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Given that so many of us carry out day to day secure activities online it is extraordinary that it is taking so long to modernise the way voters engage.

At Labour Party Conference, I sat on a panel discussing the possibility of voting on a mobile phone.

MORI, Michael Sani…

September saw the launch of Hackney's Code Club for primary schools and basic coding for five year olds nationally.

The Code Club puts together Shoreditch's coders and programmers with groups of 6 to 9 year olds and 9 to 11 year olds for an hour a week in Hackney schools.

Whilst at Labour Party Conference 2014, I pledged my support to the Get Britain Cycling report that was published in early 2013. The benefits cycling can bring to individuals and to communities are enormous.

Hackney resident Bonnie Freechyld was one of five finalists in the solo artist category of this year's Rock the House competition.

Rock the House is open to all unsigned bands and solo artists, and offers the winners a unique opportunity to perform live inside Parliament.

The singer songwriter has had…

With the help of a couple of young Hackney residents, it was great to cut the ribbon and formally open the new Hackney Post Office on Mare Street. I think the Postmaster Prashant Patel has done an excellent job as the place looks fantastic.