Jules Pipe
Mayor Jules Pipe is mayor of Hackney LBC and chair of London Councils
Healing the deepest cuts
A crowd gathered outside the Houses of Parliament holding pillowcases decorated with messages from women and children.
National schemes don't deliver
It is good to see a debate beginning about devolution and the need to ensure that all of the cities of the UK have growth which complements that of London, says chair of London Councils Jules Pipe.
Beating the bookies
Mayor Jules Pipe outlines Hackney LBC’s approach to fighting the social and economic blight that betting shops with high-stakes machines bring to vulnerable local communities
Wrap-around welfare
Mayor Jules Pipe outlines London Councils’ strategy of harnessing the roll-out of Universal Credit to rethink welfare to work programmes in the capital
Why Hackney is battling to reopen pub
Last week Hackney Council successfully defended a decision to list a local pub as an asset of community value (ACV).
Code that could kill freedom of public information
Eric Pickles' proposed legislation to ban local council newsletters is a devastating assault on the freedom to promote the areas of interest they serve, writes Jules Pipe.
Heading for the danger zone
One London borough has absorbed huge spending cuts without seriously damaging frontline services. Jules Pipe looks at the details.