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Labour accuses Mayor Garbett of claiming credit for gym plans it drew up
Opposition says the conversion of 'empty' Christopher Addison House into a stopgap gym predates the Green administration's Who Owns Hackney project
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Hackney bus drivers among 1,900 balloted for strike as London Assembly backs Bill of Rights
Clapton and Stamford Hill depots are among 10 facing strike ballots over 'unbearable' heat, as City Hall unites behind a dozen new protections for drivers
Hackney to open two children’s homes as council moves to end reliance on private care
Partnership with charity Action for Children aims to keep looked-after children in the borough
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Hackney Council looks to divest pension fund from firms linked to human rights abuses
Council's Green administration begins overhauling its investment strategy to exclude companies operating in territories condemned by international bodies
Hackney leads London on street cycle storage — but City Hall told private bike spaces in new flats sit mostly empty
As Sadiq Khan faces calls to loosen cycle parking rules for new developments, research shows three-quarters of spaces lie unused across the capital — even as Hackney residents wait for on-street hangars
Hackney among boroughs warning climate change could cost London £15bn a year by 2050
Worsening heatwaves, floods and drought will hit unless government acts, warns a partnership of 12 central boroughs including Hackney
The long road to the landslide: how Hackney turned Green
The Greens took 42 of Hackney's 57 seats in May — but the landslide was a decade in the making
Deputy PM joins fight against ‘24/7’ Blackstock Road betting shop
David Lammy has thrown his weight behind residents opposing plans for a round-the-clock gaming centre near Finsbury Park, warning it would be ’hugely detrimental’ to the community
Greens to ‘align’ future Hackney planning with climate goals after Woodberry Down row
The estate’s redevelopment is subject to a 2005 Labour-era agreement that sits outside the council’s climate plan
Seventy firefighters tackle Hackney Central Travelodge blaze
Sixteen people were evacuated and taken to a rest centre after a fire tore through two upper-floor rooms — but no one was hurt.
Sadiq Khan backs Andy Burnham on devolution but warns him not to freeze out London
Andy Burnham 'gets it' when it comes to devolving power to mayors and ensuring London’s success will benefit the whole UK, Sir Sadiq has said
A target that rewards the least sick: what Homerton’s longest waits tell us
Homerton hit its four-hour A&E target this year — but the four-hour target itself has been accused of steering hospitals towards the patients who are easiest to treat, while the sickest wait longest
Dalston by-election: Greens win by-election triggered by Zoë Garbett’s mayoral victory
Manal Massalha elected as councillor for Dalston ward after winning 549 votes at the poll held on Thursday 25 June
A third of renters are facing a 35-year slog to get on the property ladder
A third of renters are saving £100 a month or less and face a 35-year slog to get on the property ladder – with the goalposts moving if house prices climb.
Bill payers face a £221 bill hike if they fail to switch to a fixed energy tariff
Bill payers could face a £221 bill hike if they fail to switch to a fixed energy tariff in the next seven days.
Hackney bought 43 homes for temporary housing — but kept no record of who was living in them
The council is one of a dozen London authorities buying up properties for emergency housing with no knowledge of whether tenants were evicted to make way for the sales, an investigation has found
Hackney Central by-election: Greens hold seat in close race with Labour
Noah Birksted-Breen wins by a margin of 52 votes, with Labour’s Sheila Suso-Runge in second place
London Mayor admits developers must use ‘every tool’ as calls grow for air conditioning in new homes
The Mayor of London may be leaning towards removing guidance in the new London Plan that effectively blocks air conditioning from being installed in new-build homes, after declining to rule out a change
Remembering Ishaque Ali and Hackney’s resistance to racism
Weeks after Altab Ali's murder galvanised East London, a 45-year-old leather-factory owner was killed yards from his home. Nearly half a century on, Ishaque Ali's story has slipped from memory. Ansar Ahmed Ullah recovers it
Leader: Fix the politics — and the plumbing
Labour rewrote Hackney's rulebook to suit itself. Then it lost. The Greens should learn the lesson, not repeat it