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Council’s bungled shake-up leaves 18,000 homes without legally-required safety checks
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Sadiq snubs New York-style crackdown on shops leaving doors open with AC blasting — as Londoners swelter in heatwave
Big Apple bosses banned stores from leaving doors open with air con running back in 2015
Sadiq finally admits he won’t hit his flagship 2030 net zero pledge for London
Green party leader brands City Hall's climate policies 'siloed' and disjointed
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City Hall to cut 80 jobs in £6.6m ‘efficiency’ drive
Fury as axes falls but no cuts Mayor's office
Regeneration drives sharp fall in East London’s deprived neighbourhoods
Since 2010, the figure has fallen from 23 to 16 per cent in London, according to new research
Discarded bottle believed to have sparked major Hackney blaze that halted Overground
Dozens of firefighters called as caravan engulfed in flames
City Hall scraps Met Police deal with Palantir
City Hall has blocked a £50 million contract over a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules
Anntoinette Bramble elected Labour group leader following bruising local election defeat
Bramble has represented her London Fields ward for more than 15 years and previously served as deputy mayor and cabinet member for education
Opinion: ‘If there’s something May’s local elections made clear, it’s that Britain’s voting system is not working’
'It's never been more evident that First Past the Post is not fit for purpose. It's time to replace it'
Mayor Garbett unveils full cabinet team as Greens take the reins at Town Hall
The number of cabinet positions has been trimmed, in a move the new mayor says will save more than £250,000 over the four-year term
Former Hackney councillor becomes chair of London Assembly for third time
The London Assembly has completed its annual reshuffle, electing a new chair and appointing leadership roles across its cross-party investigative committees
What’s next after the Greens’ historic takeover of Hackney?
Hackney's new mayor Zoë Garbett pledged to 'change the system' as she claimed victory at the local elections. What has she promised to do, and how will she try to achieve her goals?
Near-impassable: resident raises alarm over ‘sea of bikes’ cluttering pavements near Broadway Market
Terry Stewart, a 70-year-old partially-sighted resident, warned that the strewn bikes make streets near-impassable for vulnerable pedestrians.
City Hall to launch probe into impact of high service charges on housing affordability
Londoners are uniquely exposed, being twice as likely to be leaseholders than residents in the rest of the country
New Hackney Half route is bad for business, traders warn council
Hackney businesses have warned they are losing one of their best trading days of the year following changes to the route
More than one in three adults have avoided asking for financial help
More than one in three adults have avoided asking for financial help due to fear of being judged – with many choosing to struggle in silence.
The everyday habits secretly adding £470 to Brits’ energy bills revealed
Brits could be wasting hundreds of pounds a year through simple household habits they barely think twice about – and experts say your “energy personality” could be to blame.
Why Britain’s chaotic elections show politics as we knew it is over
MP Diane Abbott argues Britain’s chaotic election results show a broken political system that is no longer fit for first‑past‑the‑post voting.
‘Shellshocked’ and ‘exhausted’: The Mount residents raise concerns over safety and council support after Clapton blaze
Tenants of a four-storey council block off Mount Pleasant Lane say the local authority has offered limited support since fire tore through their homes on 5 May — as health fears raised over asbestos, burnt plastics and a hoarded flat still strewn with scorched debris
Wes Streeting resigns as Health Secretary in huge blow to Prime Minister Keir Starmer
Wes Streeting has resigned as Health Secretary in a fresh blow to Keir Starmer.