Dear John, I hope that you and your family have remained safe and well. I know that many of you have been playing a really important role in supporting Newham residents during this terrible time and I just want to thank you so very …Read more…
Ballot Papers out – if you are a UNISON member vote MCANEA, Christina to be our next General Secretary
UNISON members up and down the county have been receiving ballot papers to decide who will be our next General secretary of our union.
I am supporting Christina because I think she is the better candidate but also I think it is about time …Read more…
Voting for Change in Newham – My announcement
Dear Mayor and Councillors colleagues I will be stepping down from my position as Statutory Deputy Mayor and Cabinet Lead for Housing Services. I wish to play an active role in the 2021 Newham Mayoral referendum campaign in support of a committe…Read more…
Our Prime Minister and his advisors make a traditional halloween announcement on Covid
nuf said
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67% of Newham Children live in households in poverty after housing costs
I have been pushing on social media the Newham Council consultation on changes to our allocation policy and our new housing strategy.
Recently I had a push back from someone who did not believe our stats on how how many of our residents live in…Read more…
3 Pension meetings in one evening!
This evening I took part in a zoom Newham Council Pension committee training meeting, open committee meeting and then exempt committee meeting (no public or press due to discussion of confidential information).
If you are a pens…Read more…
Stop this prison in Newham…to detain black migrants in a prison that was built to store the produce of black slave plantations is an outrage
https://twitter.com/NewhamAgainst
The @NewhamRecorder has covered our protest.United in our opposition
@grayee
: ..stop this prison in Newham @rokhsanafiaz
: ..affront to diversity in the borough @RKDasgupta
: ..must stand up & mobilis…Read more…
Calling 1.3 million UNISON members – Ballot papers out from tomorrow. Vote Christina X
Ballot papers out tomorrow to your home addresses. If you haven’t received one or lose it call 0800 0 857 857 between 10th November closes on 27th November. Vote Christina X
Vote for the best candidate and also for her to be the 1st female…Read more…
Report Slum Landlords for Fly tipping!
It was great to see publicity here about Newham Community Safety team out and about in Newham. “Last week Cllr James Beckles, Cabinet Member for Crime and Community Safety, joined our community safety cross service 3 days of action in Stratford….Read more…
Christina McAnea for UNISON General Secretary: Greater London Campaign Rally Wednesday 28 October 7.30-8.30pm
Check out “Greater London Campaign Rally with Christina McAnea”. Register to join via…Read more…
Newham Council adds voice to #EndChildFoodPoverty campaign to address holiday hunger facing thousands of school children this half term
Newham Council has today confirmed its support for the #EndChildFoodPoverty campaign, announcing additional money to ensure no child goes hungry during this half term break. Cabinet Member for Education, Cllr Zulfiqar Ali said: “We share the huge …Read more…
Update on ONS Covid19 infection survey
On 11 October I posted here https://www.johnslabourblog.org/2020/10/ons-covid-19-survey.html
on my experience as a volunteer taking part in the study being run by the Office for National Statistic (ONS)
The survey is being run by the US ba…Read more…
“UNISON calls on government to pull back from scrapping Union Learning Fund”
UNISON is calling on the government to pull back from its plan to scrap the Union Learning Fund in England, saying that the decision makes no sense.The announcement that the fund would be scrapped came as the economy struggles to bounce back fro…Read more…
Have Your Say! Newham Consultation on Changes to Allocation Policy
Dear Resident The London Borough of Newham is proposing to make some changes to the Housing Allocations Policy and we want to hear your views. You can have your say by clicking here: https://www.newham.gov.uk/allocationsconsultation Over 2…Read more…
“End our Cladding Scandal: Developers make £5.2 billion in profits while leaseholders face huge bills for safety works”
Need I say any more? Except many leaseholders are not only facing massive bills for the removal of dangerous cladding but also to make good other shoddy and incomplete safety work. While the government as the ultimate regulator of building standards sh…Read more…
Christina McAnea for UNISON General Secretary: “A great result for Jacinda and New Zealand’s Labour Party”
“A great result for Jacinda and New Zealand’s Labour Party. Her brilliant leadership has shown how important it is to have women in power”
Christina…Read more…
Cllr Frederick (Frank) Matthews – my Great Grandfather
There is a lot of really nasty and unpleasant stuff on the internet and social media but there is also many positive things.
This week I was contacted by a long lost relative Graham via this blog who had searched the internet for his great…Read more…
Protest outside Warehouse K – Oppose the hostile environment and there is no place for hate in our borough
Yesterday evening I walked from Newham Dockside along Royal Docks to join Councillor colleagues and local residents protesting outside the historic Warehouse K which is the site of a proposed Immigration detention centre.
Local Newham Coun…Read more…
Socialist & Labour West Ham Cllr George Coe 1870-1910 “He tried to leave the world a little better than he found it”
During the summer I had a wonderful email from Plaistow resident and local historian, Alan Regin, connected to a post I wrote on this blog following the general election in 2015.
On election day 2015 an UNISON colleague of mine was acting …Read more…
“A fairer future for housing – have your say on Newham Council’s housing ambitions”
“Building thousands more genuinely affordable council homes; defeating
homelessness; driving up standards, and making access to housing fairer are at the heart of two consultations launched today (Tuesday October 13) by Newham Council.
Residents are …Read more…