On 22 June, the council announced that Christopher Addison House, which had “stood largely empty for six years”, would be transformed into a gym and fitness studio serving residents affected by the ...

Hackney Council. Hackney Council is to open two new children’s homes in a bid to keep looked-after children close to their sc ...

Hackney has more secure on-street cycle storage than almost any other London borough, yet new research suggests the private bike spaces developers are required to build inside blocks of flats are ...

Photograph: Hackney Council. Hackney Council has begun reworking how its pension fund is invested, with the aim of excluding comp ...

London Assembly. City Hall has unanimously backed a motion to introduce a “Bill of Rights” for bus drivers following a swelte ...

Climate change will cost London up to £15bn a year by 2050 unless drastic action is taken at all levels of government, according to a new report from a group of central boroughs that includes Hackney.

Under the arrangements set by the previous Labour administration, there is no requirement — and has been no discussion — about applying the council’s Climate Action Plan to the redevelopment of the ...

On 7 May 2026 the Green Party won 42 of the 57 seats on Hackney Council and, with Zoë Garbett’s victory in the parallel mayoral contest, took control of a borough that Labour had governed almost ...

Campaigners rallied outside Fish & Cook on Friday 5 June. Photograph: Bets Off Blackstock / LDRS Deputy prime minister David Lammy has come out against plans for a 24-hour adult gaming centre on ...

Ishaque Ali. Photograph: supplied by Ansar Ahmed Ullah. The racist murder of Altab Ali in May 1978 is widely recognised as a turning point for the Bengali community in East London ...

Around 70 firefighters and ten fire engines were called to a hotel fire on Amhurst Road yesterday afternoon, in an incident that forced the evacuation of 16 people but no injuries were reported. The ...