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Posts Tagged ‘diane abbott’

Hackney MP Diane Abbott lands top job in Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 7 October 2016 at 17:15
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Labour MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington promoted to shadow home secretary

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Jeremy Corbyn could become a Hackney MP under ‘disgraceful’ boundary changes

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 13 September 2016 at 12:32
"Whatever the result on Saturday, the Hackney Labour party will stay united." Photograph: Gary Knight/Flickr (Creative Commons)

Redrawing of the electoral map could see Diane Abbott and Meg Hillier slug it out for a newly-formed Hackney Central seat

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Diane Abbott Foundation spent nearly £30,000 on awards ceremony, accounts reveal

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 22 August 2016 at 17:24
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Sum was more than 80 per cent of annual budget of small education charity of which MP is the director

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Hackney MPs split on Trident renewal vote in Parliament

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 19 July 2016 at 16:55
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Diane Abbott calls Westminster vote “immature” as other Labour MPs defy leader

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Shadow health secretary Diane Abbott slams ‘sorry saga’ as junior doctors reject new contract

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 5 July 2016 at 18:05

‘Disappointing we still do not have contract that junior doctors feel able to support’

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Diane Abbott: Guarantee NHS workers from EU countries the right to remain in UK

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 5 July 2016 at 17:10
Diane Abbott with Homerton University Hospital chief nurse, Director of Governance, Head of Midwifery, Director, and the head of A&E

Shadow Secretary of State for Health told Homerton University Hospital staff that EU workers’ contributions were ‘invaluable’ to the NHS

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Diane Abbott appointed shadow health secretary in Corbyn’s cabinet reshuffle

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 27 June 2016 at 12:49
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Ms Abbott takes on new role following 16 resignations from shadow cabinet in wake of EU referendum result

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Rio Cinema workers strike over living wage and job cuts

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 26 May 2016 at 12:16

Industrial action goes ahead in face of cinema restructure that would offer staff higher wages but cut hours and employees to pay for it

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Diane Abbott ‘minimising’ concerns about antisemitism within Labour party, claims Hackney rabbi

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 23 May 2016 at 14:29
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‘Not only is it a serious problem in the party, it is a problem right on Diane Abbott’s doorstep’

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Titbits – hipster brewing, Twitter pruning and the canine Tony Hawk

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 16 May 2016 at 11:13
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Read the column that pecks at the crumbs of what’s going on in the borough…

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Titbits – DSS discrimination by landlords, democratic deficits and DripApp

By Hackney Citizen | Saturday 5 March 2016 at 09:49
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How to lance the boil of Homerton-style prejudice and pre-pay for coffees with monthly price plans

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2015 – a look back at the year that was

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 January 2016 at 16:09
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The Hackney Citizen revisits the biggest stories in what proved to be a rollercoaster year

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Titbits – Diane Abbott live on Newsnight, and the death of the Dalstonist

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 January 2016 at 15:28
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Hackney MP says Labour should turn its fire on Tories – and then attacks members of her own party

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Hackney MPs vote against air strikes against ISIS in Syria

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 3 December 2015 at 14:53

Last night politicians cast their vote on whether the UK should join US-led bombing campaign

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Titbits — CGI suits, targeted tweets and skeletons in the shadows

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 2 October 2015 at 14:14

The council asks for men’s views on shaping the borough while tiny little corporate people sip champers on Regent’s Canal

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Hackney MP Diane Abbott joins Corbyn’s new Labour shadow cabinet

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 14 September 2015 at 11:55

Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP ‘very happy’ to be named shadow international development secretary

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Cheep snack or fowl food? Debate over chicken takeaways continues

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 9 September 2015 at 11:58

A fast food restaurant has applied to open opposite a school, sparking concerns about public health

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‘Beholden to tycoons’: Diane Abbott accuses fellow Labour London mayoral candidates

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 26 August 2015 at 12:06

Hackney MP condemns rival contenders for accepting donations from property developers

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Diane Abbott defends Jeremy Corbyn against extremist ‘smears’

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 20 August 2015 at 16:27

Hackney MP says critics of the Labour leadership frontrunner are ‘frozen by fear’

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Hackney MPs split over welfare bill

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 21 July 2015 at 15:42

Diane Abbott is one of the 48 rebel MPs to vote against welfare bill, but Hackney South MP Meg Hillier abstains

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