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Posts Tagged ‘Politics’

General Election 2024: Hackney North and Stoke Newington results

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 5 July 2024 at 11:57

Diane Abbott holds the seat for Labour with a resounding win

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Keep it civil: Citizen calls for more courtesy in politics

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 10 June 2024 at 10:11

Bash the idea, not the person

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De Beauvoir residents hit out at boundary changes that could see them ‘shunted into Islington’

By Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 13 January 2023 at 18:36

Voters in the ward could be faced with electing politicians in two boroughs

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National turbulence, local tranquility: Decoding Hackney’s by-election results

By Sarah Birch | Monday 17 May 2021 at 14:03

An analysis of the borough’s political landscape following 6 May polls in four wards

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‘Ultimately, fewer people will vote’: How the cyber attack on Hackney Council could damage local democracy

By Tiya Thomas-Alexander | Thursday 11 March 2021 at 14:30

Tiya Thomas-Alexander examines the impact of last year’s criminal hack on postal voting ahead of May’s elections

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‘Glitter, punk drag and politics’: Question Time Cabaret is back at Rich Mix

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 12 October 2018 at 15:01

After selling out in 2017, the ‘rowdy political knees-up’ returns on 26 October – and this year the theme is beauty

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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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General Election 2017: Diane Abbott and Meg Hillier re-elected as Hackney MPs with increased majorities

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 9 June 2017 at 08:19
Calling for more new homes: Diane Abbott MP

Labour party incumbents returned with huge vote share

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General Election 2017: Hackney South and Shoreditch results in full

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 9 June 2017 at 07:41
Meg Hillier

Meg Hillier re-elected as MP for Hackney South and Shoreditch with increased majority

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General Election 2017: Hackney North and Stoke Newington results in full

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 9 June 2017 at 07:29
Diane Abbott MP

Diane Abbott re-elected as MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington with increased majority

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Diane Abbott misses Article 50 vote as Meg Hillier joins Labour rebels and votes against

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 2 February 2017 at 11:20
Diane Abbott, MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington

Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP was said to have been taken ill, but BBC radio presenter questions whether it was “Brexit flu”

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Interview: Why Jon Burke, Hackney Council’s eco champion, wants solar panels to blanket the borough

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 18 January 2017 at 13:21
jon burke

Cabinet member also states he wants tutoring service to be set up through libraries and would be against nude swimming at lido – despite ‘place for everyone’ slogan

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Exploring academisation options ‘pragmatic’, council suggests

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 31 October 2016 at 16:43
Deputy Mayor Anntoinette Bramble.

Anntoinette Bramble, whose brief covers children’s services, has said she does not believe the government’s U-turn on education plan

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Letter – ‘Keep up the pressure on London City Airport’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 5 October 2016 at 10:06
Bumpy ride?: A plane lands at London City Airport. Photograph: Matt Biddulph (Creative Commons)

HACAN East wants reversal of decision to concentrate all flight paths over East London

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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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Gaining momentum: nominations open for Hackney Youth Parliament

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 13 July 2016 at 18:25
Deputy Mayor Anntoinette Bramble.

Anyone aged between 11 and 19 years old can stand as a candidate, as long as they live, work, or go to school in the borough

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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
Diane Abbott MP

Ms Abbott takes on new role following 16 resignations from shadow cabinet in wake of EU referendum result

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Antisemitism row erupts at Hackney Labour party meeting

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 23 May 2016 at 11:27
jewish family hackney credit kafka4prez via flickr

Investigation launched into incident which involved comparison between Zionism and Nazism

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Hackney passes budget amid protests against cuts to services

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 3 March 2016 at 14:48
Hackney Town Hall

One protester said: ‘You should be ashamed of yourselves!’

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