Organisers of the annual Winter Toy Appeal are hoping for a Christmas miracle as they issue an urgent plea for donations.

A new Aldi is set to open its doors in east London but scores of residents fear it could stoke anti-social behaviour in the area. In October, Hackney Council granted planning permission for the German ...

In the report, entitled ‘Mind the Funding Gap’, the cross-party committee called on the mayor and TfL to restart the development of Crossrail 2 – a new line linking national rail networks in Surrey ...

Hackney landlords will be subjected to tighter controls to rent out their properties. Under a new scheme by the council, from May 2026, most private landlords will need to apply for a licence for each ...

Labour MPs have celebrated the end of the two-child benefit cap policy despite voting not to scrap it last year. Rachel Reeves announced in her Budget on Wednesday (26 November) the two-child benefit ...

Speaking at the event was Independent Socialist councillor for Victoria ward, Claudia Turbet-Delof, who claimed the Budget ‘does not put residents first’ and called on Reeves to ‘introduce a serious ...

Introducing the motion, Cllr Sam Pallis (Cazenove ward) said rent controls were “common sense” and “would not lead to the skies collapsing”. The petition in full slammed the private rental sector for ...

Some 13 bus routes are expected to be impacted, including several that service Hackney and seven to Westfield Stratford shopping centre – meaning Londoners hoping to pick up Christmas presents or ...

Sir Sadiq Khan has been urged to increase efforts to reduce deaths on London’s roads and transport network after new figures showed just three fewer people were killed or seriously injured in 2024 ...