Councillor Carole Williams

2025-26 Budget Setting, Council - Wednesday 26 February 2025 7.00 pm

This meeting was the last meeting of Hackney Council for the 2024/25 municipal year, and included a wide-ranging set of reports, a review of the proposed budget for 2025/26 and a number of motions submitted by the Green and Labour groups.

Cabinet - Monday 24 February 2025 6.00 pm

The Cabinet approved a 4.99% increase to Council Tax for 2025-26, with 2% ringfenced for adult social care, to help balance the budget alongside £10m from reserves, despite receiving £25m more than expected from the government. £880,000 was also approved to upgrade CCTV in the town centre, and a £10m grant from the London Estate Regeneration Fund to help regenerate the Marian Court and Kings Crescent estates was formally accepted.

Skills, Economy and Growth Scrutiny Commission - Monday 17 February 2025 7.00 pm

The Skills, Economy and Growth Scrutiny Commission received a presentation on jobs and skills outcomes in Hackney. It also discussed the Economic Development Plan at its next meeting, and the Council's sustainable transport plans at its meeting in April.

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.

Cabinet - Monday 27 January 2025 6.00 pm

This meeting included a deputation from a member of the Hackney New Traveller Site about the provision of new Traveller sites in the borough, updates on the council's capital programme, the adoption of a supplementary planning document for Dalston, updates on the council's budgets, as well as details of the Housing Revenue Account budget for 2025/26.