HEADING FOR WORK - VOTE LABOUR on the way!

 

Polling stations open 7am to 10pm. Remember to bring photo ID

Last campaigning days for West Ham - Final message is VOTE LABOUR - everywhere

Over the past two days, West Ham Labour candidates (including Sam, who unfortunately missed the photos) and our supporters have been out knocking on doors and chatting with residents to remind them about tomorrow’s election (Thursday 7 May). 

Our Mayoral Candidate, Forhad Hussain, joined us yesterday evening for a round of door knocking. The response was really positive. 

We handed out leaflets at local schools highlighting how Labour is supporting children in Newham, and today we delivered more than 1,500 leaflets across our ward. 

This evening, while door knocking in a block, I spotted a fox and her three adorable cubs playing in the garden of a closed pub (center pic). 

Looking forward to tomorrow’s election and Friday’s results—whatever happens, I’m so thankful for all the support we’ve had, and believe that if we win, we have a fantastic West Ham team and Labour Mayor ready to bring people together and get things done that truly matter to residents.

On Thursday, don't forget what Reform would have done. Vote Labour.

Bank holiday "On the Knocker" for Labour in West Ham

 

Today and Sunday have been another couple of “full on” campaigning days for Labour candidates and activist supporters across Newham. In West Ham, we’ve had three sessions each day, including attending community events and services. 

Huge thanks to our West Ham and Beckton MP, James Asser, for joining us today, and to the well-respected West Ham ward Councillor (and my good friend and mentor) John Whitworth, who is retiring this year after 12 years of service.  

The weather has been mostly great – warm with plenty of blue skies, just the odd spot of rain that quickly cleared. It was lovely meeting many West Ham residents who have already voted Labour by post and catching up on casework they’d previously raised with us.  

Residents particularly value that Labour is the only party offering local, confidential, free advice surgeries every Saturday morning in the ward from 10am–11am (excluding Bank Holidays). None of the other candidates have ever done anything remotely similar for the ward, either before or during the campaign.  

The campaign carries on tomorrow, Wednesday, and of course Thursday. The count is on Friday when results will be announced – first the Mayoral vote, then the Councillors. In West Ham, we’re feeling positive but will approach the campaign, as all candidates should, as though it could be won or lost by a single vote.

(I need to ask the Newham History Group about the wall plaque in the bottom left that intrigued James and me. It appears to be some sort of boundary mark but connect with Rotherhithe in Surrey)

Labour Unions answers the Question: "What has a Labour Government ever done for us?"

 

Our rights weren’t handed down - they were fought for. And they’re only secured when we organise

Statutory Sick Pay from day one. Repeal of the Trade Union Act. Paternity & parental leave from day one. Removing picketing restrictions. Bereavement leave for fathers & partners. New protections for whistle-blowers. Stronger action on fire and rehire. A new Fair Work Agency to enforce your rights. Simpler union recognition rights. Making it easier for workers to get unionised.

Longer strike ballot mandates. Simpler industrial action rules. Protection from dismissal for striking workers. Restoring opt-in union political funds. Simplifying industrial action and industrial action ballot notices. Ending the 10-year ballot rule for union political funds.

This is why the Labour-union link is so important. The #NewDeal for Working people is a partnership between trade unions and the Labour Party. Passing the Employment Rights Act was only the beginning. We need to ensure that new rights are delivered in practice and properly enforced. We’ll keep pushing the government until the #NewDeal for Working People has been delivered in full

https://x.com/labourunionsuk

Full on West Ham canvass day (more to follow)

It was a busy day campaigning for Labour in West Ham, starting with an early breakfast at the Plaistow Cafe to plan before heading out to different parts of the ward. 

At lunch, I stopped by our headquarters in the Trinity Centre to pick up more leaflets and garden stakes. 

The afternoon was spent knocking on doors, having great conversations with local residents—some challenging but all constructive—while our amazing volunteers delivered leaflets across the ward. 

In the early evening, we ran another leaflet delivery session, attended important stakeholder meetings, and dropped off garden stakes and window posters to members. 

Tomorrow and Monday, we’ll be running sessions from 11-1pm, 2-4pm, and 5-7pm—get in touch via our Facebook page if you can help. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61585277087343

Renters Rights Act is now law - the "biggest upgrade to renter's protection in more than a generation"

 

Great news that Labour has delivered for 11 million private renters in England. My dad, who has sadly passed away, would have been so proud. Back in the 1950s, he helped form a private renters’ tenants association in Buckley, North Wales, to stand against Tory attacks on their rights. He was already active in the trade union movement, worked as an electrician in what is now Airbus, later became a local Labour councillor, and remained a lifelong supporter of the Party.

Alongside the Employment Rights Act—another once-in-a-generation, 50-year boost to workers’ rights—Labour has delivered fair funding for councils to prevent bankruptcies, scrapped the two-child benefit cap, massively increased affordable housing, and brought the railways back into public ownership, showing real commitment to working-class people.

Of course, we want more, and there have been mistakes, but they’ve largely owned up to them and worked to fix issues like restoring fuel grants for low-income pensioners and recognising the state of Palestine.

If you want more of this—vote Labour.  

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