In future years, the government will extend Awaab’s Law to private rentals – forcing landlords to act fast when homes are unsafe – as well as imposing a Decent Homes Standard to ensure landlords keep ...

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 ...

Sir Alan Wood — the author of a damning safeguarding review of one of Hackney’s top schools — has been appointed to the board of Ofsted.

Local Stories, taking place on 21 January, is hosted by acclaimed storyteller Casey Jay Andrews and will encourage local residents to get up on stage and share their stories. It is described by the ...

A used record shop owner in Hackney has vowed to fight the council’s noise enforcement in court following a dispute over disturbance from music-led events.

A campaign group based in Hackney has become one of the UK’s newest registered political parties in time for next year’s local elections. Hackney Independent Socialist Collective (HISC) was officially ...

Councillors were warned this month about “great concern” over the fragility of the care market following the pandemic. Members of the borough’s audit committee heard testimony from group director of ...

An outdated incinerator providing power to north London will stay in use well beyond its lifespan, as progress slows on its replacement. The facility will now remain operational “up to and beyond 2030 ...

The London Assembly Economy, Culture and Skills Committee have now called on the Mayor of London to take a lead in creating a “strategic, joined-up approach” to help upskill and support former ...

Hackney residents are set to be impacted by a second round of bus strikes this weekend following a last-minute change of date.

Community groups have unveiled their latest plans to transform the old Colvestone Primary School building into a “landmark” cultural and educational hub. Last week a group of Hackney charities, ...

Hackney Council has confirmed it will close four of the borough’s primary schools in September due to falling pupil numbers and mounting financial deficits. The controversial plans put forward in ...