John's Labour blog

My own personal blog. UNISON NEC member for Housing Associations & Charities, HA Convenor, London Regional Council Officer & Chair of its Labour Link Committee. Newham Cllr for West Ham Ward, Vice Chair of Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, Pension trustee, Housing & Safety Practitioner. Centre left and proud member of Labour movement family. Strictly no trolls please. Promoted by Jack Risbridger on behalf of J. Gray both at The Trinity Centre, East Avenue, E12 6SG.

Thursday, March 12, 2026

UNISON Community (Housing Associations & Charities) Seminar & Conference 2026 - Day two

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  Sorry this is a little late post but been just a little super busy with stuff lately. Day 2 of the event is our motion based annual commun...
Sunday, March 08, 2026

Out and about in East Ham South

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Great street surgery last Sunday with Labour colleagues,  Mayoral candidate Forhad Hussain  and Stephen Timms MP. Spotted a dumped fridge fr...
Friday, March 06, 2026

UNISON Community (Housing Associations & Charities) Seminar & Conference 2026 - Day One

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Last weekend I attended our annual seminar and conference as a NEC member of the Community Service Group Executive (SGE). The first day kick...
Thursday, March 05, 2026

Your TUC guide to new Employment Rights 2026

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  JG A fantastic victory for the Labour Movement. Our Labour Party political and trade union industrial wings working together to benefit al...
Wednesday, March 04, 2026

Good riddance to bad rubbish when with Forhad we have real leadership we can reply on

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Press release from London Labour  “If Clive Furness and Robin Wales count as a ‘major London announcement’, Reform really are scraping the b...
Tuesday, March 03, 2026

The community backs Forhad

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  Former UNISON caretaking steward and long‑time Newham resident Montrose (Monty) Matty is backing Forhad for Labour Mayor. Monty is known...
Monday, March 02, 2026

Better Woke than Broke "Opinion: Why Reform UK is misguided, mistaken and just plain wrong on the LGPS"

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  JG. Glyn was at our Community National Seminar on Friday and I attended his Pensions training workshop. I will post on the seminar later b...
Sunday, March 01, 2026

"Labour is delivering for Newham" - Council Budget meeting 26.2.26

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  At Thursday’s annual budget meeting I was pleased to second the motion approving the Housing Revenue Account for the coming year. My three...

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David’s Day!

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  ...and the first day of Spring.
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Custom House Canvass Sunday 22.2.26

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  A very positive canvass last Sunday with Heather and a great team of activists. Simon was out with another group, joined by our Mayoral ca...
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