News Archive
The Co-op may be on life support but there's still a lot to fight for
Monday, 19 May 2014
This is a recent article about the future of the Co-op, which was also published on Politics Home:
The Co-op has survived two World Wars, the Great Depression and Thatcherism, but today lies struggling on life support. It's heart-breaking. All around us circle the vultures: the City folk and Conservatives…
Issues with superfast broadband
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Today I challenged the Deputy Prime Minister about the roll out of superfast broadband:
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op):
The Government are keen to talk up their investment in cities, but they are doing nothing to ensure that superfast broadband is rolled out properly, with a third of…
Changes to stop and search
Wednesday, 30 April 2014
Meg Hillier has welcomed a reduction in use of police stop and search powers.
Speaking in the Chamber of the House of Commons, Meg highlighted that the manner of stop and search was an issue as well as its frequency.
The changes were announced following an inquiry which revealed that…