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 Campaign against road safety cuts |
The London Cycling Campaign in Hackney and Hackney Living Streets came to the Full Council meeting at Hackney Town Hall last w...
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| Labour Condemns Massive Bus Fare Hikes |
At the latest meeting of all local councillors at Hackney Town Hall, a motion was put down by the Labour group calling on all political parties to unite around a campaign to oppose Boris Johnso...
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| Massive Improvements in GCSE Results |
At the last election in 2006, Labour in Hackney pledged that by 2010 GCSE results in the borough would exceed the national average. There have been massive improvements in GCSE results this ye...
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| Building Schools for the Future |
Last week, the Labour group passed a motion at the monthly Full Council meeting at the Town Hall in support of the Building Schools for the Future programme. This entails £167m of investment in scho...
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| No armed police patrols in Hackney |
Some people may have seen press reports about the Met Police deciding to allow armed officers to patrol some of London's "worst" estates and neighbourhoods as a way of tackling gun and gan...
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| Wind Turbine for Hackney Marshes? |
As you may have read in Hackney Today and the Hackney Gazette last week, there are proposals from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) to build a wind turbine on Hackney Marshes.
If the 120 m...
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| Hackney Leads the Way on 10:10 Campaign |
Hackney Council is one of the first local authorities to sign up to the 10:10 campaign to reduce carbon emissions by 10% in 2010. Last week, in the Council Chamber, Cllr Sophie Linden, the Cab...
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| Hackney Labour back free 24 hour travel for older people |
Hackney has secured a deal to allow older residents free travel on most buses, tubes and trains 24 hours a day – a deal guaranteed until 2015. The extension to the council-funded Freed...
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| Labour Wins in Stoke Newington Central |
Labour won a resounding victory in the Stoke Newington Central by election after a hard fought campaign. New Councillor Louisa Thomson said: "I'm delighted to have been elected as the new Labour...
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| Regent's Estate Pensioners' Hall Refurbished |
Regent's Estate Pensioners' Hall has been repainted and the lighting improved after a campaign by Queensbridge Labour councillors. Older people who use the Hall for events such as fitness clubs...
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| Local Residents Get Planting in London Fields |
Queensbridge residents came out in force on a freezing cold Saturday lunchtime to help plant hundreds of bulbs in London Fields. This was the first phase in a community project being organised ...
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| Hackney Gazette Drops BNP Adverts |
Responding to the news that the Hackney Gazette will not go ahead with the publication of an election advert from the BNP, Hackney's Labour Mayor Jules Pipe said: "I am very pleased that Archan...
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| Councillors Help Clean Up Queensbridge |
One of Queensbridge's biggest eyesores has been cleaned up with the help of the ward's Labour councillors. Residents complained that the land around the old Careys pub was being used...
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| Jules Pipe backs 20mph for Hackney |
Hackney Labour, Liberal and Green parties united at yesterday's Council meeting to support a standard speed limit on Hackney residential streets of 20mph and to continue to roll out a ...
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| New Benches for Stonebridge Common |
Brand new benches have been installed on Stonebridge Common after lobbying from Queensbridge councillors. The seats on the common had fallen into a bad state of disrepair with broken wood and exp...
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| Campaign Launched to Fight Post Offfice Closures |
A campaign to save seven Hackney post offices that face closure has been launched by local Labour councillors. Hackney Labour party and the council are both fighting the Post Office's plans and...
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| Liberal Democrat Councillor joins Labour |
Hackney Liberal Democrat Cllr Joseph Stauber today announced his plans to cross the floor of the Council chamber and join the Labour Party. Cllr Stauber, first elected to Cazenove ward...
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| Street Trees for Hackney |
Hackney Labour starts to meet our commitment to 1000 street trees by 2010 This winter sees more than 300 trees being planted across the borough in the first phase of the council meeting i...
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| End of the Line for Network Rail |
Labour councillors in Hackney Central Ward are celebrating the Council taking action against Network Rail for failing to maintain the many railway bridges in the borough. Environ...
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| Hackney Labour Wins a Seat at the Arsenal Table |
Hackney Labour, working with our London Assembly Member Jennette Arnold, have won a victory for residents who live close to the new stadium of Arsenal Football Club. For years, whe...
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Hackney has secured a deal to allow older residents free travel on most buses, tubes and trains 24 hours a day – a deal guaranteed until 2015. The extension to the council-funded Freed...
One of Queensbridge's biggest eyesores has been cleaned up with the help of the ward's Labour councillors. Residents complained that the land around the old Careys pub was being used...
Hackney Labour, Liberal and Green parties united at yesterday's Council meeting to support a standard speed limit on Hackney residential streets of 20mph and to continue to roll out a ...