Dear friends and comrades, <br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Please see the URGENT information below. We really need to get as many people as possible along to this event. If you can't make it - please pass it on to others that you think will be able to attend. <br>
<br>Please do get in contact if you are planning on attending - to help with co-ordination and planning etc<br><br>In solidarity <br>Camille <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div> <br>=======================<br>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">THURSDAY 29TH APRIL, 6:30 P.M., OLD FIRE STATION, LESWIN ROAD</font></font></span></p>
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</p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span lang="EN-US">In the last few days, under cover of the election, many community nurseries have been told that, with immediate effect, they will be having cuts in their budget of up to 60%.<span> </span>This means cuts of £40,000 to £50,000, which will </span>lead to the serious threat of nursery closures, and hardship and distress for parents, workers and children. Meanwhile, the Learning Trust and Hackney Council are denying that there is a programme of cuts to nursery provision.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Friends of Hackney Nurseries want to know the truth, and they want to know where all the different political parties stand on this issue. So we have invited Rita Krishna, currently Cabinet Member of Hackney Council with responsibility for Children and Young People, who is standing for re-election as a Labour Party candidate in Stoke Newington Central ward, and all the other candidates who are standing in the elections on Thursday 6th May, to a hustings meeting to discuss their policies regarding nurseries and young people generally.<span> </span></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The meeting will be held at the Old Fire Station, 61 Leswin Road, London N16 7NX, at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday 29th April 2010.</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">All welcome -- come armed with your questions.<span> </span>This is your chance to find out where all the political parties stand on the vital issues of concern to us and our children.</font></p>
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<p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Contact Friends of Hackney Nurseries to find out more and joined our campaign </font><a href="mailto:fhn@live.co.uk" target="_blank"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">fhn@live.co.uk</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p>
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