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Library staff to go on strike over job cuts: four dates announced
Town hall bosses are planning a shake-up of jobs – they could cut 76 roles and create 57 new ones.
Read More‘You will see me on picket lines’: Hackney MP Diane Abbott backs library staff fighting council cuts
Two unions are balloting members over possible strike action
Read More‘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
Read MoreChild Q: Former Hackney superintendent says he no longer agrees with having police officers in schools
Leroy Logan MBE, who used to select officers for schools, told the Conference for the Black Child that he has changed his mind
Read MoreChild Q: Protestors hit streets over police strip-search of Black teenage girl at school
People gathered in Stoke Newington High Street outside the police station to express their anger and disgust
Read MoreParents urge Town Hall to completely scrap plans to close two children’s centres after they were ‘put on pause’
The council yesterday called a halt to the proposals until it has undertaken a wider review of its early years provision
Read MoreCouncil shelves plans to close two children’s centres in big win for campaigners
Town Hall calls a halt to any closures until it has held a wider review into early years provision next year
Read MoreLocal MP Diane Abbott backs campaign to save two children’s centres from closure
The two centres in north London are earmarked for closure as the council tries to save £1m to balance the books
Read MoreCampaigners ramp up museum boycott with calls for teachers and families to join them until slaver statue is removed
National Education Union representative backs protesters in battle against Museum of the Home at an event in Newington Green
Read MoreCalls for Museum of the Home boycott at latest protest against slaver statue
Museum says it is ‘continuing to explore options for the statue’ as anti-racism campaigners keep up pressure
Read MoreProtesters demand removal of slaver statue as Museum of the Home reopens
Demonstration comes after Museum’s decision to keep the likeness of Robert Geffrye above its entrance
Read MoreHackney marks Remembrance Sunday with ‘small but moving’ outdoor service
Local political leaders honour the borough’s war dead in ‘safe and secure way’ at St John-at-Hackney Church
Read MoreCampaigners agitate for ‘network of solidarity’ as Michael Rosen and Diane Abbott speak out
Hackney Covid-19 Collective to hold socially distanced Town Hall protest on Wednesday
Read MoreLocal politicians react to equality watchdog’s report on antisemitism in Labour
Hackney Mayor says report marks ‘day of shame’ as Conservative councillor slams party as ‘rotten through and through’
Read MoreStamford Hill charity shop delighted after Diane Abbott drops by to meet volunteers
Branch manager for disability charity Scope thanks local MP for her ‘incredible’ support and urges would-be helpers to get in touch
Read MorePolitical pressure increases on Homerton Hospital over outsourced key workers
Pay row intensifies as both Hackney MPs speak out and unions call for health secretary to ‘put brakes’ on new five-year contract for facilities giant ISS
Read MoreJesse Jackson and Diane Abbott address thousands as union calls for decolonisation of curriculum
The pair were speaking at an event organised by the National Education Union, which wants to ensure all pupils are taught about the achievements of Black Britons
Read MoreHackney police commander ‘sorry that the community hurts’ as effort launched to defuse tensions
Marcus Barnett says there are ‘bridges to repair and build’ as he vows to do whatever he can to ‘make things better’
Read More‘It’s time for a change’: Hundreds attend online vigil for George Floyd
Over 400 listen to local politicians and community leaders demanding global change
Read MoreCoronavirus: Local politicians challenge government to trial contact-tracing and testing in Hackney
Local MPs and mayor tell health secretary Matt Hancock he could do with a ‘bit more Shoreditch and less Whitehall’ in his approach
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