Council housing as we know it all started with the Addison Act. But what is it and why was it so important? @MrGeorgeClarke explains 👇 #CouncilHouse100#UKHousing https://t.co/PP5jG4MyZa
Mayor of Newham @rokhsanafiaz to meet her pledge to start building 1,000 new homes at social rent with cash boost of 276 million
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Council staff are at the scene, working with the emergency services. The block has been evacuated and everyone is safe, with people being assisted at our rest centre at Thames View Community Centre, Bastable Road. If you live nearby & are concerned please go to the rest centre.
#Barking
BREAKING: A huge blaze has erupted in a new build block of apartments believed to be Barking Riverside on De Pass Gardens in east London.
London Fire Brigade say they have around 70 firefighters at the scene.
Video: @MarceVercellesi
Fire on the Barking Riverside estate. Huge!!! Serious!!! Only a couple of weeks after the residents association specifically asked the builders @Bellway_Homes who said the wood cladding was fire retardant and perfectly safe @barkingriver@barkingriver@CllrDRodwell
Dominic Raab was member of Facebook group calling for workhouses for the poor
'As an Ultra, your duty is to pressure Conservative Party on: privatisation of healthcare, sale of all council housing and workhouses for debtors'
A safe pair of #Brexit hands
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Tory Dominic Raab was a member of a Facebook group, The Ultras, that stated 'selling off council housing, ending free healthcare, and bringing back workhouses for debtors are policies that "have found their time to enter Britain'. He wants to be Prime Minister! #marr#ridge
Oh look, Dominic Raab, frothing-at-the-mouth rightwing Tory housing minister, belonged to a secret Facebook group in favour of privatising all council housing and reintroducing workhouses for debtors https://t.co/NVsCQDHHNL
Exclusive: Newham Council has confirmed the repairs division's payroll system is under review as figures reveal the extent of staff "bonuses" going back years https://t.co/jkp5Wx3p1e
@NewhamLondon Schools and similar places should have parking restrictions taken off at children pick up and drop of times! Extremely difficult to park near to school for many especially when living far away from the school.Parking wardens to be given new training in this regard please..
@andypaice@rokhsanafiaz@NewhamLondon Schools and similar places should have parking restrictions taken off at children pick up and drop of times! Extremely difficult to park near to school for many especially when living far away from the school.Parking wardens to be given new training in this regard please..
*Stop Press* Papers for next week's Extraordinary Full Council at 7.30pm Stratford Town Hall - open to all @NewhamLondon residents. What really happened in Highways Repairs & Maintenance + £8.6 million overspend. & what we plan to do next #transparency https://t.co/lFv9rRrCtz
“The last 40 years have seen more insecurity, higher rents, a one-off boost to home ownership followed by the expansion of private renting….it's way past time for an alternative” writes @Jules_Birch in response to the @Shelter commission report #ukhousing https://t.co/FeCJDJeJ7W