Blossom Young (@blossomyoung) 's Twitter Profile
Blossom Young

@blossomyoung

People, places, politics. Placeshaping with @PoplarHARCA and @accents_ldn. @UKLabour Councillor for Beckton, LB Newham. Co-chair @ProjectArtWorks. Views my own

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Newham London 💙 (@newhamlondon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tenants and leaseholders - sign up to the new ‘Improving Your Homes’ newsletter for the latest updates and info on what we’re doing to deliver a better housing service. orlo.uk/nv0UA Visit: orlo.uk/AukH2 Blossom Young

Rokhsana Fiaz OBE (@rokhsanafiaz) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📣🧵READ: happenings in Newham London 💙 this week & next: ➡️ Department for Culture, Media and Sport see the awesomeness of our Youth Zones 🙌🏽 ➡️ Latest cultural venue opens with V&A East Storehouse 🙌🏽 ➡️ Our Newham Data service taking our young people to SXSW next week 🌟 More ℹ️👇🏽 tinyurl.com/4872c5cm

📣🧵READ: happenings in <a href="/NewhamLondon/">Newham London 💙</a> this week &amp; next:
➡️ <a href="/DCMS/">Department for Culture, Media and Sport</a> see the awesomeness of our Youth Zones 🙌🏽
➡️ Latest cultural venue opens with <a href="/vam_east/">V&A East</a> Storehouse  🙌🏽
➡️ Our Newham Data service taking our young people to <a href="/sxsw/">SXSW</a> next week  🌟

More ℹ️👇🏽
tinyurl.com/4872c5cm
Larisa Zilickaja (@larisazilickaja) 's Twitter Profile Photo

People Powered Places 2025–27🎉🎉🎉 Residents can apply for up to £5,000, youth-led projects can apply for up to £10,000 and Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector can apply for up to £20,000 to make Newham a better place to live in🎉

People Powered Places 2025–27🎉🎉🎉  Residents can apply for up to £5,000, youth-led projects can apply for up to £10,000 and Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector can apply for up to £20,000 to make Newham a better place to live in🎉
Blossom Young (@blossomyoung) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Huge thanks for all your help on the doorstep yesterday John Gray Wonderful to have you and fantastic new campaigners join us. Sone great conversations yesterday, lots of support and things to follow up on. Lovely hearing residents talking about how green and safe the area feels

Newham London 💙 (@newhamlondon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This morning at a Cabinet meeting Cllr Blossom Young talked through the “significant progress” being made by the Council’s housing team to improve social housing after it received the lowest rating by the Regulator of Social Housing Read more here: newham.gov.uk/news/article/1…

Newham London 💙 (@newhamlondon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Have your say on our draft Housing Resident Involvement Strategy that we have been developing with you. Watch this short video about it, and to feedback, join us at a drop-in session or share your views online at: orlo.uk/JQtJV Blossom Young

Blossom Young (@blossomyoung) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great to see the Housing team Newham London 💙 consulting with wider Council teams on our draft Resident Involvement Strategy today - it'll take a #OneCouncil approach after all. Thanks John Morris for your support too. Get involved at newhamco-create.co.uk/en/projects/ca…

Great to see the Housing team <a href="/NewhamLondon/">Newham London 💙</a> consulting with wider Council teams on our draft Resident Involvement Strategy today - it'll take a #OneCouncil approach after all. Thanks <a href="/Plaistovian/">John Morris</a>
for your support too.
Get involved at newhamco-create.co.uk/en/projects/ca…
Cllr John Morris (@plaistovian) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🧵 1/ Big things are happening in Newham! Through Newham Labour Group's Building a Fairer Newham manifesto, we're transforming services, investing in communities, and delivering for residents. Here’s a snapshot of what we’ve already achieved across our first six priorities. 👇

James Beckles (@james_beckles) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A fantastic Summer Placement scheme with James Asser MP MP. If you're a young person living in the West Ham and Beckton constituency apply now! #CustomHouse #CanningTown #WestHam #Beckton jamesasser.co.uk/survey/summer-…

Newham London 💙 (@newhamlondon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Good evening, welcome to The London Borough of Newham’s Full Council presided over by Chair Dr Rohit Kumar Dasgupta. The Mayor is Rokhsana Fiaz OBE If you wish to follow the meeting live, click on this link: youtube.com/watch?v=VQivb_…

Good evening, welcome to The London Borough of Newham’s Full Council presided over by Chair Dr Rohit Kumar Dasgupta. The Mayor is <a href="/rokhsanafiaz/">Rokhsana Fiaz OBE</a>

If you wish to follow the meeting live, click on this link: youtube.com/watch?v=VQivb_…
Newham Labour Group (@newham_labour) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tonight John Morris commended the achievements of Newham's Just Transition and Sustainable Transport teams.  Our Just Transition team has won a LGC Net Zero Award, recognising our efforts to deliver climate action and environmental justice.

Blossom Young (@blossomyoung) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Very proud of the work of Newham London 💙 Housing team in turning a corner on our housing improvement journey - though there remains work to do. Overall resident satisfaction up from 59% in 23/24 to 71% in 24/25. Read more about our results at newham.gov.uk/housing-homes-…

Newham Labour Group (@newham_labour) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Tonight Blossom Young explained how we now have a Labour government committed to confronting the housing crisis head-on. And here in Newham we stand ready to work with them to deliver the homes that our residents so urgently need.

Newham Labour Group (@newham_labour) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Here is some of the action The Labour Party is taking: 📌a 10-year rent settlement to enable proper investment planning to improve the quality of homes 📌£39 billion to build genuinely affordable homes 📌£1 billion to tackle homelessness and provide temporary accommodation.

Newham Labour Group (@newham_labour) 's Twitter Profile Photo

She also outlined some of the progress made through the Housing Services Improvement Plan: 📌 Tenant satisfaction up from 59% to 71%. 📌Electrical safety checks up from 60% to 92%. 📌2,700 overdue repairs identified by the Regulator are now reduced to fewer than 10.

Lakmini Shah (@lakminishah) 's Twitter Profile Photo

At tonight’s Council meeting, proud to see Labour councillor colleagues leading the way, putting Newham residents first and making decisions that truly contribute to the betterment of our communities.

At tonight’s Council meeting, proud to see Labour councillor colleagues leading the way, putting Newham residents first and making decisions that truly contribute to the betterment of our communities.
Thelma Rose (@cllr_thelmarose) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Newham has led the way with our ‘Eat for Free’ scheme, feeding primary children for over 15 years. The impact, plus other efforts, is clear- our constituencies top UK’s social mobility league. That's why I fully back Labour’s plan to extend free school meals to secondary students