I have already about 10 different defined benefit and defined contribution pensions. It is ridiculous in this day and age that we cannot have a single dashboard to control them.”Do not scrap the promised pensions dashboard, a website that would help mi…Read more…
Philosophical Belief Discrimination
Interesting…. (no known relation)
Philosophical Belief Discrimination
Can an employer discriminate on grounds of philosophical belief where the employee is the only person to hold such a belief?
No, held the EAT in Gray v Mulberry.
Ms Gray worked…Read more…
Letting the government off the hook over removal of housing subsidy
Hat tip Redbrick (shame because Dispatches have a good track record)
“With reporter Antony Barnett driving between sites in a flash open top and very sporty white car, trying to link a number of disconnected stories under the disingenuous title of ‘Ge…Read more…
Labour Friends of Local Government
Great first meeting at Portcullis House Westminster on Wednesday. Labour in Local Government is determined to punch its weight in our national political life. “MPs and Councillors at this Parliamentary reception to mark the formation of Labour Fri…Read more…
Picnic in the Park – West Ham & Stratford Labour Party Sumer Social Friday 27 July
Should be good! Read more…
Charlbury House Walkabout – 17 July 2018 with local Little Ilford Councillors (Art in Blocks)
Picture collage from this evening when I did a home visit to Charlbury House with local Little Ilford Councillors, Councillor Riaz Ahmed Mirza and Councillor Pushpa Dipaklal Makwana about an ongoing leak in the block affecting a number of flats that ne…Read more…
London Stadium Report & LOBO legal action: Newham Full Council Meeting 16.7.18
Tonight’s Newham Full Council meeting was dominated by two key announcements by Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz in her report to Council.
Firsty, she announced the result of a QC investigation on the London Olympic Stadium debacle where Newham Council lost at lea…Read more…
President Donald Trump and Queenie
Love it but he is such a …….Read more…
La Marseillaise: ‘The Greatest National Anthem in the World, Ever’ – BBC…
“Historian Simon Schama explains why La Marseillaise is the greatest national anthem in the world, while artist Andrew Park reimagines Delacroix’s iconic painting Liberty Leading”.
La Fête Nationale. Joyeux Quatorze Juillet Read more…
“Sleep-in shifts judgment is a huge mistake”
This judgement is bad news for hundreds of thousands of low paid care workers (including my
niece).
Being paid not even the national minimum wage for work is simply a disgrace. I hope UNISON lawyers can find a way forward on this.
If not we need to …Read more…
Forest Gate Festival – this Saturday 14 July 2018 (Bastille Day!)
@FGFestivalE7 FREE 🎉 street festival 🎉 on Saturday 14th July Osborne Road in the heart of #ForestGate #newham #forestgatefestival
Check out theforestgatefestival.com
(there will be a Labour Party stall outside 27 Osborne Road 10-2pm)Read more…
Inaugural meeting of Newham Homelessness Forum
Picture college of yesterday’s well attended initial meeting of stakeholders from across Newham including residents who have experienced homelessness, faith groups, Government agencies, NGOs and Council officers. It took place in the historic for…Read more…
“Remember, they only win under Labour!!”
Great effort by the England team but just saying….Read more…
Is there going to be a market crash? Do we or don’t we derisk our pension fund? and the London CIV
This evening I chaired my first Newham Investment & Accounts committee (Local Government Pension Scheme) meeting. I really pleased that we were able to able to wade our way through stacks of often complex business.
Many thanks to the new members o…Read more…
Newham Stand up to Racism – No to Trump & Oppose Tommy Robinson
Picture taken this evening before Labour Group meeting in the Old Town Hall Stratford. Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz and Labour Councillors supporting the March and Rally this Friday against the visit of US President Donald Trump and the “Oppose To…Read more…
London Region at UNISON National Labour Link Forum 2018
Lovely picture of the London delegation at work and at play while at the national forum earlier this month in Newcastle for the UNISON Labour Link political fund that supports the Labour Party.
I was really pleased how many London speakers spoke at th…Read more…
Local Government Association Conference 2018
This post is a little late but some thoughts from a first time delegate to the annual Local Government Association Conference in Birmingham. I arrived late due to attending Newham Cabinet meeting. My Newham Cabinet colleague, Terry Paul, was ther…Read more…
Newham Council Cabinet Meeting 2 July 2018
A busy agenda but great news that we agreed at the cabinet meeting that the Champions Statute should remain in East Ham and also a programme to oppose further school academies in Newham.
Check out Facebook Live is you want to watch the actual meeting …Read more…
Green Point inspection and walkabout – the good, the not so good and art in tower blocks
Last week I went on an 8am “walkabout” in Green Point, Water Lane, E15 with local residents in response to complaints about the failure to repair the communal front entry door, which had led to strangers getting into the block to take drugs and causing…Read more…
Glorious: UNISON turns 25
An excellent video that was played for the first time at UNISON Conference. We need to get this message out to the millions of workers who don’t understand what trade unions are about.Read more…