General Election 2017: Hackney MP Diane Abbott predicts an ‘unpleasant’ campaign – but says Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour can win
MP for pro-Remain Hackney North says Labour’s Brexit will ‘protect living standards’
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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”
Lib Dems pressure Diane Abbott to vote against triggering Article 50
Hackney Labour MP represents constituency that overwhelmingly backed Remain but has indicated she will not block divorce from EU
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
2016 – A look back on the year we woke up as strangers in a strange land
What have we learnt? What has changed? And what is likely to stay the same? As the year draws to a close, we look back on a momentous 12 months
Council “fake newspapers”: Ten quotes that show cross-party concern
Labour, Tories, Greens, Liberal Democrats and UKIP – all have slammed ratepayer funded rags in different places, at different times
Meet the candidates for Hackney Mayor: Philip Glanville, Labour
Our interview with the current Deputy Mayor touches on education, the housing crisis, and employment
Antisemitism row erupts at Hackney Labour party meeting
Investigation launched into incident which involved comparison between Zionism and Nazism
Hackney MP Diane Abbott joins Corbyn’s new Labour shadow cabinet
Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP ‘very happy’ to be named shadow international development secretary
Soapbox snippets: General Election debates special
Find out who got heckled, who is opposed to tumble dryers and who tried to speak ‘off the record’ at our General Election hustings on Sunday
Obituary – Linda Hibberd
Tributes paid to former councillor who was elected as Mayor in the midst of a turbulent year for the Town Hall
Diane Abbott throws hat into the ring for London Mayor
Priorities for Hackney MP would be battling the housing crisis and reversing ‘toxic’ narrative of immigration
Conservatives abandon Scrutiny after new system leaves them with ‘no voice’
Michael Levy says Council is now ‘scrutinising itself’ as Labour slams group for ‘playing politics’ with cross-party function
‘There are no voters we can take for granted’ says Labour stalwart Luke Akehurst
As he bids farewell to Hackney, prominent ex-councillor gives his view of the borough’s future and reflects on his political life
Incumbent Mayor of Hackney’s ‘pie in sky’ attack on Lib Dem housing claim
Election promises on housing and permits prompt ire from Jules Pipe
Prominent Labour councillor Luke Akehurst to stand down at local elections
Former Labour Group chief whip reveals he was amused by spoof blog set up to parody him