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This email I received below is interesting. How angry are people about being so ripped off and what are they going to do about it? “There are now more renters than people who voted Tory in 2015. In other words the #RentersVote could swing it!
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Yesterday started with my Newham Councillor surgery in Vicarage Lane Community Centre, West Ham. A constituent came to see me about a pretty appalling disrepair case in a Housing Association shared ownership block. I have been in touch already about th…Read more…
Lest we forget. Read more…
A sensitive and thoughtful commentary below by Tom Powdrill on his blog “Labour & Capital” about the many governance dangers of paying huge “performance related” bonuses to Chief Executives.
National Express of course has been warned on numer…Read more…
Picture collage from canvass in Forest Gate North on Tuesday evening, West Ham ward on Wednesday evening and a Labour stall outside the busy West Ham Station tonight (which is confusingly not in West Ham ward but Canning Town North).
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I had a name check in this interesting article below. Modern defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are the only way that ordinary working people will be able to enjoy a secure retirement.
I recently pointed out to a journalist that in the DB Local Gov…Read more…
If you joined Labour because you want a Labour government it’s time to act. Join us and Lyn Brown talk to voters at our street stalls or knocking on doors here in West Ham and in two key marginals: Ilford North and Westminster Nort…Read more…
College is from Sundays morning canvass in Green Street West and the afternoon session in Forest Gate North. Our Parliamentary candidate, Lyn Brown, was there to support us with Cara, her famous Yorkshire terrier Labour attack dog.
We first met outsid…Read more…
Good news that One Housing Group has agreed to suspend the imposition of up to 40% rent rises and new contracts on a key workers scheme near West Ham station. Well done for the tenants for standing up for themselves and for One Housing Group for (belat…Read more…
Picture collage from yesterday’s (Saturday) Labour campaigning in West Ham and Ilford North. In the morning we had street stalls in in Forest Gate and Canning Town, as well as canvass teams in Plaistow North, Plaistow South and Custom House.
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Dear JohnIn less than five weeks time, on 8 June, we will be casting our votes in the General Election.
I know I don’t need to tell you all how important this election is. A victory for Labour will rock Theresa May and the Tories to the core.
That is why I am asking you to make a…Read more…
Make sure members are registered to vote by 22 May;
Use our new campaign guide for branches and activists The general election is just five weeks away. It is vital that UNISON members make their voices heard – which means making sure as many as possible are registered to…Read more…
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Good luck to all Labour Party candidates standing today for election in local Council & Mayoral contests! Polls shut at 10pm and results due around 2am. Read more…
Dear John
There’s only 5 weeks left to tell Theresa May we want teachers and police officers for the many, not grammar schools and cuts to capital gains tax for the few.
Please co…Read more…
“Members experiencing financial and emotional difficulties can contact our welfare charity, There for You, which provides a confidential advice and support service for members and their dependants”.
UNISON “There for You” is something that many of its…Read more…
Yesterday I was pounding the mean streets of Forest Gate North again with a team led by local Councillor, Anamul Islam. We were joined by a very young pioneer (10 months?) and her Mum, who had never been out canvassing before. By the end of the session…Read more…
“The Conservative’s record on housing is one of seven years of failure.
In the private rented sector, tenants are now spending £800 million every month on homes which the Government classes as ‘non-decent’. Around a quarter of this – some £2.3 billion a year – is paid by housing benefit.
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Finally, we are beginning to see some clear red water between Labour and the Tories on what really matters to British workers. While my wish list would like to see the reintroduction of wage councils, greater national insurance benefits for the self em…Read more…