By  Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter  |  September 18, 2018 Hard Times: Campaigners clash with council over council tax support. Photograph: Marco Verch. A cross-party campaign is calling on Hackney Council to walk back a recent cut to tax relief and instead provide full support to the borough’s poorest residents. The Town Hall  came under heavy fire  from anti-poverty charity Zacchaeus 2000 Trust (Z2K) in September last year after it announced plans to increase the amount of council tax paid by working age residents in financial hardship. In order to offset government cuts, the council  made the decision earlier this year to go ahead with changes to its Council Tax Reduction Scheme (CTRS), increasing the amount paid by working age claimants from 15 to 17 per cent. The No Poll Tax 2 campaign has now started a  petition  calling on the local authority to think again and provide 100 per cent support through...