Mayor Caroline Woodley -  for Hackney

Mayor Caroline Woodley

 Labour

Email: caroline.woodley@hackney.gov.uk

Council: Hackney

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Committees: Scrutiny Panel (Guest) Cabinet (Chair) Council (Committee Member) Appointments Committee Children and Young People Scrutiny Commission Living in Hackney Scrutiny Commission Special Urgency Notices (Committee Member)

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

39 meetings · Page 1 of 8

Cabinet Chair

Cabinet - Monday 15 December 2025 6.00 pm

December 15, 2025
Council Committee Member

Council - Wednesday 26 November 2025 7.00 pm

Here's a brief overview of the upcoming Hackney Council meeting. Councillors are scheduled to discuss the Future Shoreditch Area Action Plan, a motion on rent controls, and the annual report of the Pensions Committee. They will also consider the gender and ethnicity pay gap, and various appointments.

November 26, 2025
Cabinet Chair

Cabinet - Monday 24 November 2025 6.00 pm

Here's a summary of the Hackney Council Cabinet meeting:

November 24, 2025
Cabinet Chair

Cabinet - Monday 27 October 2025 6.00 pm

The Hackney Council Cabinet met on 27 October 2025 and adopted a new Digital Strategy, a Corporate Asset Management Strategy, and a Regeneration Framework for Hoxton. They also approved funding for improvements to a playground, public spaces, libraries, and a new car pound, and noted the council's overall financial position.

October 27, 2025
Council Committee Member

Extraordinary Council Meeting, Council - Thursday 23 October 2025 6.00 pm

The Hackney Council meeting on 23 October 2025 convened to address a cross-party motion concerning the council's ties with Israel amidst the ongoing conflict in Gaza. The council did not carry the original motion put forward by the Green Party and Hackney Independent Socialist Group. Instead, the council voted to approve recommendations outlined in the Labour group's amended motion.

October 23, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

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HCE S433 Implementation of Standard Fees & Charges For Markets Street Trading & Shop Fronts 2025/26

From: Cabinet - Monday 24 November 2025 6.00 pm - November 24, 2025

... to implement revised fees and charges for permanent and temporary street trading, shop fronts, and storage, as detailed in Appendix 2, starting January 1, 2026, along with a phased repayment of arrears and transition to real-time payment by 2027/28, and the continued application of annual CPI-based and NLWA disposal charges to traders from April 1, 2026, with delegation of authority for minor adjustments to the Group Director, Housing, Climate & Economy.

For Determination

HCE S646 Emergency Planning & Response Review

From: Cabinet - Monday 24 November 2025 6.00 pm - November 24, 2025

...approves the implementation of recommendations to introduce annual reporting on resilience matters for elected members and to provide essential emergency planning and resilience training to all elected members per electoral term, supplemented by the circulation of the Civil Resilience Handbook for Councillors.

For Determination

HCE S629 Kings Hall Leisure Centre Refurbishment Project Financial Business Case Update

From: Cabinet - Monday 24 November 2025 6.00 pm - November 24, 2025

...to enable the Kings Hall Leisure Centre Refurbishment project to proceed, the Cabinet approved an increase of £19.478m to the capital costs, bringing the total to £90.92m, and noted the associated funding streams and revenue impact.

For Determination

Summary

Meetings Attended: 39

Average per Month: 2.0

Decisions Recorded: 203