“Newham has one of the most extensive,longest running and most effective landlordlicensing schemes in the country. It was set up in 2013 and renewed for another 5 years in 2018. At one stage Newham was prosecuting more criminal landlords that th…Read more…
3 Pension meetings in one evening!
This evening I took part in a zoom Newham Council Pension committee training meeting, open committee meeting and then exempt committee meeting (no public or press due to discussion of confidential information).
If you are a pens…Read more…
Have Your Say! Newham Consultation on Changes to Allocation Policy
Dear Resident The London Borough of Newham is proposing to make some changes to the Housing Allocations Policy and we want to hear your views. You can have your say by clicking here: https://www.newham.gov.uk/allocationsconsultation Over 2…Read more…
“Rogue Landlords: Protecting Tenants, Improving Conditions and Creating a Fair Rental Market”
I am speaking at this seminar as the representative of a large landlord who is also a Landlord regulator (Newham Council). Above is a card that our Newham Private Sector landlord licensing team has produced to help vulnerable vulnerable tenants (…Read more…
Celebrating 50 years of service to Newham Council by RMS “Chippy” Chris Parker
Yesterday I attended a ceremony at Newham Council Dockside Building, where the Mayor and the Chief Executive thanked Chris Parker for his 50 years of service to the Council and the residents of Newham.
Chris joined the Council as a 16 year old a…Read more…
Newham Pension Committee: We have a 111 year old pensioner! No tobacco pledge (and why parents should join the LGPS – and anyone else lucky enough to be eligible)
This evening I took part in the Newham Council Pension Committee, which runs the staff pension fund (under government regulations and guidance). It was our first “public” committee meeting (via zoom) since lock down. It was broadcast live on Facebook (…Read more…
My First Pint in a Pub for a quite a bit (Thank you and all the best Julianne)
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…
#Srebrenica25
Newham Council is flying Remembering Srebrenica flags from its town halls in East Ham and Stratford to mark the 25th anniversary on 11 July of what the United Nations said is the single greatest atrocity on European soil since the Second World War.#Sre…Read more…
Newham Rough Sleeper (Mini) Street Count June 2020
Pictures from last night’s Newham Rough Sleeping (mini) Street count with Councillors, Council officers and 3rd sector partners going out during the night to count how many rough sleepers there are. Usually this is done every two months.
Due to C…Read more…
Become a Newham Covid-19 Health Champion
Become a Covid-19 Health ChampionNewham Council are really pleased to launch the Covid-19 Health Champions network, a new initiative that will empower thousands of Newham residents to remain up to date on the latest advice, so that they can be kept inf…Read more…
Thanking the Newham Housing Heroes
Yesterday I took part in two Skype meetings with Newham Council Housing Services staff.
There were altogether 230 participants which is nearly half of all our housing staff, not bad considering we run a 24/7 service and many of our front line workers …Read more…
“Making our streets better for social distancing, walking and cycling…”
Check out the interactive survey launched today by Newham Council https://www.newham.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/c19-information-advice/5
“We want to hear your ideas for making our streets better for social distancing, walking and cycling.
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Newham Heritage Month 1-30 June
Check out Newham Heritage Month website and the range of recordings, videos and photos available to download and virtual events to sign up for.
I have just listened to residents reminiscing about VE day; life in post war Newham for a bus co…Read more…
Virtual Cabinet meeting
On Wednesday, Newham Council held its first, totally virtual Cabinet meeting. Unusually Cabinet meetings are held in public but due to COVID-19 the government has allowed Councils to hold “virtual” meetings instead. We have held virtual Cabinet m…Read more…
10 Years as a Councillor – New(ham) Kids on the Block 2010
Today is the 10th anniversary of my election as a Councillor for West Ham ward in the London Borough of Newham. The picture above was taken before an induction event held a few days later for newly elected Councillors.
It has been a privilege and a ho…Read more…
Wearing Red for Key Workers on May Day
This afternoon I took part in a Zoom meeting with the Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, our TUC regional secretary, Sam Gurney and Newham Council shop stewards from UNISON, Unite and GMB.
We were all wearing red to mark “May Day” and we wanted to show sol…Read more…
Newham Council joins minutes silence in honour of fallen key workers
Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz today led councillors, staff and officers of Newham Council in observing a minute’s silence.Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz today led councillors, staff and officers of Newham Council in observing a minute’s silence to honour the frontline NHS …Read more…
Happy St George’s Day
Stratford and East Ham town hall were flying the flag. Read more…
#HelpNewham – delivering support to residents who are most in need.
#HelpNewham
The Council has launched #HelpNewham – a way of delivering support to residents who are most in need. If you are in one of the priority groups listed below or want to refer someone who is in need of support, please complete the form be…Read more…
Before and after: What could possibly go wrong?
Off message but many thanks to Gill for cutting my hair this afternoon with my redundant beard trimmer!
I have always disliked having long hair.
In the scheme of things this is all very unimportant but I thought it may offer folk some light relief.