John's Labour blog

My own personal blog. Labour & Co-op Cllr, Statutory Deputy Mayor & Cabinet Lead for Housing, UNISON NEC member for Community, Branch Secretary, 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 the Labour movement family. Strictly no trolls please.

Saturday, May 02, 2026

Full on West Ham canvass day (more to follow)

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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 di...
Friday, May 01, 2026

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

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  Great news that Labour has delivered for 11 million private renters in England. My dad, who has sadly passed away, would have been so prou...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Newham Green candidate accused of Criminal Offence & Election Fraud by giving ‘false address’ ....

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  "30th April 2026 Home address information published by the council for a range of those seeking election in the east London borough i...
Tuesday, April 28, 2026

International Workers Memorial Day 2026: UNISON Housing workers "Remember the Dead & Fight for the Living"

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Today, the Greater London UNISON Housing Association branch marked International Workers Memorial Day at the “clasping hands” statue in 3 Mi...
Monday, April 27, 2026

Keir Hardie Society Bulletin April 2026 - Vote for Keir

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  Check out the latest Keir Hardie Society Bulletin here https://www.keirhardiesociety.org/.  Keir, was of course, the first ever Labour MP ...
Sunday, April 26, 2026

Busy Labour Weekend in West Ham & Playing Away in Royal Victoria

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  It was a busy weekend. Friday started very early, getting into hard-to-access blocks to leaflet postal voters using trade access buttons. ...
Saturday, April 25, 2026

"Statement on the false claims by Areeq Chowdhury"

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  While I accept that politics can be a pretty brutal contest by all sides at times, the sheer deceitfulness and hypocrisy, of the Green Par...
Thursday, April 23, 2026

L&Q Housing Association UNISON notice board

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We were at the L&Q headquarters in Stratford, Newham, London last week in the evening for our branch Executive committee and I cannot re...
Wednesday, April 22, 2026

"On the Knocker" reminding West Hammers about their Postal Vote

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  A busy period and all candidates have got lots of steps in this phase of the election. My postal vote for the May 7 Election arrived at ho...
Monday, April 20, 2026

Retirement celebration with UNISON LAS Paramedic Pete Hannell

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  On Friday evening, I met up with Pete, who is retiring from the London Ambulance Service (LAS) as a paramedic after more than 30 years of ...
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