Posts Tagged ‘meg hillier’
Criminal investigation launched into Airbnb key worker home ‘scandal’, council says
Hackney Council and Peabody probing potential fraud over use of ‘affordable’ home billed for disabled key worker
Read MoreDame Meg Hillier MP alerts Hackney Mayor to key worker Airbnb holiday home ‘scandal’
Victoria Park residents raise alarm after council-funded, fully-accessible flat for disabled key worker listed on rental site
Read MoreFire expert criticises ‘lazy’ risk assessment for Dalston block – carried out a year before the roof went up in flames
Around 50 residents were forced into temporary accommodation by the blaze earlier this summer
Read MoreHackney MP urges new Labour government to fix borough’s ‘ridiculous’ housing crisis
Meg Hillier condemns fact that ‘young professionals with double incomes are simply unable to afford a deposit’
Read MoreGeneral Election 2024: Labour holds Hackney as Diane Abbott and Meg Hillier celebrate victory
Both incumbent MPs will continue on with strong majorities of over 14,000
Read MoreGeneral Election 2024: Hackney South and Shoreditch results
Meg Hillier retains constituency for Labour with close to two thirds of the vote
Read More‘I was wrong to jump to conclusions’: Chair of HAIFA apologises to Hackney Green party councillors over ‘terrorists’ accusation
‘I would point out that I did not accuse all Green party members of being terrorists’, says Martin Sugarman
Read MoreHackney MP defends mayor and council over plans to shut two children’s centres
Hackney South Meg Hillier met with parents at Sebright, one of the centres under threat
Read MoreHackney MP Meg Hillier faces calls to resign after abstaining on vote for immediate ceasefire in Gaza
Protesters outside Hackney Town Hall urged the Labour MP to consider her position
Read More‘The Rolls Royce of classrooms’: Local MP Meg Hillier officially opens Hackney School of Food
Lower Clapton school with state-of-the-art facilities hosts cooking and growing classes for children of all ages
Read MoreCouncil accidentally leaks addresses of vulnerable residents with IT blunder that ‘could have cost lives’
Citizen investigation reveals senior managers made social work case notes, NI numbers, and locations of at-risk women free to view for every internet user
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 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 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 MoreLetter: ‘No migrant worker should be expected to pay twice for their healthcare’
Hackney’s health boss responds to an open letter from unions and campaigners to explain how the council is tackling Covid’s disproportionate impact on disadvantaged communities
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 MoreCross-party solidarity against racism as Town Hall lit up in purple for Black Lives Matter
Local political parties united in response to death of George Floyd as council ‘reconfirms commitment’ to tackle inequality
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
Read MoreLetter: ‘Labour MPs must amend the Trade Bill to prevent further NHS privatisation’
Lifelong health campaigner Shirley Murgraff calls on opposition MPs to ensure ‘strong protection’ for the health service in trade deals
Read MoreCoronavirus: ‘Buy up empty homes to ease overcrowding’, Hackney MP tells government
Meg Hillier and fellow MP Karen Buck urge Whitehall to ‘relieve pressure on overstretched housing sector’
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