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Affordable housing targets are being missed as new developments get the green light as rents and property prices continue to go through the roof

Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles plans to clamp down on the publication of 'town hall Pravdas' by 'hard core authorities'

Residents asked to comment on revised ward boundary proposals

There are four ways you can recycle your tree with the help of Hackney Council

Andrew Boff, Conservative candidate in the Hackney Council by-election, says cuts to youth services are “disgusting”. Boff says, if ele...

Wheelchair user Agnes Parma given 48 hours to move to a flat unsuited to her needs or else be deemed 'intentionally homeless' if she refused

Hackney is to review its pay policy as two nearby local authorities agree to pay all those doing council work a living wage

The number of adoptions in Hackney has declined dramatically, according to new statistics. In Hackney, only seven out of the 42 children looking fo...

The Hackney Citizen investigates the impact of a recent surge in property prices on Hackney rents

Local residents are taking to Hackney’s towpaths in a battle against inconsiderate cyclists. Dick Vincent, the Towpath Ranger, has been setti...

Do Hackney's politicians always mean what they say?

A squat in St Mark's Rise is the latest in a string of properties to be emptied by bullish housing chiefs

The Town Hall faces a funding shortfall of £60 million over the next three years - even if it raises council tax by 2.5% per year

The member owned co-operative has launched a seven week consultation to find out if local people want such a store in Homerton

Anti-smoking campaigners angry at Town Hall tobacco investments. ‘Everyone does it’ response from council as it promotes smoke-free kids’ pla...

The borough is partnering with a North Yorkshire seaside town for a series of cultural and sporting activities

Residents of Clarence Road, Hackney, scene of one the worst outbreaks of rioting last week came out in force on Monday for an open air tea party ai...

Hackney Citizens' Advice Bureau offers information to local residents on what to do

Shopkeepers and stallholders tell the Citizen how concerns over more civil unrest is affecting them

Firm lobbying for controversial supermarket development hired to design new council website. Questions about Hackney councillors employed by company

Company of Cooks bags five year deal

Trained officers from Hackney Homes, the police and the council are out and about to meet residents concerned about noise nuisance and 'difficult' ...

The council, as part of the Hackney Tobacco Control Alliance, is introducing a new no-smoking initiative in the borough's most popular park

A joint operation by Hackney Police, Hackney Council and the UK Border Agency cracks down on Class A drug dealing and immigration offences in Ridle...

The Town Hall is asking what residents think about its proposals to introduce three new measures to tackle 'dog nuisances'

The union claims poor attendance at drop-in sessions shows the Town Hall has failed to publicise the proposals properly

The council decides to continue publication of its fortnightly free 'newspaper' - one of the very few local authorities to do so

The council's consultation ends on Monday 27 June 2011

The Cabinet is to consider retention of its freesheet in defiance of criticism that it is simply ’propaganda on the rates’

Protestors demonstrate on behalf of workers being paid poverty wages