Category: Campaigns

Save Leyton Kids’ Free Travel! Fight the Tory Cuts!

The BRATTS storm parliament

Juat another reminder that on Wednesday 14th February between 9am and 10am, the South Eastern Regional Trades Union Congress (SERTUC), will be holding a lobby outside the London Assembly’s annual budget setting meeting at London’s City Hall, 2 the Queen’s Walk, London SE1 2AA.

SERTUC has called for this action, in order to defend the Mayor of London’s funding for free bus travel for London’s under-18s, which is under serious attack from the London Assembly Tories.

At a pre-budget meeting on 30th January, the London Assembly Conservatives moved to abolish free bus and tram travel for all under-18s in full time education!

The Tories’ proposal is an absolutely disgraceful proposal, which would seriously disadvantage the many low income families living in Leyton ward. Continue reading “Save Leyton Kids’ Free Travel! Fight the Tory Cuts!”

I Love Whipps Cross! – Waltham Forest demonstrates to Save Whipps Cross Hospital

Crowd gathers at the Save Whipps Cross rallywww.savewhippscross.org) organised a superb march and rally on Saturday, for local people to take to the streets and continue our borough’s campaign to keep Whipps Cross hospital a full, district general hospital.

Local residents from all parts of the borough joined all three of Waltham Forest’s MPs; Neil Gerrard, MP from Walthamstow, Harry Cohen, MP from Leyton and Wanstead, and Iain Duncan Smith, MP from Chingford and Woodford Green; Local Councillors from all three of the main political parties; and Waltham Forest’s London Assembly Member and Chair of the London Health Commission, Jennette Arnold Continue reading “I Love Whipps Cross! – Waltham Forest demonstrates to Save Whipps Cross Hospital”

From Whipps Cross to Westminster!

Waltham Forest's Labour councillors deliver our postcards to the Health Secretary

A delegation of Waltham Forest’s Labour councillors travelled up to Westminister at the end of last week to deliver our ‘I Love Whipps cross’ postcard petition to Patricia Hewitt, the Secretary of State for Health. We would like to thank the 1500 local people who filled out a postcard and supported the campaign Continue reading “From Whipps Cross to Westminster!”

Leyton Residents say “No!” to Music on Buses

Leyton residents Tom and Valeria, organisers of the 'music on buses' campaign

Many visitors to this website will have no doubt have read or heard about an excellent London wide campaign being run my two of my ward constituents, Tom Wright and Valeria Martinelli (pictured above), to get Transport for London, which runs London’s bus and tube network, to ban music being played out loud on the buses.

Tom has asked me to publicise the campaign on this site and ask you for your support! Continue reading “Leyton Residents say “No!” to Music on Buses”

I Love Whipps Cross – Your Hospital Needs You!

Labour Party Members fight for Whipps Cross

Your Local Hospital Needs You!

Waltham Forest’s Labour party members were out in force all over the borough at the weekend, campaigning to keep the services of our local hospital, Whipps Cross, local.

I was born in Whipps Cross hospital. I feel extremely strongly that the financial problems it is currently facing should not mean that local people lose much needed services.

Waltham Forest is not a rich borough and many people do not own a car. If we are forced to travel miles to receive essential treatment, local health inequalities – already some of the worst in the country – are just going to get worse.

The Waltham Forest Labour Party is appealing to Patricia Hewitt to do what is right and deliver the health provision that our local people need.

Whipps Cross should remain a full general hospital! Continue reading “I Love Whipps Cross – Your Hospital Needs You!”