Hackney Council. Hackney Council is to open two new children’s homes in a bid to keep looked-after children close to their sc ...

Photograph: Hackney Council. Hackney Council has begun reworking how its pension fund is invested, with the aim of excluding comp ...

Hackney has more secure on-street cycle storage than almost any other London borough, yet new research suggests the private bike spaces developers are required to build inside blocks of flats are ...

Climate change will cost London up to £15bn a year by 2050 unless drastic action is taken at all levels of government, according to a new report from a group of central boroughs that includes Hackney.

Under the arrangements set by the previous Labour administration, there is no requirement — and has been no discussion — about applying the council’s Climate Action Plan to the redevelopment of the ...

Photograph: Bets Off Blackstock / LDRS. Deputy prime minister David Lammy has come out against plans for a 24-hour adult ...

Ishaque Ali. Photograph: supplied by Ansar Ahmed Ullah. The racist murder of Altab Ali in May 1978 is widely recognised as a turning point for the Bengali community in East London ...

Around 70 firefighters and ten fire engines were called to a hotel fire on Amhurst Road yesterday afternoon, in an incident that forced the evacuation of 16 people but no injuries were reported. The ...

Andy Burnham “gets it” when it comes to devolving power to mayors and ensuring London’s success will benefit the whole UK, Sir Sadiq Khan has said. However the Mayor of London says he won’t be afraid ...

Facundo Arrizabalaga/Free for use by LDRS partners. London Councils have pledged to maintain the Freedom Pass, which allows free tra ...

Homerton hit its four-hour A&E target this year — but the four-hour target itself has been accused of steering hospitals towards the patients who are easiest to treat, while the sickest wait longest.

Cllr Jacob Cable (Green), newly-elected NLWA chair, with Cllr Madeline Church (Green) from Enfield and Cllr Peter Zinkin (Conservative) from Barnet who were elected as Vice-Chairs. Photograph: NLWA ...