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 30 May 2008 |
I started my day by meeting Newham’s interim Head of Culture and Tourism about possible funding support for the local community radio station, NuSound. I then met with Jessica Wanamaker, who r...
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| 23 May 2008 |
I started my day by meeting the Chief Inspector responsible for Neighbourhood Policing Borough wide, Zander Gibson, which was followed by a chat with one of my constituents at one of my favourite plac...
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| 9 May 2008 |
I started my day with a brief meeting with the Acting Head of Newham Homes, Michael Irvine, and then hotfooted it to Kensington Primary School where I was shown some of the latest facilities and was p...
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| 11 April 2008 |
I started my day by taking part in a recording for a creative musical project commissioned by St Barnabas Church, Manor Park. I then met with Frances Clarke from Community Links an old friend...
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| 5 April 2008 |
Due to my responsibilities as a Minister at the Department of Work and Pensions, I was unable to spend yesterday in East Ham as usual. However, I made up for it today with a packed Saturday sch...
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| 28 March 2008 |
I started my day at 8.30 am at Real Life Parenting, an excellent charity in Balaam Street offering a great self-help service for parents of disabled children and children with learning difficulti...
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| 14 March 2008 |
Today I visited the CEO of Tate & Lyle, Ian Bacon, to congratulate the company on its recent announcement that all of its sugar will now be fair trade and to discuss other issues facing them ...
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| 7 March 2008 |
At 7am this morning I was a guest on Woodside Hospital Radio, which was just starting its annual 24 hour broadcast. I went to Newham Town Hall, where I had a breakfast meeting with Chris Wo...
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| 22 February 2008 |
This morning I visited the NEAT – Newham Advanced Telecare – showflat at Holden Point in Stratford. I tried out a new system which will allow patients to monitor their own medical conditi...
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| 15 February 2008 |
I began my day by meeting my friend John Biggs, London Assembly Member for East London and Vice Chair of the London Development Agency. John and I visited Garry Moore of Phoenix Product Dev...
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| 8 February 2008 |
I started my day with a visit to Roman Road Primary School where I had the chance to see the latest facilities and talk to the children about my role as an MP. They gave me some excellent s...
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| 1 February 2008 |
This morning I met with Graham Jolly, the acting Chief Executive of Newham University Hospital, to discuss current issues at the hospital. After that I went to East Ham Town Hall, where I met wi...
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| 25 January 2008 |
I spent most of my day with Elaine Thomas and Sean Curran of BBC Radio World Service, who were recording a programme about faith groups in Newham. My argument in the programme was that "fai...
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| 18 January 2008 |
I started my day with a meeting at Tate & Lyle where I met the Chief Executive to talk about recent developments in their business. The sugar market has been dramatically changed by decisions ...
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| 11 January 2008 |
My first meeting of the day was with SERA, an organisation which aims to promote sustainable environmental policies within the Labour Party. I then met with Alison Young, the Chief Executive ...
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| 21 December 2007 |
My first appointment of the day was with Mr Otaigbe of Friendship Plus, an initiative to mobilise the Newham community to work together. After a few engagements with constituents I visited Nu Sound...
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| 14 December 2007 |
My first engagement of the day was at a meeting of the Manor Park branch of the Transport & General Workers Union, Retired Members Association. I spoke to them about what the Gover...
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| 8 December 2007 |
I started my day with one of my regular surgeries at the Froud Centre in Manor Park. After this I dropped in at the Volunteer Christmas Party at Newham City Farm, and then the "Upside of Do...
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| 7 December 2007 |
In the morning I met with Patrick Regan, the Chief Executive of XLP. XLP is a charity which performs youth and schools work in South East London, including in Newham. I also met with ...
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| 30 November 2007 |
I started my day by meeting with John Biggs, a Member of the London Assembly, to discuss current issues facing East London. I then travelled to Doran Court, where residents have reported problem...
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