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 Jonathan Buke: Labour's candidate in New River |
Jonathan Burke is Labour’s choice to represent New River ward on Hackney council. Residents in New River will have the chance to elect a strong, local Labour councillor on 16th September who is 100...
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| Have your say on the Council's Licensing Policy |
Hackney Council is currently consulting residents on a new proposed licensing policy. This will set out how the council regulates the activities of licensed premises such as pubs, bars, restaurants a...
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| Investing in Hackney's schools |
There has been a lot of press coverage of the coalition government's cuts to the Building Schools for the Future programme.
There is good news for Hackney though - none of our BSF projects a...
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| Free swimming continues in Hackney |
You may have read that the coalition government has cut funding for free swimming.
However, there's good news in Hackney following an announcement from the Mayor, Jules Pipe, that thousands ...
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| Labour triumphs in Hackney elections |
Following the elections on 6th May, both of Hackney's Labour MPs were re-elected with increased majorities. Diane Abbott MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington polled 25,553 votes - a 55% share, an...
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| Hackney joins the tube! |
After a long campaign from Labour's Mayor Jules Pipe, Hackney has joined the tube! The East London Line opened this week, and the new line will run from Dalston Junction to New Cross, Crysta...
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| Labour Manifesto Promises Curbs on Bookies |
Hackney Labour's campaign to clamp down on betting shops has succeeded in influencing the national Labour manifesto. The manifesto, launched yesterday, promises exactly the new powers Hackney's Mayor...
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| Labour - standing up for Hackney |
Whilst the national media is getting increasingly excited about the General Election - don't forget that there are local elections happening in Hackney on 6th May.
It's not too late to regist...
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| Making it even easier to recycle |
Hackney now has record levels of recycling - we're all helping to get our recycling rate up even more and have reached 27% earlier this year.
As part of our ongoing attempts to make it easier...
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| Consultation on lap dancing clubs |
Councillors on Hackney's Licensing Committee unanimously agreed to go out to consult residents and businesses in Hackney on the proposed new policy regarding "Sex Establishments".
The govern...
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| Making Hackney safer for all |
New powers to control public drinking have been passed by Hackney Council. At the end of March, a Hackney wide "Public Place Order" was approved by councillors.
This has been wrongly describ...
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| Good news for Dalston |
Hackney Council has secured £1.3m from the Mayor of London to transform Kingsland High Street as part of the Council's major improvements to Dalston town centre.
The funding was granted aft...
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| Labour's budget for Hackney |
Labour's Budget for 2010/11 was passed last week at the Town Hall.
Hackney Council is now a £1 billion per annum organisation. The amount of money being spent on vital services...
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| Massive Improvements in GCSE Results |
At the last election in 2006, Labour in Hackney pledged that by 2010 GCSE results in the borough would exceed the national average. There have been massive improvements in GCSE results this ye...
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| Campaign against road safety cuts |
The London Cycling Campaign in Hackney and Hackney Living Streets came to the Full Council meeting at Hackney Town Hall last w...
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| Building Schools for the Future |
Last week, the Labour group passed a motion at the monthly Full Council meeting at the Town Hall in support of the Building Schools for the Future programme. This entails £167m of investment in scho...
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| No armed police patrols in Hackney |
Some people may have seen press reports about the Met Police deciding to allow armed officers to patrol some of London's "worst" estates and neighbourhoods as a way of tackling gun and gan...
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| Wind Turbine for Hackney Marshes? |
As you may have read in Hackney Today and the Hackney Gazette last week, there are proposals from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to build a wind turbine on Hackney Marshes.
If the 120 m...
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| Hackney Leads the Way on 10:10 Campaign |
Hackney Council is one of the first local authorities to sign up to the 10:10 campaign to reduce carbon emissions by 10% in 2010. Last week, in the Council Chamber, Cllr Sophie Linden, the Cab...
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| Hackney Labour back free 24 hour travel for older people |
Hackney has secured a deal to allow older residents free travel on most buses, tubes and trains 24 hours a day – a deal guaranteed until 2015. The extension to the council-funded Freed...
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Jonathan Burke is Labour’s choice to represent New River ward on Hackney council. Residents in New River will have the chance to elect a strong, local Labour councillor on 16th September who is 100...
Hackney Council is currently consulting residents on a new proposed licensing policy. This will set out how the council regulates the activities of licensed premises such as pubs, bars, restaurants a...
There has been a lot of press coverage of the coalition government's cuts to the Building Schools for the Future programme.
Following the elections on 6th May, both of Hackney's Labour MPs were re-elected with increased majorities. Diane Abbott MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington polled 25,553 votes - a 55% share, an...
Hackney Labour's campaign to clamp down on betting shops has succeeded in influencing the national Labour manifesto. The manifesto, launched yesterday, promises exactly the new powers Hackney's Mayor...
Whilst the national media is getting increasingly excited about the General Election - don't forget that there are local elections happening in Hackney on 6th May.
Hackney now has record levels of recycling - we're all helping to get our recycling rate up even more and have reached 27% earlier this year.
Councillors on Hackney's Licensing Committee unanimously agreed to go out to consult residents and businesses in Hackney on the proposed new policy regarding "Sex Establishments".
New powers to control public drinking have been passed by Hackney Council. At the end of March, a Hackney wide "Public Place Order" was approved by councillors.
Hackney Council has secured £1.3m from the Mayor of London to transform Kingsland High Street as part of the Council's major improvements to Dalston town centre.
Hackney has secured a deal to allow older residents free travel on most buses, tubes and trains 24 hours a day – a deal guaranteed until 2015. The extension to the council-funded Freed...