Hackney cabinet members
Statutory Deputy Mayor
Cllr Anntoinette Bramble
The directly-elected Mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville has resigned his post, his last day of office was 22 September 2023. Statutory Deputy Mayor of Hackney, Cllr Anntoinette Bramble has assumed temporary leadership, as set out in the Council’s Constitution, until a Mayoral by-election has taken place. The council’s existing cabinet also remains until the by-election, with responsibilities as set out below.
Cabinet
Deputy Mayor and cabinet member for education, young people and children’s social care
Responsibilities
- Statutory Deputy Mayor and acting in place of the Elected Mayor
- Hackney education and schools (Hackney Education Service)
- children’s social care and safeguarding
- reducing exclusions and promoting school inclusion
- looked after children and fostering
- supporting families (with the cabinet member for families, parks and leisure)
- young speakers and youth parliament
- delivery of Mayor’s young futures commission recommendations (with cabinet member for community safety and regulatory services)
- delivering Hackney ‘A child friendly borough’ (with the cabinet member for families, parks and leisure)
- chair of corporate parenting board
- relationships with London Councils, LGA and international partners
Deputy Mayor for delivery, inclusive economy & regeneration
Responsibilities
- 2022 to 26 manifesto and council strategic plan delivery
- capital programme – new homes, infrastructure and services delivery
- town centre, high street, estates and neighbourhood place making
- planning service – performance, policy, plan making, building control & enforcement
- inclusive economic development – local business, cooperative & social enterprise led community wealth building delivery
- regional and international economic partnerships delivery
- ethical governance and chair of Standards Committee
- Woodberry Down regeneration
- London legacy development corporation transition and inclusive 2012 Olympic legacy
Cabinet member for community safety and regulatory services
Responsibilities
- strategic relationship with the police inc. accountability and improving trust and confidence
- crime reduction and antisocial behaviour
- integrated gangs unit
- noise nuisance
- environmental health and trading standards
- licensing enforcement
- licensing policy (working with chair of licensing)
- night time economy
- markets, shop fronts and street trading
- youth justice
- environmental protection
- emergency planning and relationship with London fire brigade
- CCTV and public surveillance
- domestic violence and abuse
- violence against women and girls
- delivery of Mayor’s young futures commission recommendations (with Deputy Mayor and cabinet member for education, young people and children’s social care)
Cabinet member for health, adult social care, voluntary sector and culture
Responsibilities
- health and relationship with the local NHS
- adult social care
- mental health and wellbeing
- public health
- voluntary and community sector (VCS) including VCS property
- arts & culture
- libraries, museum and archives
- food justice
- communications and consultations
- waterways and boaters
- armed forces champion
- public affairs and campaigns
Cabinet member for housing services and resident participation
Responsibilities
- housing management / services
- housing service transformation and improvement
- housing revenue account (HRA) business plan and strategic asset management plan
- retrofit council homes programme with cabinet member for environment and transport
- better homes partnership
- fire and resident safety
- tenant management organisation (TMO) champion
- Travellers
- maintaining strong relations with the tenants and residents movement
Cabinet member for climate change, environment and transport
Responsibilities
- climate change – including responding to the emergency, mitigation, adaptation, and public awareness
- environmental sustainability
- transport (working with Mayor) – bus priority, road safety, accessibility, strategic infrastructure and transportation
- liveable neighbourhoods – promoting walking and cycling
- clean air and tackling pollution
- public realm and streetscene
- electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure
- energy – community and local generation, efficiency, and procurement
- retrofit council homes programme with cabinet member for housing services and resident participation
- growing the green and circular economy
- waste and recycling
- waste services and waste reduction and prevention
- street and estate cleansing
- corporate decarbonisation and just transition to net zero
- vehicle and cycle parking
Cabinet member for employment, human Resources and equalities
Responsibilities
- employment strategy and partnerships
- Hackney works
- apprenticeships – including Hackney apprenticeship network and the apprenticeship levy
- employment programmes including supported employment, adult trainees and paid work experience
- human Resources and organisational development
- relationship with the trade unions
- adult learning and English to speakers of other languages (ESOL) – delivering excellence
- post 18 skills, including further and higher education
- supporting the London living wage
- equalities and anti-racism
- refugees and vulnerable migrants
- windrush
- policy, strategy and devolution
- fair trade with the climate justice and fair trade champion
- volunteering
Cabinet member for families, parks and leisure
Responsibilities
- early years
- children’s centres and nurseries
- affordable childcare commission
- special Educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
- alternative settings and additional resource provision (ARP)
- tackling child poverty
- supporting families (with Deputy Mayor and cabinet member for education, young People and children’s social Care)
- leisure and sport
- play and adventure playgrounds
- play streets
- parks and green spaces
- green infrastructure, nature recovery and biodiversity
- our tree programme
- delivering Hackney ‘A child friendly borough’ (with Deputy Mayor and cabinet member for education, young people and children’s social Care)
- Young Hackney
Cabinet member for finance, insourcing and customer service
Responsibilities
- budget and budget monitoring, inc. overall financial position report to cabinet
- revenues & benefits (hardship and support payments, housing benefits, Council tax, CTRS) and responding to welfare reform
- procurement and sustainable procurement and strategy (inc. chair of cabinet procurement and insourcing committee)
- corporate debt policy and support for vulnerable residents
- insourcing services
- pensions
- customer services, casework review and complaints
- audit
- legal services
- Democratic and electoral services
- overall property and capital programme
- digital and ICT
Deputy cabinet member
Deputy cabinet member for private rented sector and housing affordability
Responsibilities
- strategic housing
- private sector housing (excluding temporary accommodation)
- housing affordability
- fire safety and leaseholders (non-council)
- promoting shared ownership and other intermediate products
- housing association relationships and accountability
- Hackney’s housing company and living rent homes
Deputy cabinet member for housing needs and homelessness
Responsibilities
- housing needs (inc. lettings and allocations policy)
- rough sleeping
- homelessness and temporary accommodation including our work with young people
- internal advice services (particularly housing options / homelessness related)
Member Champions
- Cllr Claudia Turbet-Delof – Mental Health
- Cllr Sheila Suso-Runge – Heritage
- Cllr Sam Pallis – Inclusive Business, Social Enterprise and Cooperatives
- Cllr Gilbert Smyth – Climate Justice and Fairtrade
- Cllr Joseph Ogundemuren – No Place for Hate
- Cllr Sade Etti – Inter-Faith
Page updated on: 25 September 2023
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