Hackney’s elected mayor and councillors will now have to pass enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks after local politicians last night voted to adopt the rule with immediate effect. It ...

Helen Woodland, the council’s group director for adults, health and integration, told councillors the work had been “complex” ...

But Dalston councillor and London Assembly Member Zoë Garbett pressed the mayor on whether the funding was being used ...

Hackney schools will adopt the Metropolitan Police’s new safety plans through which the role of Safer Schools Officers (SSOs) ...

The soft tones of the band replay in our heads like a soundtrack, reminding us of our own back story, glowing radioactively ...

It’s hard to escape the fact that the far-right succeeded in bringing crucial support services to a standstill,’ says Hackney ...

Labour’s George Gooch has been elected as a councillor in the London Fields by-election. Gooch won the seat with 54 per cent ...

Hackney Council says it is focusing on ‘responsible investment’ after a neighbouring authority withdrew its pension fund’s ...

The Greens are celebrating a surprise victory over the ruling Labour party after Liam Davis won the Stoke Newington ward ...

The Metropolitan Police is to deliver fresh schools safety proposals to the Town Hall on Wednesday in a bid to rebuild ...

An application to turn parts of Dalston’s Ridley Road Shopping Village into flats has triggered fresh protests from ...

British fashion designer and activist Katharine Hamnett has paid a surprise visit to Oxfam’s shop in Dalston to support the ...