Council tax support levels reset as campaigners call for Town Hall to go further
Liberal Democrats say ‘U-turn’ on cuts introduced two years ago is an ‘admission the council got it wrong’
Rebecca Rennison
Number of Hackney families in temporary housing outside London up five-fold since 2017
Hackney Green Party calls for ‘rethink of council’s approach’ as Town Hall calls for ‘real investment’ in social housing
Housing boss warns of ‘worrying trend’ as social tenancy levels halve in a year
Leading charity concerned there is ‘very little housing officers can do’ to prevent people being priced out of London
Leader – Too houseproud
Blaming the housing crisis entirely on the government doesn’t wash when the council has more to do closer to home
Council launches new preemptive approach to violence against women and girls
Three-year strategy aims to prevent domestic abuse ‘from even materialising’
Town Hall to ‘reluctantly’ continue rehousing homeless families hundreds of miles away
Relocation plans for pregnant mum at centre of Move-On Team revelations withdrawn by Town Hall
Empty homes crackdown as Town Hall doubles tax for absent owners
More than 400 properties currently qualify for the hike, which could raise an extra £200k a year
Contactless donation points to help the homeless launch in Hackney
Three terminals have already been installed, with more to be introduced across the borough
Hackney to give microplastics the brush-off with biodegradable bristles
Announcement comes as finance chief boasts of ‘Hackney model’ for new sustainable procurement strategy
‘Love Shouldn’t Hurt’: Hackney stands together to tackle domestic violence
Town Hall event marks local launch of 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Based Violence campaign
Moving scenes as Town Hall passes motion to tackle rare cancers
‘All too often rare or less common cancers come as an afterthought. That can’t be the case anymore’
Councillors reject government’s ‘end of austerity’ claim
‘We’ve been told that austerity is coming to an end. It doesn’t feel like it’s over here’
Finance boss calls for halt to ‘damaging’ Universal Credit roll-out
Councillor highlights potential impact on residents with limited access to or experience of digital technology
‘Don’t show me a graph’: councillors slam pensions training as ‘boring and difficult’
Members of pensions committee call for ‘à la carte’ individual training plans
‘Scandalous’: Town Hall faces fresh criticism over council tax support cut as new documents reveal rejected options
Hackney Liberal Democrats and anti-poverty charity slam the council for going ahead with the cut despite analysis showing it would hit vulnerable residents hardest
Council struggles to identify Universal Credit claimants ahead of roll-out
Mayor Philip Glanville last year denounced pilots of the new welfare scheme as ‘disastrous’