Finally, Garbett urged the force to ensure any future use of the tech is free from bias, with assessments of watchlists, locations and policing tactics made publicly available for Londoners to ...

Too many young Londoners do not trust the police or feel safe in their local area, the Met has been told. The force published its Children’s Strategy in September 2024, marking a new approach to ...

Seven Hackney councillors including a London Assembly member are to stand down before the local elections on 7 May 2026. Labour has held control of the local authority for all but seven years since ...

Challenges around shared ownership properties are a “particular” issue for Londoners, the Housing Minister has admitted. The scheme – aimed at households who cannot afford to buy a property on the ...

A mixed-gender Hackney football league could be paving the way for more inclusivity in the sport. The FA (Football Association)’s research partner, Brunel University, recently attended a seven-a-side ...

A firm set up by the chief of a multi-academy trust acquired the intellectual property (IP) rights for a piece of software from one of the trust’s own charities and turned it into a money-spinner.

The Old Church in Stoke Newington is London’s only surviving Elizabethan church. Restored in the 1950s after being bombed during the Blitz, the Grade II*-listed building has in recent years become a ...

The family has lived at the property for more than 20 years, but the council says they have been illegally subletting and is reportedly looking to move them to temporary accommodation ...

Protesters from the London Renters Union (LRU) have temporarily stopped the eviction of a family of five — including a disabled child — ordered by Hackney Council.

“Under Sadiq Khan, just 1,898 homes have been completed from the £4 billion 2021–26 Affordable Homes Programme in a city of nearly 10 million people. Fewer than 8,000 homes have even been started, ...

More than 1,500 people have signed a petition criticising Hackney Council for following “urban theory and not real life” when establishing its 19 LTNs.