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Hackney Co-op slammed for damp and mould failures as Awaab’s Law comes into force

Hackney Co-op has been called out for taking years to fix damp and mould in people’s homes, in the same week that Awaab’s Law came into effect. Housing Ombudsman Richard Blakeway last week released ...
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Hackney Council slammed for damp and mould failures as Awaab’s Law comes into force

Hackney Council has been called out for taking months and years to fix damp and mould in people’s homes, in the same week that Awaab’s Law came into effect. Housing Ombudsman Richard Blakeway last ...
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‘I’ve had to boil the kettle and fill the sink for a flannel wash’ – council leaves woman without hot water for a month

“I haven’t been able to have a proper wash because there’s no hot water. I’ve had to boil the kettle and fill the sink for a flannel wash, which means I can only wash myself once a day in the morning ...
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Community group condemns plans to demolish Rowley Gardens Estate for a ‘monolith as penetrable as Uluru’

Loose community group Friends of Rowley Gardens says its estate should not be demolished by Berkeley Group and instead should be renovated. The Woodberry Down regeneration plan, which covers the ...
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Council’s £51 million budget gap likely to increase if ‘Fair Funding Review’ left unchanged

Hackney Council’s £51 million budget gap is likely to increase as a result of government funding cuts, the Town Hall has warned. At a recent scrutiny panel meeting Naeem Ahmed, group director finance ...
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Council accused of ‘salami slicing’ library budgets

Whilst Hackney Council has been investing in its libraries, with major refurbishments of Hackney Central Library and Stoke Newington Library building underway, Hackney Unison has warned that the new ...
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De-selection of ‘excellent’ councillors sparks allegations of Labour ‘lack of transparency’

Two Hackney councillors, who have served their wards for more than a decade, have been axed by the Labour party. Three weeks ago a change.org petition launched under the title, ‘Save Hackney ...
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Candice Lin, review – ‘These fabulations may be familiar to those of us who wince at the triviality of our own lives’

These fabulations may be familiar to those of us who wince at the triviality of our own lives spent scrolling and shopping for trinkets while others wreak unbearable harm on our neighbours through ...
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‘Speechless’: Council tells NHS staff to stop writing letters in support of SEND families

Parents who fear their children’s lives are at risk due to unsuitable housing say they’ve been left “speechless” by their local council reportedly asking NHS staff to stop writing letters supporting ...
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Frank Watson review – ‘recounting the many minor mysteries of fraying English life in tucked-away spots’

The images in this show are mainly drawn from the series Circling Saturn and Rollercoasting which recount the many minor mysteries of fraying English life in tucked-away spots. Why does a low concrete ...
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The Black Eel review – ‘Can I ever forgive Fisher?’

The year is 1862: the Cooke family built a temple to pies and eels just down from the newly built railway station on Kingsland Road. Art Nouveau embellishments and a flair for giving the people what ...