Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Live Blog – Hackney Citizen Great Mayoral Debate
Get updates from our hustings event at the Arcola Theatre as it happens
Read MoreElection 2014: wards to watch, fact-checking and your chance to quiz mayoral candidates
Get the lowdown on this year’s trio of elections
Read MoreRoll up! Roll up! Arcola stage set for Great Mayoral Debate: Hackney Citizen to host election hustings
Parties to go head-to-head at big election debate from 4-6pm on Sunday 27 April
Read MoreLiving wage stats: Hackney lags behind Islington and Tower Hamlets in fair pay stakes
Town Hall claims it is set to be first London borough to achieve London Living Wage compliance following London Assembly’s report
Read MoreDiane Abbott ‘stuck in Abuja’ on day of bedroom tax vote
Hackney and Stoke Newington MP failed to take part in poll on controversial benefit changes she opposes
Read MoreLabour and Conservatives announce candidates for Mayor of Hackney
Linda Kelly to run against incumbent Mayor Jules Pipe
Read MoreLondon legacy: bridge-building in Hackney Wick
A dispute between Olympic legacy planning authorities and a small community in Hackney over a proposed bridge highlights some larger legacy issues
Read MoreLondon legacy: security and towpath protests
Small tales of local resentment of the Games underline the need for a true Olympic legacy to be delivered
Read MoreOlympic Park legacy plan threatens Tech City growth, report warns
Thinktank says tech scene around Silicon Roundabout in London now comprises at least 3,200 firms with 48,000 jobs
Read MoreA new generation of schools offers a cure for jobless youth
In east London, the best jobs aren’t going to local people. A new school aims to solve that
Read MoreThe abortion counselling consultation is a con – which is why I pulled out
With a fact-free campaign, Tory MPs are attempting to bring the worst of the US abortion debate to British politics
Read MoreOlympics organisers urged to ban tents for fear of Occupy-style protests
Theresa May vows to prevent ‘encampments’ – but London 2012 security chiefs argue against prohibiting tents
Read MoreKen Livingstone on riots, debt and the end of the world
Labour’s London mayoral candidate has offered a group of sixth form students his recipe for reviving the capital
Read MoreLondon 2012: Olympic flame will be lit in one year’s time, but still much to do
IOC hail progress as Tom Daley dives into Aquatics Centre pool, completed on time and budget
Read MoreOlympic chief calls for ‘mandatory’ funding for local sports facilities
Local authorities must protect budgets, says Lord Moynihan, as drive to get more people playing sport falters
Read MoreLet the games begin
It’s a year to the start of the 2012 Olympics. Iain Sinclair, writer and arch critic of the project, takes on Labour’s Tessa Jowell who played a key role in the London bid
Read MoreHettie Peters obituary
Former Hackney councillor, community campaigner and advocate for young people
Read MoreTelling Ken: the Livingstone roadshow
A public meeting in North Hackney showed Labour’s mayoral candidate in platform-building and listening mode
Read MorePrivate firm sniffs a profit in coalition schools policy
‘Mossbourne two’ would meet demands of parents who beg for a place at academy in east London, says headteacher
Read MoreGovernment to defend its 9,000 Olympic tickets
Allocation breakdown shows 450 tickets set aside as prizes at School Games and 1,500 reserved for foreign business guests
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