Friday, October 04, 2019

POLICIES FOR A LABOUR LONDON - Newham Fabians event Saturday 12 October 2019 Stratford Town Hall


Next May London faces important elections for the Mayor of London and Lon Assembly. As a world city and a Labour city London has led the way in electing a Muslim Mayor. Sadiq Khan has spared no effort in shaping London for the better, by promoting progressive policies affecting all Londoners.

This policy forum is creating an opportunity to debate some of the challenging issues facing London to feed in to the policy making process in advance of next year’s election.

Join us to contribute to the discussion for a London we can be proud of.

Open to Fabian Society and Labour Party members.

REGISTER HERE

Speakers include:

Rokhsana Fiaz OBE, Mayor of Newham; Lyn Brown MP West Ham; Stephen Timms MP East Ham; Claude Moraes MEP, Cllr Darren Rodwell Leader of Barking and Dagenham Council, Jennette Arnold AM, Unmesh Desai AM, Cllr Sanchia Alasia Barking and Dagenham, Cllr John Gray Newham Cabinet Member for Housing, Cllr Polly Billington SERA and UK100, Murad Qureshi, Cllr Kevin Brady, Tower Hamlets and more to be announced

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Is there a schedule available to look over - with info on what talks happening when throughout the day?

John Gray said...

Next May London faces important elections for the Mayor of London and London Assembly. As a world city and a Labour city London has led the way in electing a Muslim Mayor. Sadiq Khan has spared no effort in shaping London for the better, by promoting progressive policies affecting all Londoners. Now it is time for a vision for the next five years.
This policy forum is creating an opportunity to debate some of the challenging issues facing London to feed in to the policy making process in advance of next year’s election. Join us to contribute to the discussion for a London we can be proud of.
Programme
9.30 Registration and coffee/tea
10.00-10:45 Keynote 1: Lyn Brown MP West Ham (Chair: Anita Pollack)
10:45-11:30 Keynote 2: Stephen Timms MP East Ham (Chair: Rohit K Dasgupta)

11.30 – 12.15 Plenary 1
Centralism and localism – who governs London for the next 20 years?
How centralised should decision making be? The roles of GLA, London Boroughs and community organisations and how much autonomy should they have?
Speaker 1: Cllr Darren Rodwell, leader of Barking and Dagenham Council.
Chair: TBC

12.15 – 13:00 Workshops (Attend either one)
1. Housing for Londoners
How can the crisis of unaffordable housing, high rents and the blight of homelessness be tackled, particularly for London’s essential workers?
Speaker 1: Cllr John Gray, Cabinet member for housing in Newham,
Speaker 2: Cllr Rachel Blake, deputy mayor Tower Hamlets.
Chair Tony McBrearty
2. Policies for inclusion
What role for the Mayor and GLA to ensure equality and respect for all? How to combat racism, misogyny, discrimination and anti-semitism?
Speaker 1: Jennette Arnold OBE, AM,
Speaker 2: Cllr Kevin Brady, Tower Hamlets.
Chair: Cllr Joshua Garfield

13:00 – 13.45 Lunch (Not provided – Sawmill CafĂ© recommended)

13.45 – 14:30 Plenary 2
Climate crisis and London – the way forward
How can the Mayor and GLA contribute to tackling climate change, air pollution and the other environment issues challenging London and ensure a quality transport system?
Speaker 1: Cllr Polly Billington of Sera and UK100,
Speaker 2: Murad Qureshi, former AM, Sera and environment campaigner
Chair: Cllr James Asser, Newham Cabinet member for environment, highways and sustainable transport, and Labour’s NEC.

14.30 – 15:15 Plenary 3
Brexit crisis and London
Londoners voted to remain in the EU but what will happen now that time is running out? How will Londo’s people and economy cope with exiting the EU? cope with exiting the EU?
Speaker 1: Seb Dance MEP, deputy leader EPLP,
Speaker 2: Claude Moraes MEP,
Speaker 3: Cllr Sanchia Alasia, Barking and Dagenham and Committee of the Regions
Chair: Bon Brind, Labour Movement for Europe


15.15 – 15:45 Plenary 4

Keeping Londoners safe – what should the police be doing?
The Mayor is under attack from Conservatives about knife crime. What can be done to this rising problem and ensure people feel safe as an urgent priority?
Speaker 1: Unmesh Desai AM,
Speaker 2: James Appiah, former co-chair of Youth Commission on youth safety.
Speaker 3: Deeba Syed, Young Fabians
Chair: Cllr James Beckles, Newham cabinet member for crime and community safety

15:45- 16:15 Keynote 3: Rokhsana Fiaz OBE, Mayor of Newham

16:30 Thanks and goodbye