Councillor Ben Hayhurst
Email: ben.hayhurst@hackney.gov.uk
Council: Hackney
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
62 meetings · Page 9 of 13
Council - Setting of Council Tax and Local Business Rates 2025/26, Council - Wednesday 29 January 2025 7.00 pm
The agenda for this meeting is a mixture of local and national concerns, ranging from the appointment of new Councillors to positions on committees, to motions that are intended to bring national issues to the attention of the government.
Scrutiny Panel - Tuesday 28 January 2025 7.00 pm
The meeting included scheduled discussion of financial matters, specifically the Council's quarterly finance update, and an update on the Council's progress towards the net zero goals set out in its Climate Action Plan.
Health in Hackney Scrutiny Commission - Thursday 16 January 2025 7.00 pm
The Commission received a presentation on the King's Park Moving Together Project and a report on the programme's impact on local communities. It also received an update on the Transforming Outcomes Programme in Adult Social Care, heard from Cabinet Member for Health, Adult Social Care, Voluntary Sector and Culture, Councillor Christopher Kennedy, on three areas of concern and agreed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Pensions Committee - Wednesday 22 January 2025 6.30 pm
The meeting on 22 January 2025 was of the Pensions Committee. It was scheduled to involve training on the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), a discussion of the Local Government Pension Scheme's 'Fit for the Future' consultation, an update from the Responsible Investment Working Group and the setting of objectives for the investment consultant.
Extraordinary, Council - Tuesday 17 December 2024 6.00 pm, NEW
This meeting of the full council was an extraordinary meeting called to discuss two appointments.
Decisions from Meetings
215 decisions · Page 1 of 43
Labour Group Motion - Right to Grow
From: Budget Setting, Council - Wednesday 4 March 2026 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026
...adopted the principle of a right to grow
on suitable council-owned land and committed to working with local groups and partners to identify and make this land available for community cultivation.
Recommendations Approved
Declarations of Interest
From: Budget Setting, Council - Wednesday 4 March 2026 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026
Recommendations Approved
2026/27 Budget and Council Tax EXEMPT Appendix
From: Budget Setting, Council - Wednesday 4 March 2026 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026
...to note the 2026/27 Budget and Council Tax exempt appendix without discussion.
Recommendations Approved
Exclusion of Press and Public
From: Budget Setting, Council - Wednesday 4 March 2026 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026
...that recommendations were approved without the need for an exempt session to exclude the press and public.
Recommendations Approved
Hackney Independent Socialist Group Amendments to Motion
From: Budget Setting, Council - Wednesday 4 March 2026 7.00 pm - March 04, 2026
...the proposed amendments from the Hackney Independent Socialist Group were not carried.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 62
Average per Month: 2.5
Decisions Recorded: 215