If there’s anyone who would know how to get the best of an archive, it’s Joseph. He was recently praised at Hackney Town Hall for his work at Hackney Archives, which in November 2025 became accredited ...

Proponents say LTNs – sections of road which are blocked off to cars but open to cyclists, emergency vehicles and waste vehicles – encourage people to choose more eco-friendly methods of transport and ...

Ozsen is not the first Hackney councillor to resign from the Party. In 2024, three former Labour councillors – Claudia Turbet-Delof, Penny Wrout and Fliss Premru – left after being suspended by ...

There is especially a lack of affordable family-sized and accessible homes in the capital, with Sir Sadiq Khan told to adopt new measures to enable and incentivise these types of properties, despite ...

Mossbourne Victoria Park Academy (MVPA) was the subject of a Local Child Safeguarding Practice Review (LCSPR) published last month, which found the school’s “uncompromising culture” was, in some cases ...

London’s new Nightlife Commission is an “evolution” of City Hall’s plan to ensure the capital thrives as a 24-hour city rather than an admission that the former controversial ‘Night Czar’ failed in ...

A record 206 e-bike and e-scooter fires were recorded in London in 2025, the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) can reveal. Two Londoners lost their lives in tragic blazes, taking the total ...

Hackney residents last week took control of a community meeting to accuse their council of “riding roughshod” over concerns about the redevelopment of a nearby housing estate. On Thursday (January 22) ...

Housebuilding starts have fallen by 84 per cent in London since 2015 despite the capital’s housing supply crisis, new data has revealed. Research from consultants Molior has shown that just 5,547 ...

Hackney Independent Socialist Collective (HISC) is joining forces with four other organisations to form the Hackney Community Alliance (HCA). HISC — which last month became the newest political party ...