Posts Tagged ‘Labour party’
Stamford Hill Jewish community calls on government to scrap two-child benefit cap
Letter calls on secretary of state for work and pensions to consider the needs of larger families
Read MoreLondon Fields and Stoke Newington by-election candidates announced
Voters are off to the polls on 12 September 2024
Read MoreGovernment denies London mayor Sadiq Khan power to impose rent controls
Ministers have ‘no plans whatsoever’ to enable introduction of caps on the amount private landlords can charge
Read MoreCross-party support as Hackney Mayor and councillors join anti-racist solidarity rally
Labour, Green and independent representatives attend Hackney Stand Up To Racism event
Read MoreConfusion as Diane Abbott and party leaders make conflicting claims on MP’s future
Abbott says she is banned from standing in the general election, but the party says no decision has been taken
Read MoreCritics round on Woodberry Down plans as next phase narrowly wins approval
A Labour schism meant plans for more than 500 new homes passed by a hair
Read MoreHackney set for fifth by-election in two years as another Labour councillor quits
Yvonne Maxwell is yet to speak out about her resignation, but said she was ‘free at last’ on social media
Read MoreNew Labour councillors ‘honoured and humbled’ after winning Hackney by-elections
Cllrs Jasmine Martins and Faruk Tinaz fill seats in De Beauvoir and Hoxton East respectively
Read MoreGaza: Hackney Council calls for cessation of hostilities
Green party motion passes – with qualified Labour support
Read MoreTom Dewey inquiry: Final report praises ‘cool heads and steady hands’ at Town Hall after arrest came to light
Chair John Henderson says ‘safeguarding systems worked perfectly’ but criticises ‘blurring of boundaries’ between politicians and council officers
Read MoreMayoral candidates quizzed on transport at Hackney Cycling Campaign’s hustings
In the absence of two of the four invited mayoral candidates, residents put the Greens’ Zoë Garbett and the Liberal Democrats’ Simon de Deney on the spot
Read MoreHackney Mayor suspended by Labour after partying with disgraced former councillor on day he found out about arrest
Party says photograph is in clear contradiction of Philip Glanville’s previous account of events
Read MoreFormer Hackney councillor Tom Dewey given 12-month suspended sentence for possessing indecent images of children
Former de Beauvoir ward councillor avoids jail
Read MoreFormer Hackney councillor charged over indecent images of children
Thirty-six-year-old was previously elected as Labour councillor for De Beauvoir ward
Read MoreLetter: ‘Diane Abbott was wrong’
But the Conservative Party is in no position to take the moral high ground, says Sasha Simic
Read MoreDiane Abbott suspended as Labour MP over ‘deeply offensive’ letter about racism
Abbott apologises for comments suggesting Jewish, Irish and Traveller people have not suffered racism ‘all their lives’
Read MoreBy-election results leave Hackney’s political landscape unchanged
Labour holds three of the four wards up for grabs, while the Tories retain Stamford Hill West
Read MoreHackney Mayor’s partner under investigation by Labour for comments about Jewish advocacy group
Craig Parr’s tweets about the Board of Deputies of British Jews branded ‘unacceptable’ by both the Mayor and Hackney South’s Labour branch
Read MoreActor Tracy Ann Oberman ‘truly moved’ by visit to Jewish primary in Hackney
The former EastEnders star discussed her life and her fight against antisemitism with journalist Jonathan Freedland at Simon Marks School earlier this month
Read MoreBacklash as Hackney North Labour passes motion rejecting claims of ‘institutional racism’
Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy calls on Labour’s executive committee to investigate Diane Abbott’s local party
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