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I joined Hackney North MP Diane Abbot and Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly at the North London Muslim Community Centre on Cazanove Road at Hackney’s inter-faith forum with local Jewish and Muslim leaders. The Hackney forum has provided a model for inter community relations and Ruth Kelly was impressed with wha…

Meg Hillier today called upon Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone and the Olympic organisers to give Hackney residents a say in the delivery of the Olympic Games.

Meg called for both the Mayor of London and the Olympic Delivery Authority to support an initiative led by the Co-operative Party which…

Events attended include: 17/04 – Hackney community leaders reception at parliament 18/04 – London2012 meeting 18/04 – International Polar year reception 02/05 – Launchlab at SPACE Launch of creative employment website 05/05 – Petition re 149 and 242 buses, Kingsland Road

Meetings attended include: 02/04 – City and Hackney Mind service users 02/04 – Homerton hospital, mental…

Meg joined 149 and 242 bus users on Friday morning to find out what they thought about the service.

Meg was joined by London Assembly member Jennette Arnold and local councillors in petitioning Transport for London to improve the service which experiences severe overcrowding in rush hour.

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Figures released by the British Heart Foundation reveal that someone in the UK dies every 15 minutes as a direct result of physical inactivity.

Just 30 per cent of people over 50 in the UK get their recommended 30 minutes of exercise a day. For the 65-84 age group this…