“Knife crime and the death of young people in Hackney is directly attributable to the lack of investment in young people in Hackney. I will ensure more support for regular activities for young people by scrapping the £1 million being spent on the Council’s free newspaper, Hackney Today.”
Links
Council newspapers not VFM apparently – Audit Commission
14/04/10 Letter to Hackney Gazette

Letter to Hackney Gazette
“The Learning Trust has been a failure. Headteachers working with Governing bodies will be given more freedom from the dead hand of the Learning Trust bureaucrats.”
“The success of the academies shows us one thing, that teachers and headteachers need to have the pressure of the tick box culture of the Learning Trust removed to allow them to do what they were trained to do – teach.”
Links:
Hackney primary schools ranked worst in the country in tests for 11-year olds – HackneyGazette
Primary School league tables – BBC
Consult us over nursery management, say parents -Hackney Citizen
‘Outstanding’ Hackney school asked to pass on its success – Evening Standard