“Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz and her Cabinet members have listened to the views of residents and put forward proposals for how Newham Council intends to spend money on what people say is important.
Join us at our next People’s Budget Forums to find out more a…Read more…
Exiting the EU – Defending our rights and securing our public services
Hat tip http://classonline.org.uk/blog/item/exiting-the-eu-defending-our-rights-and-securing-our-public-services. For workers in public services, Brexit is a hot topic. Colleagues in the hospital where I work often ask me, ‘what on earth is …Read more…
Newham People’s Budget Forums
Hat tip Newham Council – Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz and her Cabinet members have listened to the views of residents and put forward proposals for how Newham Council intends to spend money on what people say is important.
join us at one of our Newha…Read more…
UNISON NEC Elections 2019: Nominate John Gray & Denise Thomas for Community Seats (1)
NEC Elections 2019: Community General Seat & Female Seat Nomination Request
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A good news story – Baby Maria is safe
Newham LondonVerified account @NewhamLondonFollowingFollowing @NewhamLondonMoreNewham London Retweeted Metropolitan PoliceMayor @rokhsanafiaz and @NewhamLondon thanks all residents who supported the search for missing Maria.Newham London add…Read more…
“Social housing report calls for massive overhaul of tenants’ rights Renters need better deal to prevent another Grenfell disaster, says the Social Housing Commission”
Completely agree. Tenants have no collective voice, little power and very mixed protection. While the public sector is not at all perfect the private sector needs complete fundamental reform. “Sweeping new powers must be given to social tena…Read more…
Newham Holocaust Memorial Day 2019: “Torn from home”
Torn from home is the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2019. This theme helps us to reflect on how the loss of a safe place to call “home” is part of the trauma faced by anyone experiencing persecution and genocide.On this page:Holocaust Memorial Day…Read more…
Fat Cat Friday
“Today’s #FatCatFriday – when the typical FTSE100 CEO has already earned the average wage for a whole year.
While greedy execs sit on piles of cash, thousands of families struggle to make ends meet due to rising insecure work and draconian condit…Read more…
Rest in Peace Joby
“A ROUGH sleeper found dead in Malvern on Christmas Day…”
“At least 440 homeless people died in UK in past year, study shows”
“Homeless deaths rise by a quarter in five years, official figures show”Read more…
Your Brit train fares
Monthly rail season ticket cost
🇬🇧Chelmsford➡️London £393🇬🇧Manchester➡️Liverpool £257🇧🇪Ghent➡️Brussels £150🇩🇪Eberswalde➡️Berlin £120🇮🇪Drogheda➡️Dublin £116🇫🇷Etampes➡️Paris £68
The most expensive rail fares in Europe go up 3.1% again today.
We need pub…Read more…
Tories build fewest homes since Second World War
This article in today’s Daily Telegraph shows that the Tories since 2010 will have built the fewest homes since the war.
“new-build housing completions in England between 2010 and 2019 are set to be approximately 130,000 per year. That is w…Read more…
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda 2019 Happy New Year!
Clwydian Range, Christmas Eve 2018
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Why you didn’t get a xmas card from me (again!)
Apologies to friends, colleagues and family who have sent me Christmas cards and have not received any back.
I have made a donation instead. This year to the Housing and Homeless Charity Shelter. https://england.shelter.org.uk/donate
My first ro…Read more…
West Ham ILP gives a socialist farewell to Barr Colonists
A few weeks ago this very charming “farewell” was published on “West Ham Labour” Facebook page by William Truscott, who is the Canadian Great Grandson of George & Hannah Truscott.
Modern day William Truscott described how his great grandfather had…Read more…
Moel Famau Christmas Eve circular walk 2018
I am back in London after spending Christmas with family in beautiful North Wales. On Christmas Eve, Gill and I went for a fantastic 8.3 mile circular walk to the Jubilee Tower at the top of Moel Famau, starting and finishing in Llanbedr village.
The …Read more…
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One of the reasons why we have chronic poverty & homelessness in this country
“Almost one in five of Britain’s biggest companies paid not a penny of corporation tax in the UK last year, it can be revealed.
The Mail on Sunday has managed to obtain the details of the tax paid by 69 of the FTSE 100 group of largest companies …Read more…
‘Heart Unions Week’ 2019 – Banning Zero Hours Contracts
‘Heart Unions Week’ 2019
Unions have agreed to organise a ‘Heart Unions’ week of campaigning, 11 -17 February 2019. Please put these dates in your diary and start to think about how you can celebrate being proud to be a union member.
The cam…Read more…
Communist Christmas
Merry Christmas 2018 everyone. Hat tip Cllr StroppybirdRead more…