This morning I went to a joint West Ham & East Ham Labour stall in Green Street to join our Labour Party Candidates, Lyn Brown and Stephen Timms. This was supposed to be a meeting point for our members to then go off and campaign in our marginal se…Read more…
My Labour Movement Week – 28 October to 3 November 2019
I thought that I will do a weekend summary of the stuff I have been doing during the past week but have not posted upon.
So this week we had a visit to to Lyn Brown MP and staff to discuss housing policy; there was an important visit to Newham by…Read more…
Newham Full Council Meeting 14 October 2019: A minutes silence, Cabinet report on Education & Keynote Speaker Duncan Bew
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…
Newham Fabians London Labour Policy Conference
This photo college is from yesterday’s all day event in the Old Town Hall in Stratford. This the Fabians at their very best. Great speakers (apart from me – obviously), fair but effective Chairs of panels and genuine questions and real debate about the…Read more…
Indigenous Resistance Day – Showing Newham solidarity alongside Keir Hardie
Today is #IndigenousResistanceDay remembering the struggle against Colonialism in the Continent of America. (It used to be called “Columbus Day”). After @newhamfabians
event in the historic Old #Stratford town hall we gathered next to bust of avo…Read more…
World Homelessness Week Protest (and a desperately tragic death of a child)
This evening I went with the Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz and our Council Chief Executive, Althea Loderick to Stratford Broadway to visit the scene of a dreadful murder of a 16 year old boy.
At the same time there was an action near Stratford Station b…Read more…
West Ham ward Labour Doorstep with Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz
This morning we went on a #LabourDoorstep to speak to local residents in West Ham ward. We split into 2 teams and knocked on doors to ask residents whether they had any problems or issues with Newham Council.
As a local ward Councillor I had a number …Read more…
Labour Party Conference 2019: Tuesday #Lab19 (Twitter)
We will only be able to keep global warming to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels if we effect unprecedented transitions in all aspects of society, including energy, land and ecosystems, urban and infrastructure as well as industry’
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“Rebuilding Britain – starting with community wealth building in Newham” (Labourlist)
“More than a decade after the financial crisis, and more than nine years of the brutalising Tory austerity agenda, communities across our country are still waiting for the so-called ‘end of austerity’. Despite Brexit being pushed by commentators and po…Read more…
Newham’s Alternative Peace Exhibition: Tuesday 10 September 4pm-10pm at 51 Freemasons Road, E16
“Newham Council is giving residents the chance to show their opposition to the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair with its alternative peace exhibition.
The event, which follows a motion agreed by councillors in June expressi…Read more…
Custom House Labour Doorstep with Lyn Brown MP & Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz
Picture collage from this morning’s Labour Doorstep in Custom House, West Ham with activists and local MP Lyn Brown, Newham Executive Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz and local ward Councillors Sarah Ruiz and James Beckles.
Cara, our Labour attack dog was out wit…Read more…
Newham Council Cabinet gets welcome gift from PEACH of Peaches
Yesterday’s cabinet meeting at East Ham Town started off with a lively and good natured “action” by residents, children and activists from PEACH (The People’s Empowerment Alliance for Custom House) with lots of singing, dancing and laughter.
A lo…Read more…
Newham Councillors at Debden House – Now and then: 1949 and 2019
On Friday we had a Cabinet training day at the Newham Council owned Debden House Conference, Education and Camping centre in Epping Forest.
This is the first time I have been at the centre and I was amazed at the facilities and that there is such a be…Read more…
Newham recruiting 33 youth workers – the biggest expansion of youth services anywhere in London
Hat tip Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz “**Please share widely** We want the best youth workers for our children and young people in Newham! 👌🏽
Am really pleased to announce that today we launched the largest recruitment campaign for youth workers in Newham for a…Read more…
Iftar at Forest Gate Mosque
Picture from tonight’s breaking of the fast at Forest Gate mosque. Guests included Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz (whose father prays regularly at this mosque) and West Ham MP, Lyn Brown. As well as Councillors and local Labour Party activists.
We were a…Read more…
ReviveFM 94.0 – Poverty in Newham (and what the Council is doing about it)
Yesterday, in between campaigning for the European elections, Newham Council Cabinet lead for Finance, Cllr Terry Paul and myself were interviewed live on Community Radio, ReviveFM 94, which is based in Forest Gate, Newham.
Our interviewer was our Cou…Read more…
Mears Cats at Dockside
This evening there was an action outside Newham Dockside by the People’s Empowerment Alliance for Custom House (PEACH) led by Mears Cats.
Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, was at a Youth Board meeting in Stratford and asked me to go and speak to the prot…Read more…
Newham Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz first year in office – More to do but already delivering
I am back home after a really successful Newham Council AGM at the Old Town Hall Stratford, where this video on our achievements in the first year of Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz administration was played.
Love the “More to do but already delivering” theme.
One Year In – Tackling the Housing Crisis
A year since I was re-elected by residents of West Ham for a third term as a Newham Councillor and then appointed by directly elected Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, as Cabinet lead for Housing Services. The most demanding but also the most fulfilling year of my…Read more…
Newham to save £143 million by terminating a big bad LOBO
Fantastic news! Newham will save some £3.5 million interest per year (including £1.5 million extra off our housing loans). Many thanks to all those who fought for justice so long including our new Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, Cllr John Whitworth as well as Ne…Read more…