Social Justice

Reduce poverty & inequality - Support social inclusion, regardless of age, gender, origin, ethnicity, disability, religion, class, and sexual orientation. Support the defence of secure jobs, fair employability transition sustainable careers, and trade union rights and resistance to casualisation, precarious and zero-hour contracts. Support campaigns for the London Living Wage and organisations that experiment with different employment frameworks, such as a 4-day working week. Support a just transition to greener and climate-friendly jobs. Oppose the loss of local employment opportunities as a result of the increased cost of living in Hackney. Ensure benefits are sufficient to support vulnerable members of our communities and encourage the development of universal basic income pilots. Ensure that Hackney Borough Fairtrade status is maintained and awareness is raised in schools and communities through events, education and council initiatives.

Good quality housing - Support planning that serves the needs and aspirations of local people, rather than investors and developers. Defend the right to secure social housing for all who need it - oppose the reduction of council and social housing. Support the creation of high-quality open spaces in areas of deficiency across Hackney. Encourage the provision of good quality and affordable housing in line with local wage levels, with a regulated and professional private rented sector. Reduce fuel poverty by supporting schemes that increase the implementation of energy efficiency standards in buildings, and the use of renewable energy.

Lifelong education - Defend state education with local oversight and accountability from privatisation and corporate interests. Ensure accessible, inclusive, equitable primary, secondary and tertiary education with equality of access to Education for Sustainability/climate education and support lifelong learning opportunities for all. 

Community health & wellbeing - Work towards a health system that acts to prevent medical issues, rather than simply manage their consequences. Support opposition to and reversal of NHS privatisation. Support healthy, affordable and sustainable food options for all. Defend the integrity of and access to parks and play areas. Develop the tools to fight loneliness and support the inclusion of older and vulnerable people in society. Build a Borough that supports the mental health of all its residents and eliminates any stigma in relation to mental illness.  

Environmental impact on the community - The zero pollution vision for 2050 is for air, water and soil pollution to be reduced to levels no longer considered harmful to health and natural ecosystems, that respect the boundaries with which our planet can cope, thereby creating a toxic-free environment. Support measures which put people on foot to come first, not last. Ensure children are able to get to school safely and efficiently – giving them independence and freedom. Support the development of safe active travel infrastructure across the borough; ensure all public transport is accessible and the primary choice of transport for medium to long-distance travel.

Migrants, asylum seekers and refugees - Opposing racism, xenophobia and all forms of scapegoating. Support national and local bodies campaigning for the rights of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in an era of growing intolerance and misinformation. Prepare for the borough to take its proportion of climate refugees - both national and international.

Justice & Policing - Support equal access to institutions that are accountable and inclusive at every level. Support legal representation and justice for all. Support for an open, transparent and accountable police service and fight the existence of institutional racism and sexism. Ensure Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities have the same access to public services and infrastructure as all other residents in Hackney.  

Inclusive democracy - ensuring the voices of those impacted by decisions are listened to and taken into account; decision-makers should be representative of the communities they speak for. Utilise citizens' assemblies when making challenging decisions and looking to achieve consensus across communities. Work towards the national roll-out of a proportional representation form of electing political representatives.