Happy 50th birthday to my good comrade, Cllr Shabab Mohammed, Cabinet lead for Housing Management. Enjoy your well deserved break! Read more…
West Ham Park Street Survey
In West Ham, the ward I represent as a Newham Councillor (E15 postcode), a consultation and survey is taking place on “seeking local views on issues relating road safety, air quality, walking, cycling, and traffic in the area”. This survey (and p…Read more…
Appointed Chair of Newham Pension Committee
On Monday it was formally announced at our Full Council meeting that I had been appointed as Chair of the Newham Council Pension Committee. The Newham Pension fund has around £1.7 billion in investments and is responsible for the pension futures …Read more…
Newham Street Count: 17.11.22
Picture is of local volunteers, Council officers and Councillors about to go out at midnight on Thursday to take our part in the UK annual nationwide street count of people sleeping rough. We also had observers to verify our results from the civi…Read more…
West Ham Remembrance Sunday & When the Guns Fell Silent
This morning I attended the Remembrance Day service at All Saints Church in West Ham, the ward I have represented as a Councillor since 2010. It was a marvellous and moving service, attended by our local MP, Lyn Brown, our local British Army TA unit, G…Read more…
United Colours of Europe – Newham 5.11.22
This looks like a marvellous event but unfortunately I have a clash. Many thanks to Councillor Larisa Zilickaja for her work in organising this important event. “We invite you to the event  …Read more…
Newham Council bi-monthly Rough Sleeping Count 30.9.22
At Newham London Dockside Building after a briefing & about to go out for midnight start of latest bi-monthly Rough Sleeping count. Council officers, outreach workers, volunteers and Councillors sent out in teams to various parts of the borough to …Read more…
Newham bin strikes latest
Unite has issued Newham borough council with notice of a further two weeks of strike action starting on Tuesday, September 20, ending Monday, October 3. The 1st phase of action began on Saturday, August 27 and ended on Saturday, September 3. The refuse collectors have “rubbished” Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz’s preposterous claims that the workers have […]
The post Newham bin strikes latest appeared first on UNITElive.org.
“Topping out” at Leather Gardens, West Ham
I know Councillors love having their picture taken in hard hats and hi-vis (even if they don’t always fit that well) but I really enjoyed this “topping out” the other week with the Mayor laying the final brick.But the main reason for my plea…Read more…
St Stephens Road, West Ham ASB Walkabout
Picture college from a “Walkabout” I went on in my Council ward, West Ham, with local residents and Council officers last week. There are a number of serious ASB issues in the locality and while it was very disappointing that a number of Council …Read more…
Newham Council Meeting – 1 August 2022
At @NewhamLondon Full Council meeting. This meeting replaces the one cancelled due to extreme heat a fortnight ago. There was a fascinating presentation by Sir David King, former Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor on the climate change emergency fo…Read more…
Be an effective Newham Councillor training – with Lewisham Mayor, Damien Egan
It was great to see so many Newham Councillors, new and old, turn up for this training led by Lewisham Mayor, Damien Egan, the LGA and Newham officers. I have known Damien since before he became Mayor and he is an great exemplar of British c…Read more…
Green on Green: A great day to wash your dirty laundry in public?
Please see the fascinating exchange of emails between the two Newham Green Councillors Nate and Danny (The Green Group Leader) copied into 64 Labour Councillors, Mayor and various officers. From: Nate Higgins (Councillor) <Nate.Higgins@ne…Read more…
Newham Council Education, Children & Young People’s Scrutiny Commission
My first such Scrutiny tonight in East Ham Town Hall. Chaired by Cllr Elizabeth Booker. Our current Ofsted inspection was obviously a key issue. Check out agenda https://mgov.newham.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=1510&MId=1398…Read more…
Happy 4th July & 130th anniversary of the election of Keir Hardie as MP for West Ham South
“I was really pleased that I was recently able to respond to a request by the Keir Hardie Society (via a former UNISON colleague) for a pdf copy of the booklet issued in 2012 to mark the 120th anniversary of Keir Hardie’s election. He w…Read more…
My Week 20.6.22-25.6.22
A really busy but interesting week. It was my first day back at work after almost 2 weeks holiday (Malta then UNISON conference in Brighton) so lots of tenancy and trade union issues to try and sort out (not helped by major IT/server problems).&n…Read more…
Newham Council Bi Monthly Street Count – Wednesday 26th May 2022
Picture of volunteers, Councillors and Council outreach staff before the latest bi monthly count of people sleeping “rough” in Newham.
We met at Newham Dockside building at 11pm. We had a briefing on the purpose of the count and how to make sur…Read more…
West Ham Ward Labour Street Surgery & Canvass – Meath & Chaplin Road
At the first door I knocked at this morning, the resident opened his front door with his hand raised upwards, clearly expecting a parcel. Despite this he was pleased to see a local Councillor, had no issues with Newham Council and confirmed that…Read more…
LoveE15 Community planters & West Ham Ward Labour Street Surgery
This morning West Ham Ward Councillors (myself, Charlene and John W) met with local residents and Newham Council officers to support and help out with filling Community planter boxes.
It was brilliant to see so many residents giving up their Sat…Read more…
West Ham Ward ASB Action Day (and Italian Street Food)
This evening I went with Newham Council funded Met Police and Council Enforcement officers for a “walkabout” in West Ham ward, which I represent as a Councillor. Yesterday and today were ASB “Action Days” in West Ham and Stratford. Local ward Cou…Read more…