‘I like to think I blazed the trail’: Hackney MP Diane Abbott celebrates 35 years in office
The Hackney North representative is the longest-serving MP in the Commons after becoming the first Black woman to be elected in 1987
House of Commons
Teaching vacancies at Hackney primaries ‘above average’, the most recent data suggests
‘It is not unusual to have three vacancies across all 53 of Hackney’s primary schools’, says council spokesperson
No refugees from Syria have been provided sanctuary by Hackney Council
The first Syrian refugee has yet to be resettled in Hackney, despite Mayor Jules Pipe last year saying the council wanted to ‘stand up and help’
The dead hand of the whips
Debate about legislation is being stifled by party managers forcing MPs to toe the government line, with toxic effect