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Hackney Council will support Marcus Rashford’s campaign and ensure that no child goes hungry this half-term following the Government’s failure to fund free school meal vouchers during the holiday. Families whose children are eligible for free...

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Cllr Jon Burke, Cabinet Member for Energy, Waste, Transport and Public Realm, on why we have to act to rebuild a greener Hackney and how we are listening to residents’ views: While the effect of coronavirus continues to hit London hard, one of...

Local residents and businesses are being asked to donate spare laptops to support Hackney pupils who do not have access to a computer at home. While off school during the coronavirus pandemic, many young people were able to keep up with online...

Local households will be able to bid to build their own home on a small parcel of Council land in an innovative challenge, a first for Hackney Council. The Self-Build Challenge will give individuals and families in Hackney the chance to submit an...

The Government announced today that Hackney will be among four London boroughs supporting them in a localised track and trace system to combat the coronavirus outbreak.  This will see Hackney, Camden, Barnet and Newham Councils deploying their...

From mental health to digital poverty, young people across the borough have shared their thoughts and fears around the ongoing coronavirus crisis. Over 40 young people joined an online event with the Hackney Young Futures Commission last weekend...

For the latest information on the Council's work on slowing the spread of coronavirus in Hackney, for help and support, and to sign up for email updates, visit the coronavirus pages.

Six new water fountains have been installed at leisure centres and libraries in Hackney, as part of the Council’s commitment to an additional 26 across the borough by 2022. The new fountains will reduce single-use plastics, encourage re-use and...

Hackney Council is set to plant 5,000 new street trees by 2022, increasing canopy cover by 50 per cent, in the single largest investment in trees in the history of the borough.  In addition, the Council will deliver an additional 1,000...

The Council has received the Court of Appeal's decision on its request to appeal a High Court ruling that it stop fortnightly publication of Hackney Today, as directed by the Government. The Court of Appeal judge has rejected the request. There are...

The Mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville, responds following the untimely death of a man in Stoke Newington today.

To help celebrate Pride month, rainbow crossings have been popping up across the capital. Two crossings in East London have now also been given a colourful rainbow makeover, as a symbol to celebrate the local LGBTQI+ community. One of the...

Hackney residents can pick up energy saving advice and find out more about how they can pursue a more environmentally sustainable lifestyle at Hackney’s second annual Sustainability Day on Saturday 17 November. This year’s low waste and zero...

This month Hackney Council has embarked on plans to establish its own energy company. The borough’s first municipal energy company was set up in Shoreditch in 1897. Now, over 120 years later, the Council is building on that legacy, and is now on...