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Lock 7 is the original Hackney cycle café. Based just on the canal in Pritchard's Road at the end of Broadway Market Kathryn Burgess set it up four years ago.

As well as fixing bikes and making coffee Kathryn is providing employment for 9 people and plans to provide regular…

The Budget

In the Budget debate on the 21 March I spoke about the variety and nature of businesses in Hackney, and how many of them are currently struggling to expand.

Hackney has many small businesses; more than 90 per cent employ fewer than six people. Many businesses in the…

The Health and Social Care Bill has now been passed by both Houses of Parliament and has become law. The Bill was given Royal Assent on the 27th March.

My colleagues and I continuously voted against the Bill however, the Government used it’s majority to push it through.

I have now received a reply from Richard Benyon, MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Natural Environment and Fisheries regarding Early Day Motion 2531 on the protection of hares.

Please see the response below

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Tax loopholes and avoidance are a major concern and as a member of the Public Accounts Committee, my colleagues and I are pressing to close these loopholes. For the full report by the committee into this issue click here

I have also raised this matter with David Gauke, MP, Exchequer…