Soapbox snippets: weekly round-up from the Hackney campaign trail
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Leaflet watch: residents in Labour’s brochure are politicians, and Meg Hillier’s surprise endorsement
Labour MP says she supports work of Labour councillors as Tories say ruling party treats voters like fools
Hackney residents feeling heat of rocketing fuel prices
Fuel poverty, ‘green jobs’ and energy efficiency among the issues raised at public meeting hosted by Friends of the Earth
Turning up the heat on the Energy Bill – residents to quiz Hackney MP Meg Hillier
Hackney Friends of the Earth to host Q&A session at the Shoreditch Trust
Hackney schools support legal challenge over GCSE results
Results downgrading is “unfair” say campaigners as local schools join legal battle against GCSE exam board
Duke’s up for Hackney University Technical College opening
HRH Prince Andrew gives Hackney UTC a right royal opening
Swap Westminster for ‘Eastminster’ says Hackney MP Meg Hillier
Is Hackney the answer if Parliament has to close for repairs? Meg Hillier MP proposes an alternative Olympic legacy
Sam Hallam family snubs Hackney MP Meg Hillier
Hackney South MP turns up uninvited at the home of miscarriage of justice victim Sam Hallam – and is turned away
Hackney needs more apprenticeships says MP Meg Hillier
As the borough’s jobless figures rise to one of the capital’s highest, local MP Meg Hillier and Hackney Community College join forces to promote apprenticeships for young people
Hackney MPs miss vote on prisoner voting
Diane Abbott and Meg Hillier did not join Islington MP Jeremy Corbyn who rebelled against the cross-party motion
Hackney MP praises government action to end detention of children in asylum centres
Diane Abbott welcomes a possible ‘culture shift’ within the immigration system as a key Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment is honoured
Hackney remembers those fallen in battle
The borough paid tribute to those who have sacrificed their lives during military service, with a procession and church service on Remembrance Sunday
Welfare cuts could force low income residents out
Those who rely on housing and other benefits may be unable to pay their rent
Hackney GPs and health watchdog warn new proposals will undermine NHS
Plans will raise costs without benefiting patient care and worsen GP-patient relationships, say critics
New academies plan will bring chaos, say MPs
Concerns over education proposals which may leave schools less accountable to local parents and elected representatives