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Posts Tagged ‘diane abbott’

Hackney children ‘going hungry at lunchtime’ due to parents’ immigration status

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 21 September 2018 at 21:18

Diane Abbott & Mayor of Hackney pledge support for campaign to secure free school meals for undocumented children

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Brexit: Pro-EU youngsters single out Diane Abbott in ad van stand

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 June 2018 at 12:14

Our Future, Our Choice campaigners unveil posters urging Labour frontbenchers to back a ‘people’s vote’

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Former Hackney councillor renews call for national Windrush Day

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 21 May 2018 at 15:07
Speaking out: former Hackney councillor Patrick Vernon. Photograph: Hackney Citizen

Patrick Vernon urges government to make 22 June an annual ‘celebration of migrants’

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Leader – ‘Real’ politics

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 May 2018 at 08:49
HC Crest

Labour’s language of moral censure in the aftermath of the elections is worrying

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Diane Abbott says UK can learn from Scotland’s ‘public health approach’ to knife crime

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 5 April 2018 at 11:46

Shadow home secretary says stop and search has ‘poisoned relationship between police and communities’

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Hackney Council to install sprinklers in 114 homes at Haggerston tower block

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 30 January 2018 at 11:36

Queensbridge Road property is first in borough to get sprinklers since the Grenfell fire – due to the high average age of residents

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Hackney MP Diane Abbott slammed over ‘disingenuous’ Brexit promise

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 18 December 2017 at 13:10
Calling for more new homes: Diane Abbott MP

Shadow Home Secretary rows back on pledge to argue for ‘electorate to get a vote on final deal’

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Diane Abbott suffers most abuse of all female MPs, ethics watchdog finds

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 14 December 2017 at 15:55

Parliamentary committee calls on government to shift liability for illegal content on to social media companies

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Raising Hackney: Diane Abbott and Mayor Glanville celebrate Northwold Estate community centre

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 23 November 2017 at 13:22
Diane Abbott and Mayor Glanville celebrating Raising Hackney. (Photograph: Jonathan Goldberg)

The community centre is celebrating a new name and the involvement of a new charity

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Jihadi John-linked speaker dropped from Stand Up to Racism event with Diane Abbott

By Adam Barnett | Tuesday 17 October 2017 at 14:52

CAGE’s Moazzam Begg dropped just weeks after Hackney branch appearance

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Finsbury Park Post Office: Franchise to go ahead despite ‘wealth of opposition’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 12 October 2017 at 14:09

Diane Abbott expresses ‘disappointment’ at decision as local campaigner vows to carry out boycott threat

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Diane Abbott slammed for recounting racist abuse on live TV

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 15 September 2017 at 15:59
Calling for more new homes: Diane Abbott MP

The Shadow Home Secretary told ITV’s Good Morning Britain she has been called a ‘nigger bitch’ – prompting a frenzied reaction on social media

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Campaigners ‘mystified’ over Diane Abbott’s failure to sign fossil fuel pledge

By Adam Barnett | Monday 21 August 2017 at 15:30
Calling for more new homes: Diane Abbott MP

Hackney MP’s team cites ‘Shadow Cabinet protocol’ and unfair media scrutiny

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Residents to boycott Finsbury Park Post Office stationery shop over merger

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 21 August 2017 at 14:40

Campaigners hoping to save the current Crown Post Office drum up support as deadline for public consultation looms

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‘Unfair and unjust’: Charity hits out at council over eviction threat

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 July 2017 at 11:32

Turkish Cypriot Cultural Association and Town Hall set for court battle as 30-year wrangle over who owns Dalston building nears end

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Grenfell: Diane Abbott urges retro-fitting of sprinklers in Hackney blocks

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 11 July 2017 at 12:34
Diane Abbott MP

Shadow Home Secretary calls for Lakanal coroner’s recommendations to be implemented

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‘Selfless’ Diane Abbott celebrated at Queen of Hoxton after hashtag craze

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 23 June 2017 at 16:45

#AbbottAppreciation creator Stephanie Ozuo honours Hackney MP

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Finsbury Park attack: shadow home secretary Diane Abbott calls for review of mosque security

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 19 June 2017 at 07:25
Police officers at Finsbury Park following the attack

Counter-terrorism police investigating after van strikes pedestrians, killing one, in Seven Sisters Road, Islington

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Diane Abbott reveals she has type 2 diabetes and hits out at ‘vicious and negative’ Tory campaign

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 14 June 2017 at 13:36
Diane Abbott MP

Hackney MP tells of health condition and blasts Theresa May for singling her out as part of the Conservatives’ campaign

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Hackney Liberal Democrats bemoan democratic deficit and ‘tactical voting for Labour’

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 13 June 2017 at 16:12
Dave Raval

Dave Raval and Joe Richards call for ‘fairer voting system’

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