his resignation
Departing mayor has been appointed Sadiq Khan’s Deputy Mayor for Planning, Regeneration and Skills
Campaigners stage protests against ‘damaging’ Housing Bill
Activists held vigil outside Town Hall before marching on Westminster in a weekend of protest
Campaigners to march against housing bill in weekend of protests
Housing activists to hold vigil outside Hackney Town Hall ahead of a march into central London
Families face monthly rent shortfall of £783 after benefit freeze, warns charity
Shelter report warns of Hackney ‘blackspot’ over government plans to freeze housing benefit until 2020
Shelter warns Right to Buy will force sale of over 2000 Hackney homes
Council’s housing chief slams extension as ‘absolute madness’ as reports emerge of GLA ring-fencing deal
Million pound price tag slapped on ‘affordable’ shared ownership flat
‘Stylish’ housing association property in Hackney requires buyers to have income of at least £77,000 pa
Housing activists target Foxtons in protest at ‘rampant regeneration’
Campaigners celebrate Council’s withdrawal of controversial PSPO by staging ‘leaflet amnesty’ and occupying estate agent