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Sadiq Khan under growing pressure to ban gambling adverts from the Tube

Barnet, Enfield, Brent, Hackney and Lewisham have all joined the Coalition to End Gambling Ads (CEGA)

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Fury as London council plans to open libraries just four days a week in 'salami slicing' budget cuts

Hackney Council planning to reduce opening hours for its eight libraries due to ‘severe’ budget cuts

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London council buys back Right to Buy home for almost four times original cost

Councils ‘should have retained’ homes sold off under Right to Buy scheme, experts say

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East London council pays out £572,000 in compensation to residents after record rise in complaints

The number of housing complaints sent to Hackney council has nearly trebled in four years

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Teacher accuses London school of 'theft' as her classroom materials are 'dumped in skip' ahead of closure

Teachers and parents have claimed that a recently shut Hackney School was ‘gutted’ before they could collected items

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London council to slash e-bike hire costs with fare cap and take on 'wild west' parking

Hackney Council has told firms bidding to operate the borough’s electric bike sharing scheme that it wants trips capped at £1.75 – the same as a bus fare

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Hackney Council reveals plans for four shut primary schools amid significant drop in pupil numbers

The Mayor of Hackney has insisted: ‘We cannot let these buildings sit empty or simply offload them to the highest bidder’

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Record shop blocked from hosting silent disco over noise complaints

Hackney Council denied a local record shop permission to host the events after the Town Hall received several noise complaints

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Inside London’s school closures crisis as more than 30 primaries set to shut or merge within weeks

The Standard has found that more than 30 primaries in the capital could shut or merge before September — and that’s just the tip of the iceberg, discovers Jacob Phillips

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'Enough is enough': Hackney residents trapped in failing lifts as council blames nesting falcons

A leaseholder living at Rozel Court told the council residents were getting stuck in the lifts daily

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Plan to demolish part of Dalston's Kingsland Shopping Centre and build "massive" tower blocks prompts backlash from residents

The project could see 254 homes built, but the applicant has admitted it will not meet Hackney Council's affordable housing policy

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Anti-car councils in London 'undermining public trust' after spending thousands on taxis for staff

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

Evening Standard

OPINION - Football on Hackney Marshes is a lifeline for Londoners — now one change threatens to ruin that

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,…

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Hackney Marshes football clubs slam 'extortionate' parking charge plan at famous grassroots pitches

Hackney council to charge up to £5.70 an hour to park at the marshes where David Beckham and John Terry learned to play

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London school closures: Four Hackney primaries to shut due to 'ongoing significant fall' in pupils

Hackney Council has agreed to permanently close four primary schools despite a fierce campaign from parents and teachers

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Met Police investigate hate crime at Hackney Park after swastikas painted at children's playground

The ‘abhorrent graffiti’ is being investigated by the force

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Week of reckoning for north London schools as fate of eight primaries to be decided

Hackney and Islington are set to decide the fates of a number of London primary schools next week

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‘It’s lawless’: Parents fear for children’s safety as vandals target Hackney school streets

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

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Teachers strike over six Hackney school closures as 28-day consultation begins

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

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Council parking boss behind ‘war on motorists’ in London borough was accused of ‘trying to quash own tickets’

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

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Beloved Hackney rooftop bar Netil360 and nightclub NT's Loft at risk from 'luxury block of flats'

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'London could be childless': Parents and teachers in last-ditch attempt to save Hackney schools from closure

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

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Labour-run Hackney Council under fire for using casual staff contracts despite calling them 'exploitative'

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

Evening Standard

Hackney residents ‘up in arms’ as disabled access home rented on Airbnb

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

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Venue where Lady Gaga and Rick Astley played says new flats would threaten its future

The Moth Club in Hackney is fighting a proposal to build two blocks of flats next door, amid fears it would lead to noise complaints from residents

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