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“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…
USE YOUR VOTE – 28th Oct to 27th Nov – VOTE CHRISTINA
This week is #NationalHCAW so here is a reminder of one of my manifesto commitments.I will lead the fight to end sexism and campaign to misogyny a #HateCrime.I will lead our col…Read more…
The 1.3 million members of the British trade union UNISON (the largest union in the UK) will probably not be aware that there was a British second world war submarine also called UNISON.
Hat tip Ali G. check out https://www…Read more…
I was randomly selected as to be part of this national survey. I agreed to take part several weeks ago to be swab tested for current Covid infections and blood tested for antibodies (to see if I have been infected in the past).
However, it…Read more…
Ajitha Sajeev awarded British Empire Medal in Queen’s birthday honours for services to Rough Sleepers.
Newham Council is delighted to announce that 30-year Council veteran Ajitha Sajeev has been honoured by the Queen for services to the homeless….Read more…
Tonight I spoke to young people from Newham via zoom who were very concerned (and other things) about a proposed immigration detention centre being built by the Home Office in Royal Docks, Newham.
Many Newham Councillors (excluding obvious…Read more…
“Today we didn’t get the reassurance and hope we needed from the Prime Minister.”Read more…
I am speaking at this seminar as the representative of a large landlord who is also a Landlord regulator (Newham Council). Above is a card that our Newham Private Sector landlord licensing team has produced to help vulnerable vulnerable tenants (…Read more…
Here’s my thank you message to branches, regions, service groups and to the NEC. Thank you for putting your trust in me. Now let’s start campaigning! votechristina.org#ourfutureinunison#UnisonRead more…
Yesterday (Saturday) was pretty much a Labour Housing Group day (LHG is is a socialist society affiliated to the Labour Party “we work within the movement, both nationally and locally, to develop and promote workable socialist housing policies th…Read more…
This is from my calendar for Hydref/October 2020 by North Walian Artist, Kyffin Williams
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Yesterday I attended a ceremony at Newham Council Dockside Building, where the Mayor and the Chief Executive thanked Chris Parker for his 50 years of service to the Council and the residents of Newham.
Chris joined the Council as a 16 year old a…Read more…
(picture of me and my fantastic fellow UNISON Community NEC comrade, Denise Thomas, at the UNISON centre last year. Denise has also submitted a report on her activities) Report to Service Group Executive (elected lay UNISON activists in the volu…Read more…
Dear John (4000 Labour members in Newham would have received this email on 26 September) Newham Labour Group’s Working Party are conducting a survey on …Read more…
Don’t just get angry British Gas workers – get organised & fight
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“As a black woman, the risk seemed too high. But when I think about how worried the doctors were about me, I realised what a mistake I’d made…
Independant
I started feeling unwell at the end of August. Initially, it was just lethargy that I put do…Read more…
“Hugely grateful to get 226 nominations. This includes the NEC, 9 regions, 5 service groups and 211 branches. Onwards and upwards. Lets turn this into votes. A massive thank you to everyone who helped get this and to everyone who has supported me. #our…Read more…
Check out Dave Hill interview with Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, yesterday on the “ONLONDON” website.
Rokhsana confirmed her wish for a borough wide referendum on the future of the directly elected Mayoral model to be held next 6 May 2021. …Read more…
Last night I went to the Newham Council Dockside Building E16 at 11pm to be firstly briefed then sent off in teams to carry out our bi-monthly scount of people sleeping on our streets in Newham. This has been disrupted due to Covid and tonight was a mu…Read more…