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Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Heidi Alexander has called for Jeremy Hunt to withdraw his threat of enforcing a contract on doctors so that the negotiations can be revived. The Health Secretary should be striving to agree a contract that works for doctors, patients and the .

The recent figures showing…

I was delighted to hear that Murray Grove Post Office will be refurbished into a new modern main style branch.

A few years ago the post office was threatened with closure which would have left Hoxton residents a long way from an alternative branch. In a bold political move, Hackney…

I was delighted to attend the launch of Banister House Solar, the UK’s largest inner-city community-owned solar energy project on Social housing.

The scheme in Homerton, which is already powering the lifts, will provide renewable energy for the community and hopes to offset fuel poverty.

The project, supported by Hackney…

Thank you, and thank you to for holding this important seminar today. remains a vital part of the scene in public finance, always relevant, always innovative, always respected.

My committee is sometimes described as a bear-pit, but I never thought I'd be speaking so close to an actual bear-pit.

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Over the past five years Hackney has lost 170 police officers. In October 2010 we had 770, now we have about 600. This 22 per cent cut is by far the largest when compared to equivalent boroughs.

Hackney has also suffered a cut in Police and Crime Support Officer's (s)…