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This morning we finally had the launch of the Newham Council Community Wealth Building (CWB) programme at The Crystal, Royal Docks. We had to postpone it twice due to Brexit debate clashes and the General election.
Newham directly elected M…Read more…
Picture collage from last Thursday West Ham Labour event. Many thanks to everyone involved. We had solid 250 tickets. It was a great night out and we have raised loads for money for the CLP. Read more…
An evening with John McDonnell MP
West Ham CLP fundraiser/social – Thursday 7th MarchDear Member
We’d like to invite you to a really special CLP event – a fundraising dinner with John McDonnell MP, at the invitation of our MP Lyn Brown. J…Read more…
Still catching up on posts about last week’s TUC Congress. After a “late night” on the Monday following the UNISON TUC delegation social (and aftermath) I was in Congress for the 9.30am start on the Tuesday but a little slow on “twitter” for some reaso…Read more…
Well said! elected General Secretary of UNITE, Len McCluskey who gave support in advance of the Labour Party NEC meeting on Tuesday, where the issue regarding the IHRA definition will be discussed and hopefully begin to be resolved.
I also agree …Read more…
It seems that the event on Thursday may be full. I am speaking at a seminar below.
15.05: Levering local finance
Chair: Councillor Martyn Rawlinson, Preston City Council
Marianne Sensier, University of Manchester (10 mins) Councillor John G…Read more…
I am due to speak at this seminar about work done in promoting more creative and sustainable use of local government pension funds in the session “Leveraging Local Finance”
“Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Andrew Gwynn…Read more…
I arrived last night in Brighton for conference and started badly by managing to leave my suitcase on the train. By the time I realised and ran back to the station (apologies for ignoring colleagues on the way) the train was on its way back to Bedford….Read more…
Picture collage from the successful recent launch of “Newham United Against Austerity” (NUAA) with key note speaker, John McDonnell MP, Labour Shadow Chancellor, who was introduced by West Ham Labour MP Lyn Brown.
Other speakers were Kevin Courtney, …Read more…
Picture from West Ham’s campaign session for Sadiq Khan to be London Mayor in Maryland, Stratford, E15 on Saturday.
Our MP, Lyn Brown, was out with activists in the rain and the sunshine encouraging residents to vote for Sadiq in May.
It was great to…Read more…
This was in the “Newham Recorder” letters page this week.
“Dear Editor
I am writing to invite Newham Residents to the inaugural meeting of a new campaigning organisation for our Borough, “Newham United Against Austerity”.
We have a special guest speaker for our launch, John McDonnell…Read more…
The collage is from Wednesday evening when Newham Trade Unionists were out leafleting in Stratford, commuters and shoppers about our NUAA launch event next Saturday 30 January, 2-4pm, main lecture theatre, University East London, Water Lane, E15 4LZ&nb…Read more…
In between Christmas and New Year I was laid low with the lergie so stayed in and managed to finish off inputting the “marked register” data for the ward onto the Party database “Contact Creator” for the 2015 General Election.
The register is an actua…Read more…
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Picture is from this mornings programme on the BBC “Andrew Marr” Show where I saw a confident Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, pretty much destroy Tory Education Minister, Nicky Morgan, rather desperate attempts to justify the Government’s proposals to rob £1000’s from hardworking British…Read more…