Politics - Hackney Citizen (Page 2)

General Election 2017: Hackney North and Stoke Newington results in full

Diane Abbott re-elected as MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington with increased majority

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Diane Abbott misses Article 50 vote as Meg Hillier joins Labour rebels and votes against

Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP was said to have been taken ill, but BBC radio presenter questions whether it was “Brexit flu”

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Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington

Interview: Why Jon Burke, Hackney Council’s eco champion, wants solar panels to blanket the borough

Cabinet member also states he wants tutoring service to be set up through libraries and would be against nude swimming at lido – despite ‘place for everyone’ slogan

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Exploring academisation options ‘pragmatic’, council suggests

Anntoinette Bramble, whose brief covers children’s services, has said she does not believe the government’s U-turn on education plan

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Letter – ‘Keep up the pressure on London City Airport’

HACAN East wants reversal of decision to concentrate all flight paths over East London

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Bumpy ride?: A plane lands at London City Airport. Photograph: Matt Biddulph (Creative Commons)

Jeremy Corbyn could become a Hackney MP under ‘disgraceful’ boundary changes

Redrawing of the electoral map could see Diane Abbott and Meg Hillier slug it out for a newly-formed Hackney Central seat

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"Whatever the result on Saturday, the Hackney Labour party will stay united." Photograph: Gary Knight/Flickr (Creative Common

Gaining momentum: nominations open for Hackney Youth Parliament

Anyone aged between 11 and 19 years old can stand as a candidate, as long as they live, work, or go to school in the borough

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Diane Abbott appointed shadow health secretary in Corbyn’s cabinet reshuffle

Ms Abbott takes on new role following 16 resignations from shadow cabinet in wake of EU referendum result

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Antisemitism row erupts at Hackney Labour party meeting

Investigation launched into incident which involved comparison between Zionism and Nazism

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jewish family hackney credit kafka4prez via flickr

Hackney passes budget amid protests against cuts to services

One protester said: ‘You should be ashamed of yourselves!’

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Meg Hillier MP condemns ‘onslaught’ against housing benefit renters after Digs protest

Calls it ‘almost impossible’ to rent thanks to private landlords and benefit cap

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Meg Hillier MP condemns ‘onslaught’ against housing benefit renters after Digs protest

Feminism wins place on A-Level politics syllabus

Students could now study key figures of borough’s radical past

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