Four Newham Schools among first in the country to roll-out free breakfast clubs to support pupils and parents
Pupils will get a free breakfast while parents enjoy an extra 30 minutes of free childcare before school starts
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Newham celebrates £83K National Lottery Heritage grant boost
Newham Council has been awarded £83K worth of funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to launch Newham Heritage Month in May 2020, with the theme this year of ‘Making Home in Newham’, to celebrate the diversity of Newham's community through hundreds of years of migration.
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Up to 66 new council-owned homes and a new nursery planned for Plashet Road site
Up to 66 new council-owned homes and a new nursery are now being planned by Newham Council for the former Upton Community Centre on Plashet Road in Plaistow. This follows a decision by the council on 14 January to change the original proposals in order for the number of new homes to be increased.
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Leading experts speak at Early Years Conference in Newham
Top experts and more than 600 practitioners came together to celebrate children’s learning in the early years at a two-day conference.
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Mayor Fiaz joined by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP to launch Community Wealth Building strategy for a fairer Newham
A bold and pioneering approach to drive inclusive growth in Newham that benefits all residents, addresses poverty and tackles inequality was launched by Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz today.
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2020 to see Mayor of Newham’s ambitious housing programme move at pace
The Mayor of Newham’s promise to deliver more than 1,000 genuinely affordable council homes will gather pace in 2020, as transformation works take place across the borough putting residents at the heart.
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The green, green grass comes home
Fifteen years after Newham Council 'out-sourced' its parks and green spaces service to private contractors, Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz has visited staff to celebrate the vital environmental work being brought back 'in-house'.
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£1.1 million to enrich children’s lives with exciting projects across Newham in 2020
Newham Council is launching a host of cultural and creative opportunities to help children and young people across 81 schools in the borough develop their individual talents further in 2020, as part of a £1.1 million enrichment grant pilot.
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Merry Christmas from Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz
Hello Everyone!
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Mayor and Cabinet agree draft budget proposals
Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz and members of Newham Council’s Cabinet have agreed draft Budget proposals for the next three years that continues to invest in young people in the borough, supports the Council’s ambitious housing delivery programme, addresses air quality and the climate emergency, supports the homeless and ensures that residents in work are treated fairly.
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Mayor of Newham calls on Chancellor of Exchequer to reverse decision by Public Works Loan Board to ensure the safeguarding of future housebuilding
This week the Mayor of Newham Rokhsana Fiaz has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid asking him to reverse a decision made by the Public Works Loan Board to increase interest rates by one per cent for all new council borrowing.
