Comrade Zoë Garbett, first Green mayor of the borough of Hackney, has completed one hundred days at the helm — a period during which, by her own testimony, the tempo has been such that the ordinary ...

Hackney Council has hired a new contractor to take over a major regeneration project after its original construction partner went bust following a High Court case.

Hackney’s Labour opposition has marked the first 100 days of Mayor Zoë Garbett’s Green administration with a scathing attack, accusing it of ignoring local issues while quietly overturning its own ...

The NHS says self-testing produces comparable results to samples taken by healthcare professionals. Image: NHS Women in Hackney can now collect their own cervical screening sample at their GP surgery, ...

The Homerton High Street project also proposes to create 650 sqm of commercial workspace which will be split into 10 individual units. These would be discounted at least 50 per cent below open-market ...

A spokesperson for the mayor of London told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “Extreme heat is a growing threat to Londoners’ health, with around one million homes potentially at high risk ...

A row has broken out between Hackney’s Green administration and the Labour opposition over the future of the London Fields paddling pool, with the cabinet member responsible accusing Labour of ...

Residents on a Hoxton estate are campaigning against Hackney Council plans to build housing on a community garden they have tended to since 2010. The council wants to put up a six-storey block on the ...

Labour councillor Ben Lucas is calling for “vital” play areas in his Hoxton West ward to be reopened as part of a newly launched campaign. Two children’s spaces on the Wenlock Barn Estate in Hoxton ...

Zoë Garbett has settled into her new art deco Town Hall office by reorganising. At first glance, the wood-panelled walls are much barer. The main change has been shifting the Mayor’s executive desk ...

Opposition says the conversion of ’empty’ Christopher Addison House into a stopgap gym predates the Green administration’s Who Owns Hackney project ...