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Yesterday was a London wide campaign day for the re-election of Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan and Labour representatives on the Greater London Assembly.
We met at a Labour stall in Stratford for the obligatory group photos then split up into 3 canvass team…Read more…
My speech today at this “Affordable Housing” conference in central London.
“Thank you. As I think I am the only politician speaking today, I hope you will find our perspective of what we are doing in Newham of interest.
First the bad stuff, whi…Read more…
(hat tip “Inside Housing”) Newham’s new mayor has a tough job on her hands to tackle some of the country’s worst housing deprivation. Peter Apps finds out how she plans to do it. Photography by Peter Searle
By several measures, …Read more…
On Saturday I mobiked through the Carpenters Estate to meet a friend at the Olympic stadium and on route had a chance to do an unofficial walkabout. While I thought that the poppies and flowers displays were lovely and well kept, I know that there are …Read more…
A somewhat neutral and balanced report by BBC London on the Newham Mayoral Trigger ballot rerun to decide our next Labour Candidate in the local elections in May.
The clip features Cllr Conor McAuley, a former Newham Cabinet member, who strongly criti…Read more…