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The Welfare Reform Bill
Monday, 5 March 2012
The Government is proposing a cap of £500 a week for every couple and lone parent household, or £26,000 a year. Recipients of disability living allowance and war widows will not be affected; however the cap will affect 68,000 households nationally.
Furthermore 20,000 people could potentially be made homeless because…
Cyclist safety debate
Monday, 5 March 2012
I fully endorse The Times campaign on cities fit for cyclists. As the Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on cycling, I spoke in the debate on cyclist safety on 23rd February.
In Hackney many steps have been taken to improve conditions for cyclists already, including training for…
February Report 2012
Monday, 5 March 2012
Welfare reform bill
The Government is proposing a cap of £500 a week for every couple and lone parent household, or £26,000 a year. Recipients of disability living allowance and war widows will not be affected; however the cap will affect 68,000 households nationally.
Furthermore 20,000 people could potentially be…
Cyclist awareness training for HGV drivers crucial
Friday, 24 February 2012
In a debate about making cycling safer in the House of Commons Meg stressed the importance of free training for cyclists and for drivers and making roads a safe place for cyclists. See below for full text of Meg’s speech and intervention in the debate
Meg Hillier (Hackney South and…
Want a job at the Olympics? Come to Meg's coffee morning
Friday, 24 February 2012
Meg is holding a coffee morning on Friday 2 March at Kingsmead Community Centre, 8-9 Kingsmead Way, E9 5QG between 10am and 12 noon.
People from a wide range of organisations including G4S will be there to register anyone interested in jobs in and around the Olympic Park. Also come…