I was really pleased to receive this email this evening even if I think that some of the information is unfortunately inaccurate, it is a welcome start to uniting the Party, doing the right thing and will indeed hopefully help deliver a successful camp…Read more…
Democracy Rules…”Newham councillors welcome call to cancel trigger ballot result”
Latest in local newspaper about the “rigged” selection for Newham Mayor and call by local Councillors for an open and this time, democratic, selection process.
“Two councillors have welcomed mayor of Newham Sir Robin Wales’ call for Labour to cancel t…Read more…
“Sir Robin Wales calls for contested mayoral ‘trigger ballot’ outcome to be cancelled”
Hat tip Dave Hill’s On London blog “Sir Robin Wales has asked the Labour Party to cancel the outcome of the internal selection process that saw him endorsed to seek a fifth term as Mayor of Newham following a campaign by local members for an inves…Read more…
Newham Mayor admits that his selection process was “rigged”?
I have received a number of comments from Labour Party members in Newham today who were somewhat surprised, to say the least, to get a very odd email from our Labour directly elected Mayor, Robin Wales, saying he wanted a rerun of the very contro…Read more…
Urgent Questions on Newham Council losses over London Stadium
(My questions as a Councillor to last nights Newham Council Meeting)
Dear Kim (Chief Executive Newham Council)
With the permission of the Chair of Council, urgent questions can be raised by Councillors.
The special circumstances are that Councillors did not know of the write off of £52,000,000…Read more…
Newham Labour Councillor selection postponed until New Year.
The selection was supposed to take place next weekend (9 & 10 December). All 20 wards in Newham would select 3 candidates to stand as Councillors in the May elections 2018.
However, it was postponed until the New Year (new dates unknown) sin…Read more…
West Ham CLP Crime and Policing Motion to Greater London Labour Conference 2017
“Conference notes that Metropolitan Police statistics show that gun crime in London increased by 42% in 2016/17.
Conference also notes that the same statistics show knife crime in our city jumped by 24% in the same period.
Conference further notes th…Read more…
“Newham councillor resigns from fire safety committee after public and press are barred from meetings”
Hat tip Newham Recorder. So banning tenants, residents and media from these post Grenfell fire safety meetings means they are not being held in “secret”? I have just googled “secret meeting” and found this definition
“If you do something in secre…Read more…
Resigning from Newham Council Fire Safety Scrutiny in Residential High Rise Tower Blocks
I have just resigned tonight from being a member of Newham Council “Fire Safety Scrutiny in Residential Tower Blocks” because evidence meetings are being held in secret. This is in my view completely unacceptable after #Grenfell. We need openness and t…Read more…
PC Nina Mackay – 20th Anniversary Memorial Service
On Tuesday 24 October I attended with other Councillors, a memorial service held in my ward with family members, friends and Police colleagues of PC Nina Mackay who was stabbed to death near this spot 20 years ago.
It was a very dignified and well att…Read more…
Newham Heritage Week ECH programme 21-29 Oct 2017
This is great but I am still trying to find out why in Newham we did not have a Black History month? Anyone know?Read more…
Newham Labour Councillor Candidate Selection for 2018
Got email last night from London Region”Dear candidate,Many thanks for attending your interview last weekend. I am pleased to inform you that the assessment team have recommended that you be included on the longlist of candidates and able to seek selec…Read more…
“The Tories must take concrete steps to reverse the rising spate of acid attacks”, writes Lyn Brown MP
“As I write, the last acid attack to hit the headlines in Newham occurred less than three weeks ago. There has been a steady stream of these horrifying stories this year. In June, the cousins Resham Khan and Jameel Muhktar were attacked on the street. Both suffered life-changing injuries,…Read more…
Newham Council amended Motion on antisemitism (passed tonight)
“This Council expresses alarm at the rise in antisemitism in recent years across the UK. This includes incidents when criticism of Israel has been expressed using anti-Semitic tropes. Criticism of Israel can be legitimate, but not if it employs the tro…Read more…
Mentioned in Parliament – Cllr Seyi Akiwowo …fighting back against online abuse
A lovely tribute in a maiden speech to Parliament by new Labour MP, Rosie Duffield, to Newham’s youngest Councillor, Seyi Akiwowo, “who has endured, fought back against and now campaigns against the lowest form of racial abuse…”
Newham Woodcraft 2017 (subtitled)
Check out new video about Newham Woodcraft folk
“Youth is not wasted on the young
Woodcraft Folk is a progressive organisation for young people led by young people.
Newham Watersmeet Woodcraft Folk is based in the Forest Gate area. We have groups fo…Read more…
“The police need to provide swift answers after the death of Rashan Charles” by Seyi Akiwowo a councillor in Newham, east London
After having a great time at the Afropunk London festival last weekend, I followed my usual ritual before going to bed on Saturday night: checking to see what I had missed on Instagram during the day. I came across the clip of CCTV footage&nb…Read more…
Newham Labour Councillor Candidacy 2018
All Labour Party members in Newham, East London should have received a letter last week from the Labour Party encouraging those eligible to apply to stand as a candidate.
Quite rightly “Women, Black and Minority Ethnic members, Carers, people with dis…Read more…
Grenfell Tower & Fire Safety in High Rise Blocks motion to West Ham GC
Emergency Motion West Ham Labour Party General Committee 20 July
Grenfell Tower & Fire Safety in High Rise Blocks
This branch/GC notes:1. The appalling loss of life at Grenfell Tower, together with the troubling prospect that the death toll wil…Read more…
There is No PPF or Crown Promise for the LGPS Pension scheme which must be run in the interests of pensioners and not the employers
To be clear.
A Council (or administering authority) is responsible for the majority of any pension deficit but that if the fund does badly and the Council runs out of money (which due to austerity it has been widely predicted will happen to some autho…Read more…