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City Hall Conservatives have accused Mayor Sadiq Khan of abdicating his fundamental duty to London during the capital’s worst transport crisis in years, with the Mayor maintaining a conspicuous silence while millions of commuters suffer through devastating Underground strikes.
Councillor Viddy Persaud, Conservative councillor for Rush Green and Crowlands Ward, has demanded answers from the Council Leader over revelations that some council staff may be working from overseas for long periods of time.
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Residents of Beam Park ward participated in a free health and wellbeing event at Mardyke Community Centre on September 9. The session offered services like blood pressure checks and advice on wellbeing, fostering community engagement and support. Future events are planned.
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The explosion of House of Multiple Occupancy (HMO) applications across Havering is going to become a defining issue of our me locally, that’s if you think it hasn’t already. What was once a borough of settled communities and family homes is rapidly becoming a patchwork of transient lets, overcrowded properties, and disappearing neighbourhood identity.
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Residents and councillors celebrated the dedication of Reed Pond Walk Copse as Havering’s fourth protected Village Green, ensuring its preservation for wildlife and community enjoyment, while fostering local connection and appreciation for green spaces.
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Rainham Labour are pleased to see that resident’s concerns around noise and disorder have been listened to after Havering’s Licensing Committee rejected an application for thousands of people to descend on Damyns Hall Airfield at short notice for a music festival.
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Councillor Judith Holt and Mr Martin Firmstone, the Conservative Councillor and Candidate for St. Alban’s Ward, have pledged to support the initiative which is sweeping the country and has seen the raising of over one million Union Jacks, St. George’s Crosses and other UK flags
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Andrew Rosindell, Member of Parliament for Romford, has issued a strong statement in response to the latest immigration statistics, describing them as “nothing short of shocking and deeply alarming.”
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The Marshalls and Rise Park Conservative Action Team have succeeded in their campaign to stop the planning of another House of Multiple Occupancy, commonly known as an HMO, in Romford.
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“I am appalled that some local authorities across the country are reportedly removing Union Jack and Cross of St. George flags from lampposts and public spaces, even though these have been paid for and proudly raised by local residents in their own communities,” Mr. Rosindell said
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Dagenham and Rainham has a proud service history and that is why on days like today we must honour those that went before, on whose sacrifices our freedoms were built.”
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Councillor Susan Hall AM, Leader of City Hall Conservatives, joined Councillor Keith Prince AM in Hornchurch last week, for the launch of new safer streets campaign aimed at giving retailers and residents a voice.
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The Marshalls and Rise Park Havering Residents Association (HRA) Team were joined by fellow HRA members from across the borough
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Andrew Rosindell M.P., Member of Parliament for Romford, has voiced strong opposition to reported plans by the Labour Government to permit the selling off of allotments across the country to make way for new developments.
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We have been badly let down by all governments. The British people are now angry and have lost patience. A radical change is needed. Our country is running out of time to sort this mess out!”
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A Hornchurch Councillor and Candidate are appealing to private landlords to take a closer interest in their properties, after spates of anti-social behaviour and fly-tipping in the Park Lane area.
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Last week, we saw one of Havering’s Councillors imply that local Politicians are distracting residents and that no party is talking about what they will do with Havering’s finances from May 2026.Let’s be clear, May 2026 is in eight months’ time. Any Party or campaign making spending commitments in the current financial climate that Havering finds itself in is not just irresponsible, it is misleading.
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HRA members and locals united to clean Moray Way, combating litter issues highlighted by Cllr Crowder. The event emphasized community effort and aims for long-term solutions like CCTV to prevent fly-tipping.
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The local Marshalls and Rise Park Conservative Action Team comprising of Councillor Robert Benham, Bailey Nash-Gardner and Councillor Nisha Patel, have recently announced the launch of a new campaign to install CCTV cameras in Moray Way in response to growing concerns from residents over persistent fly-tipping and anti-social behaviour.
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Margaret Mullane MP exclusively told the Havering Daily: “We have been here before, in 2013 and 2017 Dagenham police station was under threat of closure, and it was the MP and local community who campaigned and saved it. I worked on those campaigns and will lead on this again.”
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