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New metropolitan police commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe is set to visit Hackney. The commissioner wants to hear the views and ideas of Hackney residents about policing and to present his own vision for London.

Time, 7-8pm (Refreshments from 6:30pm) Location: Stoke Newington School and Sixth Form, Media Arts and Science College, Clissold…

Some of you have contacted me expressing your interest in the introduction of a Groceries Code Adjudicator.

I will raise this campaign with the Rt Hon Vince Cable, MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and when I receive a reply I will update this section of my…

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill is currently being debated and amended in the House of Lords.

The Government has cut the Ministry of Justice budget by 23 percent. These cuts to social welfare legal aid will leave the most vulnerable without any legal support when things…

Like you I am also concerned about the soaring energy bills that are effecting millions. I believe it is essential that we see reform of the energy market, something which I campaigned for as Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and I am pleased to support the…

Sustainability and environmental impacts must be considered in economic planning and I have been copied into emails to the Chancellor calling for this. When I was shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change I championed green job creation as an opportunity to boost the economy. I have also…