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Queen's speech

After a two year wait, the Queen's speech was disappointingly light on content. There were 15 bills and 4 draft bills announced.

These include bills to reform the state pension; banking; the electricity market; and the House of Lords. There is also a bill on children and families…

At the end of April I spent five days in Nigeria as chair of the all party parliamentary group. I visited Lagos in the south west, Abuja the capital and Minna in Niger state in the north.

Nigeria's economy is growing at around seven per cent a year and there…

In March Meg Hillier Member of Parliament for Hackney South and Shoreditch held a special coffee morning on Kingsmead Estate for local people looking for work. Various agencies recruiting for jobs available over the Olympics attended including G4S.

From this special job coffee morning 28 people have now got jobs…

The 242 bus route is the only bus service for residents on Clapton Park Estate and Meg is concerned about the potential loss of, or reduction in this service. Meg will be working with Jennette Arnold, the Assembly Member for London North East and local councillors Sharon Patrick, Julius Nkaf…

Meg joined Avrupa Gazete in their 10th anniversary celebrations. Avrupa is the only UK based newspaper in Turkish and English languages for the Turkish and British communities.

Avrupa's UK headquarters is in Green Lanes, Hackney and serves the large Turkish community who live in my constituency as well as across the…