John Gray, speaking on behalf of your National Labour Link Committee in favour of motion 11 (similar) “Why we need to build a new housing consensus for affordable and decent homes for all”
as amended.
“Chair, Forum, In 1945 General electio…
ShareAction Summer thank you 2017
Picture collage from Thursday evening “thank you event” in Brick Lane, East London for supporters of ShareAction – a campaigning body “to make investment a force for the good”.
It was great to meet so many people concerned about the po…
UNISON at Notting Hill HA
Picture of Notting Hill UNISON activists in Vauxhall with our ace branch Fighting Fund Organiser, Mary Stump (left), after one of the most successful lunchtime recruitment events I have attended. Six new members filled out forms and there was huge inte…
There is No PPF or Crown Promise for the LGPS Pension scheme which must be run in the interests of pensioners and not the employers
To be clear.
A Council (or administering authority) is responsible for the majority of any pension deficit but that if the fund does badly and the Council runs out of money (which due to austerity it has been widely predicted will happen to some autho…
Missing (maybe you didn’t look that hard?)
“London Recruits”
I had a meeting this evening with Peter Smith, Teachers Union NUT lead in Newham about Education Cuts.
In his youth Peter had been one of the “London Recruits”. As well as books there is a film out next year about their role in the struggle. …
Labour at The Forest Gate Festival – Saturday 15 July 2017
“The Forest Gate Festival first took place in 2000, on Osborne Road and has been going strong ever since. Usually held on the third Saturday of July, it’s a local street Festival organised by enthusiastic residents on a volunteering basis.From the start, the Festival has been about…
UNISON National Delegate Conference 2017 Delegate Report
Fab guest post by top Branch activists Mitsy Harmon-Russell & Doreen Davies. Monday
Unison National Delegate Conferenced (NDC) started on the 19th June, 2017 delegates were allowed to check into their accommoda…
Grenfell Fire Disaster: Never, ever, again: Amendment to Newham Council Scrutiny report.
Tomorrow (Monday 10 July 2017) is the next Newham Council Meeting and on the agenda is a report about future “scrutiny” arrangements
I have proposed the following amendment to item 12 “Structural Review of Overview and Scrutiny”.
“3.5 Specific themat…
‘The Future of the NHS” – Seconding Composite B #LabLink!7
This is the speech by London Ambulance Service Paramedic, Jason Anderson, at Labour Link National Forum last week.
“Firstly I would like to say Happy 69thBirthday to the NHS – ‘Labour’s Proudest Achievement’.
I am a front-line Paramedic, and like my colleagues around the country continue to…
Ditchling Beacon Walk June 2017
Off message but this was a great recovery walk that Gill and I did after the UNISON NDC conference in Brighton last month.
The National Trust car park at Ditchling Beacon is pretty small so either get there early or be patient. There is no cash car pa…
Why we need to build a housing consensus for affordable and decent homes for all – Motion 11 #LabLink
Yvonne Green, Regional convenor & Greater London delegate moving motion 11. Why we need to build a housing consensus for affordable and decent homes for all
“Chair, delegates, the housing crisis is getting worse under this Tory government as the n…
The Future of the NHS – Composite B #LabLink17
This is the speech from yesterday’s debate at UNISON Labour Link Forum on “The Future of the NHS”.
Mitsy is a a care worker, NHS nurse, branch, regional and national UNISON activist. . “Chair, Forum, Mitsy Harmon-Russell, Greater London…
Angela Rayner MP speaks at UNISON Labour Link Conference 2017
Our first guest speaker was former UNISON activist and now Shadow Secretary for Education, Angela Rayner MP, who gave a relaxed and inspiring speech on her politics, the recent General election campaign and how proud she was to be a UNISON member.
I p…
UNISON Labour Link National Forum 2017
Picture from this evenings UNISON Labour Link London region delegation meal.
This morning I took part in the National Labour Link Committee pre-Forum meeting. The number one issue was of course the General election and its aftermath.
Our National For…
Keir Hardie 125th & UNISON NEC
July 4th is a great day to hold a trade union meeting. This day is the 125th anniversary of the election of Keir Hardie, the first ever Labour MP in my home in West Ham, East London as well as the anniversary of the only successful British Revolu…
“Ripping off customers is nothing new for asset managers… “
Check the FT article here 30 June 2017
The FCA’s report is a travesty that is bereft of remedies, writes Gina Miller
In 2002, the Sandler Report on the UK retail investment market found “the reporting of product charges is typically neither clear nor consistent”. More than 15 years on and…
Newham Great 10k Run 2017
Before (top middle) and after (bottom middle) picture of the me taking part in the Newham Great Run (wearing finishing tee shirt and medal) I will admit to have forgotten that I had entered and due to the General election and UNISON conference I …
#NoMandate – Back on the Campaign Trail
After a short break, members of Forest Gate North & West Ham Labour, led by our newly re-elected MP (with 77% of the vote) Lyn Brown, were back on the campaign trail today. As well as the NHS demo in Central London, today was a Labour Party Nationa…