“Sunday 4 October – “No to austerity, yes to workers’ rights””On Sunday 4 October, the Conservative party will open their annual conference in Manchester. After five years of austerity, falling living standards, pay freezes and huge cuts to public services, a new parliament won’t offer a…Read more…
Murad Qureshi AM on West Ham and the Olympic Stadium
It is the last chance tonight to watch the BBC investigation “When the Hammers struck Gold” on iPlayer. The programme was first shown on August 6th and alleged that the UK taxplayer has been ripped off in the deal over the use of the Olympic Stad…Read more…
UNISON Capital Stewards Website
I have just signed into the new UNISON website for Capital Stewards and will start posting some links and articiles over the next few days. The site is currently only for UNISON activists and is password protected. If you are a UNISON pension trustee o…Read more…
Why trade unionists are saying #YesWeKhan
This post was published yesterday on Left Foot Forward.
“Sadiq Khan’s mayoral manifesto shows his commitment to helping working people
While there are a number of good candidates standing to be the Labour Mayoral Candidate in 2016, there is one outs…Read more…
Overview & Scrunity “Call in” expenditure on Newham “Special Purpose Vehicle”
I was very pleased to hear this evening that members of Newham Council Overview & Scrutiny Committee had agreed to “call in” the Executive Mayor’s decision to spend up to £500,000 on developing a “Special Purpose Vehicle” (SPV) for the Newham Staff Pension fund without agreement that it…Read more…
West Ham Ward welcome to our new Labour Party members
Picture from last Thursday with West Ham ward officers busy filling out names and addresses on welcome letters to new members. We then went out and hand delivered the letters speaking to the new members whenever possible.
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LGA legal advice on Pensions for Councillors
The Local Government Association has publised guidence obtained from Eversheds solicitors on “Powers of Councils to Pay Pensions to Elected Members”.
The summary of this advice (copied below) is in its latest newsletter which can be found here. &…Read more…
London Loop Walk Section 5: Hamsey Green to Benstead Downs
Off message but another marvellous 10 mile loop walk from last Saturday. Hamsey Green is not easy to get to from East London. Train it to East Croydon then 10 minute walk to 403 bus to Hamsey Green. Used “The London Loop” guide book.
Weather was…Read more…
The Fair Work Agenda: Labour Leadership Contenders on Fair Work and Trade Unions
Check out this very useful report by Unions21 on where all the Labour Leadership candidates stand on Fair work and trade unions.
“The exam question Labour’s leadership candidates were posed for our new publication was set by the Unions21 steering committee: “Outline your views on fair…Read more…
Memorial to 5 Beckenham Fire Fighters killed by Enemy Action in West Ham Ward
Last Saturday I posted on a London Loop walk here http://grayee.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/london-loop-walk-section-4-west-wickham.html in rural Croydon, South London.
I was astonished to later find out that a memorial in a Church grave yard in West Wickh…Read more…
Dare To Dream: Shape the future of London
On Tuesday evening I went to the launch of #Daretodream in South London with fellow Newham Cllr Rokhsana Fiaz OBE. This was an amazing networking event for young people on how to shape the future of London. The theme was that politics matters to …Read more…
Workers’ Capital Conference 2015
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Thank you from Murad Qureshi AM
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Branch Labour Link News: Leadership; London GLA & National Committee elections
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Howard Dawber & the spirit of the East End
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Tower Hamlets Council motion regarding One Housing Group
This motion was passed by Tower Hamlets Council at its last meeting. Inside Housing reports that One Housing is in urgent talks to try and stop it being suspended as a perferred housing provider.
Urgent Motion regarding One Housing Group
Proposer: Cll…Read more…
London Loop Walk: Section 4 “West Wickham Common to Hamsey Green” (& a tragic West Ham connection)
Last Saturday I resumed my plan to walk around London along the loop walks after a gap since May. Saturday was better than Sunday since railway and bus links, there and back, are much better. I used the Transport for London (tfl) guide since I couldn’t…Read more…
Showing LOBO salesmen the door
Another council insider, David Green, adds more on the website Room 151 to the sorry tale of the LOBO debacle after watching the recent Parliamentary Select Committee investigation.
He recalls as a former local authority treasury management officer, …Read more…
How the #LabourLeadership contenders reacted to #CecilTheLion
Some Friday Fun – hat tip General Boles on Twitter. Apologies for formatting. Read more…