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Housing is one of the reasons I got into politics, it is important to me, it is important to my constituents, and it underpins almost every aspect of our lives.
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Beam Park Labour Councillors Matthew Stanton and Trevor McKeever are pleased to announce that the planning application for the ticket office at Beam Park Station has officially been approved — a major milestone in the long-awaited delivery of this vital transport link.
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Prospective Labour councillor candidates Eric Sheqi and Karen Bemard have met with concerned parents at Scargill Infant School, as well as nearby residents, amid growing fears over speeding putting children’s lives at risk.
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Following the unanimous decision by Havering Council to endorse a Labour proposal for an anti-idling campaign at the council meeting in July, St Albans Councillor Jane Keane quite reasonably asked what progress the administration had made towards this.
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Romford Labour has repeatedly raised concerns about the borough’s over-reliance on cars, lack of safe active travel options, and missed opportunities for cleaner, more inclusive infrastructure. The numbers now confirm it
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Following pre-decision scrutiny by a cross-party committee the previous week, the Cabinet of Havering Council agreed it’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy on Wednesday 9 April.
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Local Councillors joined staff from Clarion and the volunteers from the Mardyke Community Centre, Rainham to distribute food donated by the Felix Project on Monday 7 April.
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This evening, Members of the Council’s People Overview and Scrutiny Sub-Committee will meet to consider the Havering Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2025
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This week Margaret Mullane MP launched a campaign petition in a bid to secure the £35 million capital investment Queen’s Hospital needs to expand the Emergency Department (A&E), boosting capacity and bringing down waiting times. The investment will also secure a PET scanner for the hospital which will reduce cancer diagnosis waiting times across Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and Redbridge.
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There is no doubt about it, as the Trussell Trust have reported, hunger and hardship will get worse under Labour austerity.
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Beam Park Councillors Trevor Mckeever and Matt Stanton, approached a family business in Rainham for help support a local charity and they stepped forward with a donation of £3,700 for Havering Learning Disability Society.
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Havering Council was able to pass a balanced budget after the Labour Government agreed to a ‘capitalisation order’, effectively a line of credit extended by the government.
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Councillors Trevor McKeever and Matt Stanton organised a Jobs and Skills fair at the Mardyke Community Centre on Tuesday 18 February.
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Havering Labour Councillors received reports from Public Protection officers on Tuesday 21 October as part of the ‘People’ Overview and Scrutiny Committee.
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After talking with shopkeepers in Dagenham Heathway, Elm Park and Rainham about shoplifting gangs and sickening threats of violence to staff I have met with senior Police officers to put in place actions to bring these thugs to justice.
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Following the devastating wildfire that destroyed 17 homes in Wennington Village during the July 2022 heatwave, the home owners suffered insult to their injury when they discovered that Havering Council, in following the then Tory Government’s rules, were required to impose a Community Infrastructure Levy payment when the houses were rebuilt.
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Since being elected in July Margaret Mullane the Member of Parliament for Dagenham and Rainham has been in constant communication with stakeholders pressing for the delivery of Beam Park station.
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Margaret Mullane the Member of Parliament for Dagenham and Rainham has intervened to get repairs carried out to the traffic lights at the busy junction at the Cherry Tree Rainham. Margaret was contacted by residents and road users about deliberate vandalism to the traffic lights and the mayhem that has resulted.
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Margaret Mullane, the Dagenham and Rainham Member of Parliament, is making arrangements to meet with residents across the her constituency to hear their concerns in question and answer sessions.
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Despite the pleas of affected residents, local councillors, and the Member of Parliament, Housing Association L&Q have refused to prioritise the repair of two broken lifts in Duxbury House in the new Beam Park development.
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