Letter: ‘Labour MPs must amend the Trade Bill to prevent further NHS privatisation’
Lifelong health campaigner Shirley Murgraff calls on opposition MPs to ensure ‘strong protection’ for the health service in trade deals
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Coronavirus: ‘Buy up empty homes to ease overcrowding’, Hackney MP tells government
Meg Hillier and fellow MP Karen Buck urge Whitehall to ‘relieve pressure on overstretched housing sector’
Revealed: Local politicians tried in vain to resolve Ruby Williams case
Urswick headteacher rejected issues as ‘monumental distraction’ as Hackney South MP praises ‘strength and resilience’ of Williams family
Local MP Meg Hillier re-elected chair of influential government spending watchdog
Hackney South rep to front public accounts committee for third time, and promises to ‘call out every politician who tries to pretend austerity never happened’
Greenpeace Shoreditch photo exhibition highlights threat to oceans – but local MPs a no-show
Group says it is a ‘shame’ politicians couldn’t turn up – but urges them to get behind its campaign to protect the deep blue
Labour’s Meg Hillier re-elected as MP for Hackney South – but says national picture is ‘gutting’
Hillier wins resoundingly but warns of ‘unlucky Friday 13th for us all’ with Boris Johnson on course for large majority
Leader – Dashers and dancers
A Christmas election is a big ask for local candidates, but some have shown more willing than others
Extinction Rebellion’s Hackney South climate hustings turns into Brexit debate
Focus moves from climate to discussions on democracy, trade and electoral reform
All of Hackney’s general election candidates and their policies – in one place
Thirteen candidates across both constituencies set out their stalls for winter election
MPs and council leaders join to condemn Overground service disruption as ‘completely unacceptable’
Politicians demand answers from TfL over missing statistics on delays
London Renters Union slams Town Hall for ‘vindictive conduct’ towards Marian Court resident
Local MP Meg Hillier dragged into long-running row after council uses email written in support of her constituent Shahbana Bibi to withdraw its duty to find the mother-of-four a home
Extinction Rebellion: ‘Big win’ for local contingent as Hackney MPs voice support
Both Diane Abbott and Meg Hillier accepted a meeting with borough rebels to discuss the movement’s demands
Titbits – Fuelling splits and political mis-hits
Read this month’s column that pecks at the crumbs of news in the borough
Guardians of the Arches take sell-off fight to Parliament
Traders up in arms over threat to the future of Hackney’s local businesses
Former Hackney councillor renews call for national Windrush Day
Patrick Vernon urges government to make 22 June an annual ‘celebration of migrants’
Town Hall launches search for 100 inspirational Hackney women to mark suffrage centenary
Nominations are open to find and showcase ‘local heroes’ driving change in the borough