General
Eton and the masses
(The Guardian) The chasm between David Cameron's background and that of most other people makes his claims of empathy grate
Hillier hits back over Yarl’s Wood
(Hackney Citizen) Meg Hillier, Hackney South and Shoreditch’s former MP, now Labour candidate, has hit back at criticism of her support for Yarl’s Wood, the detention centre for asylum seekers.
Gentrification: end of an era?
(Thomson Reuters) “Social housing not social cleansing” demand banners outside the New Era estate in Hackney, East London, where a development designed for low-income workers risks becoming luxury flats.
Two rescued from Bethnal Green pub fire
(The Docklands and East London Advertiser) FIRE engines descended on Bethnal Green on Friday morning as smoke poured from windows above the Salmon and Ball pub on the corner of Cambridge Heath Road and Bethnal Green Road.
Boff bashed over zero cost mayor plan
(Hackney Citizen) Conservative mayoral candidate Andrew Boff’s proposal for an unpaid mayor and cabinet of Hackney has met with criticism from other political parties..