The Latest Breaking News from Hackney Council

Local authorities praised by cycling and environmental charities are spending huge sums of taxpayers’ cash on chauffeurs and minicabs

Hackney Marshes has always been more than just a set of football pitches — it’s a lifeline. For decades, it has been the beating heart of grassroots football in London, giving thousands of people, especially young men, the chance to belong, grow, and escape the pressures of everyday life. Now,…

The damage is largely concentrated around primary schools in the borough’s Springfield and Cazenove wards

Teachers and parents take to picket line over Hackney Council plans to merge six schools in the borough

Seamus Adams rolls out programme where those with most-polluting vehicles could pay £750 to park outside own homes

Hackney's popular venues, Netil360 and NT's Loft, have warned about plans for a ‘luxury block of flats’ nearby

With four primary schools already forced to shut their doors permanently, Hackney faces becoming a ‘ghost area’ for education. The Standard speaks to locals fighting a council they say has already made its mind up

Unison says casual employees have ‘covered over 1,000 hours per month’ in Hackney

Detectives called in as campaigners claim 50,000 social homes in London could be subject to fraud