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Mega-pension fund faces calls to divest from firms ‘enabling Israeli violations’
Shake the CIV said the pension fund currently invests £7billion into companies “complicit in Israel’s crimes”
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Hackney nursery to close in days with parents scrambling to find new places for children
The nursery will shut down at the end of March due to a ‘continued decline in demand’
Hackney Council ignored tenant’s concerns over safety of her autistic child in social housing
The council has paid the family £500 to recognise the “distress, uncertainty and frustration” it had caused
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Disrepair and depression in De Beauvoir – residents decry ‘whole heap’ of housing problems
The lower two floors of one building on the estate have been empty for almost six years
Council suggests taking autistic boy on bus ride to ‘prove’ he can’t use public transport
The council suggested taking the child on a bus ride so they can test his family’s claim that travelling by public transport would prove distressing for him
‘The destruction of our livelihoods’ – Ridley Road Shopping Village traders to hold public meeting as ‘evictions’ loom
Traders told to leave by 31 March as their landlord has declined to renew their tenancies
Homerton for Homerton: Cambridge University college to support Hackney ward where it was founded 257 years ago
Homerton College launches scheme to inspire young people from the borough to aim for the best universities
Mother in homeless hostel denied visitors for a week after C-section, charity says
Shelter has urged Hackney Council to ease restrictions on its guest policy for children and families in temporary accommodation
Opposition councillors slam ‘lack of transparency’ over ‘harrowing’ Mossbourne safeguarding review
They claim there has been no reassurance that changes are being made in the three months since the review was published
Demand for Hackney Foodbank rises by 300 per cent in six years as cost of living crisis rages on
Nearly two thirds of the food bank’s emergency meals go to children
Hackney tower block hit by flooding days after fire breaks out
Residents have called for the block to be evacuated
Extreme heat in London could force major change to new housing developments
Londoners face a unique threat from extreme heat due to climate change
Council responds to watchdog review over social care delays
A recent Care Quality Commission review gave Hackney’s adult social care services a ‘Requires Improvement’ rating
Mossbourne’s chair of trustees quits in first major shake-up at beleaguered academy chain
Henry Colthurst, who had been on the trust's board since 2014, resigned earlier this month
Hackney family facing eviction given reprieve as council warrant suspended
Charity Oppong and her children have lived at the property for nearly two decades
‘Highly questionable’: Mossbourne Federation spent £400,000 of public money on legal fees amid safeguarding probe
The multi-academy trust forked out the sum for its own barrister-led review and on hiring solicitors to handle questions about treatment of pupils at Mossbourne Victoria Park academy
Plan to create 11,000 new jobs and build 500 new homes in Shoreditch
Hackney Council unveils Future Shoreditch Plan to create 11,000 jobs, 500 homes, and 200,000m² office space, boosting jobs, housing, and growth in London.
Hackney Council budget – what it means for you
The council agreed its budget on Wednesday (4 March)
Fire at council-run flat reignites safety fears
A fire on 27 February has reignited safety fears at the housing block
The architect who gave a "chopped up" Victorian home a new life
A Hackney architect described how he helped a Stoke Newington couple stay in their "chopped up" Victorian home.