Hackney to ‘reclaim’ nearly £12m worth of services from private companies
Deputy Mayor Rebecca Rennison outlines plan to ‘turbocharge insourcing’, starting with over 360 jobs by 2022
Rebecca Rennison
Mete Coban revealed as Jon Burke’s successor as Mayor shuffles his top table
Deputy Mayor Rebecca Rennison’s maternity leave sees her brief shared out, while Caroline Woodley adds parks to her portfolio
Town Hall calls for more long-term financial certainty as council tax hike discussed
Overall financial shortfall managed down from last year’s ‘eye-watering’ levels while councillors told on King’s Hall leisure centre revamp: ‘Watch this space’
Empty Hoxton car park to be transformed into 73 homes
Twenty-eight properties will be for social rent in latest project for Town Hall’s housing supply programme
Town Hall set to spend £10m buying up ex-council properties to help with housing crisis
Councillors to vote on whether to release cash for purchase of 25 former right-to-buy homes
Town Hall brings over 100 cleaning staff back in-house
Cleaners working at council buildings across the borough joined the environmental services team at the start of the year
‘Jawdropping’: Concerns raised over council proposal to remove thousands from housing list
Renters’ union and housing lawyer pick apart the plan, which even a local councillor has admitted will lead to ‘a lot of heartache’
Council’s plan to remove thousands from housing waiting list thrown open to public for feedback
Deputy mayor defends proposal, which could see 7,000 households cut from the list, as an ‘honest conversation’ about the best use of resources
Town Hall agrees to improve medical review process after Ombudsman’s investigation of family’s housing ordeal
Council apologises to residents following distress and delay in housing case
Finance chief slams government over ‘unbelievable’ funding uncertainty
Cllr Rebecca Rennison launches broadside over lack of clarity for next year’s budget with council still ‘working off estimates’
Council announces competition for local families to build their own home
Anyone who lives, works or studies in Hackney invited to apply for the Self-Build Challenge, which makes use of land too small for council developments
Families boss to write to government every month on SEND funding crisis
Cllr Caroline Woodley vows to pressure Whitehall for adequate support with Town Hall now in deficit on SEND
Town Hall commits to keeping all rough sleepers in emergency housing off the streets
The council has housed over 170 people since the start of lockdown
Government urged not to miss ‘once in a generation’ chance to end rough sleeping
The council is looking at how to continue support for the 150 people it has placed in emergency housing during the pandemic
Town Hall unveils new master plan to help ‘end rough sleeping’
Priorities include closer working with the NHS and housing services, as well as focused employment support for European nationals
Mayor unveils new deputy in cabinet shake-up
Reshuffle prompted by Cllr Feryal Clark giving up her cabinet position after becoming MP for Enfield North