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Diane Abbott among those saying statue of Robert Geffrye should be removed from east London building

Hackney could lose Dalston and other wards if proposed electoral boundary changes come to pass.

Cllr Carol Williams and Hackney Mayor Philip Glanville - Credit: Sean Pollock Sadiq Khan, Diane Abbott, and Meg Hillier all gave tributes on the one year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder.  Hackney and Islington councils also commemorated the death with communities vowing to support black populations.  Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died after police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds in Minneapolis, in America, on May 25, 2020. His death sparked wor...

Advertisement Two men and three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection to the shooting of Sasha Johnson. The Met said the five suspects - aged between 17 and 28 - were all arrested yesterday as part of a police operation by the forces Violence Suppression Unit and remain in custody. Detective Chief Inspector Richard Leonard from the Mets Specialist Crime Unit said: While the investigation remains in its early stages, these arrests show that progress is being...

Diane Abbott, 67, accused of inflaming racial divides over activist attack tweet  Labour MP had linked shooting of Sasha Johnson to her Black Lives Matter work But an earlier Met Police statement on attack refuted links to her prior activism  LBC host Iain Dale challenged Hackney North and Stoke Newington MPs claims  Self-styled Black Panther of Oxford, 27, is fighting for her life after the suspected gang attack in Peckham, south-east London on Sunday morning Scotland Yard confirmed there i...

Obituary Mick Gosling 26 September 1952 - 7 April 2021 Monday 24 May 2021, by Penelope Duggan Mick Gosling 26 September 1952 - 7 April 2021 The driving force of Mick Gosling’s life was the defence of working people’s rights and a commitment to socialism to achieve that. Mick (James) Gosling grew up in Stevenage, in a left-leaning working-class family - his father had been involved in Michael Foot’s 1945 election campaign in Plymouth. Mick himself joined the LPYS at fourteen. In 1970 he ...

Sasha Johnson: UKs Black Lives Matter activist in critical condition after being shot in head in London CNN 1 hr ago By Jessie Yeung, Maria Fleet and Nada Bashir, CNN © Guy Corbishley/Alamy Activist Sasha Johnson at a protest march from Notting Hill to Hyde Park in London on August 30, 2020. British Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson is in critical condition after being shot in the head in London, according to her political party. "It is with great sadness that we in...

Manchester’s mayor has come a long way from his past as an identikit New Labour apparatchik From left: Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, Diane Abbott, Andy Burnham and David Miliband draw lots ahead of a Labour leadership debate on the BBC in 2010. Photograph: Katie Collins/PA From left: Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, Diane Abbott, Andy Burnham and David Miliband draw lots ahead of a Labour leadership debate on the BBC in 2010. Photograph: Katie Collins/PA Wed 19 May 2021 11.59 EDT Last modified on Wed 19 Ma...

George Binette, Hackney North & Stoke Newington Clp Trade Union Published: 8:45 AM May 17, 2021    Updated: 5:33 PM May 17, 2021 Queen Elizabeth II delivers the speech on May 11 - Credit: PA Images So aside some pomp and circumstance in a pared-down ceremony what was missing from the Queen’s Speech on  May 11? With 26 new bills and four carried over from the last parliamentary session, the Johnson government has tabled the heaviest legislative agenda since 2015. In that agenda are some c...

Labour’s leadership tried to make Angela Rayner “carry the can” by firing her as party chairman and elections co-ordinator in the wake of a poor performance in the local elections, according to veteran MP Diane Abbott. The former home secretary said there is a “problem with strategy” within the party as she urged unity from Sir Keir Starmer, who has made changes to his top team amid criticism after the dismal results. Rachel Reeves has been promoted to shadow chancellor as part of the...