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I recently visited Frampton Park Baptist Church which is in the heart of the Frampton Park Estate. The church provides a real centre for the community – running an excellent playgroup for children supported by local volunteers. And all on a shoestring – it receives no funding other than what…

I met with a number of Hackney residents at the Trade Justice Lobby on 2nd November. This was one of the largest ever lobbies of Parliament and saw me heading off in a cycle rickshaw over Vauxhall Bridge because there was not enough space – even outside Parliament – for…

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November…

Meg today questioned the Prime Minister about increasing provision of family sized social housing. Ms Hillier said “in Hackney too many are unable to move into affordable family-sized housing”.

Meg quoted Shelter’s emerging research which reveals that eight out of ten parents believe that their children’s education is being harmed…

Meg Hillier MP praised Hackney’s bus workers and police for working to ensure that Hackney’s buses and train stations were safe after Thursday’s bomb attacks.

Police were despatched to check buses in Hackney depots for bombs.

“Particularly shocking in Hackney is that one of our local buses was attacked in…