My fellow ward Councillor, John Whitworth, was our elected West Ham CLP delegate for our National Labour Party Conference this year. Check out this page for his detailed report on conference as our CLP…Read more…
Under threat
Joyce Still, health visitor and Unite delegate spoke on behalf of Unite on the health and social care debate at conference on Tuesday (September 26). Health visitors have a key role, along…Read more…
‘We will not let you down’
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn concluded the party’s conference – one of the most energised in years – with a stirring speech this afternoon (September 27) that set out what a “Labour government in…Read more…
‘Not in our name’
Austerity, Unite assistant general secretary Howard Beckett noted, is alive and well, especially in Birmingham if you are a refuse collector. Intervening at the Labour conference today…Read more…
Action now call
Bombardier workers in Northern Ireland are holding their breath as they await a critical decision from the US Department of Commerce at 5pm this afternoon (September 26). In April, US…Read more…
We voted in droves for hope
Leigh Drennan is the vice chair of Young Labour in Unite’s North West region. He believes the reason young people, who had become disengaged with politics, were suddenly inspired to get out and use…Read more…
An economy that works for us
Neelam Verma today (Monday September 25) represented Unite speaking on the National Policy Forum Work, pensions and equality annual report. She said, “On Saturday I was able to speak to the…Read more…
New world ‘in sight’
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell today (September 25) painted a picture of Britain as it is and the Britain it could one day be under a Labour programme that will hand power and wealth to the true…Read more…
Rectify the injustices
Kate Osbourne, Unite delegate today (Monday 25 September) addressed congress in relation to the international section of the National Policy Forum report. She said, “While Unite clearly…Read more…
‘Scrap the cap’
Public sector pay was at the top of the agenda at the Labour Party Conference this week (September 25), against a backdrop of public sector workers suffering seven years of real-terms pay cuts….Read more…
Labour Party Conference 2017 #Lab17
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…