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Very sad to hear tonight at the first Newham Full Council meeting since the start of Covid19 that our fabulous Cabinet Colleague for Education, Cllr Julianne Marriott, is stepping down from her post.
However, every cloud in life has a silver lining – …Read more…
Headline is from the Newham Recorder and picture of Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz at our 2nd “urgent” Council Cabinet meeting of the current crisis on Friday (3rd April).
Because of legal requirements that all Cabinet meetings had to have at least 3 mem…Read more…
On Friday evening we held a special virtual Cabinet meeting under the Council’s urgency rules in order to agree to ask the Courts to close Stratford Shopping centre between 8pm and 5am.
This was chaired by our Executive Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz.
It follo…Read more…
Hat tip Newham Recorder (NB Children in pic are not SEND) “The council chief responsible for education has slammed the government over how it funds education for the “most vulnerable”.
Newham Council is proposing to change how it allo…Read more…
Picture collage from last night’s Full Council meeting in the Old Town Hall in Stratford. It was a short but emotive meeting. Starting off with the Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, requesting that the meeting has a minute’s silence in memory of the young m…Read more…
“Hoorum and Diya wearing their new school uniforms. Their families won a full uniform pack by completing their school applications online. 2020 eAdmissions open 1 Sept. #Newham #BackToSchool2019”. Hat tip Cllr Julianne Marriott, Cabinet Member for Ed…Read more…
Picture collage from yesterday’s evening demo and rally in Westminster against cuts in school funding. Despite the rain, it was a cheerful, noisy and well attended event. Newham Labour Group met up with local activists beforehand at Stratford Station (…Read more…
A fascinating evening spent talking Mayoral trigger ballots and Newham politics on Sky channel 827. I wish other community media were as interested in local politics as ATN Bangla.
Myself, Cllr John Whitworth, Cllr Julianne Marriott, Cllr Anam Islam a…Read more…
Check out below another insightful article by “OnLondon” journalist Dave Hill, about the Newham Mayoral trigger.
I am more than happy with my quote in this article except, perhaps to make clear that I spoke as a Labour Party activist and that I am an …Read more…
Another sensible article from “On London” journalist Dave Hill on the Newham Mayoral trigger debacle. He features Newham Councillor and former mayoral advisor (one of the very few female advisors) Julianne Marriott, calling for an open selection. The N…Read more…
For once, a balanced article by the London Evening Standard about Labour Politics. I and many other Councillors and Party members support the call by Cllr Marriott, Charlene Mclean and West Ham Labour Party for an open selection to decide the next Labo…Read more…
The picture is from the reception held this evening in the Palm Tree, Romford Road to honour the recent election of my good political comrade (and friend) Anam Islam, as a Councillor for Forest Gate North.
I was invited with other Coun…Read more…