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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Mar 1

Gr8 to be out on the @wflabour.bsky.social #Leytonstone #LabourDoorStep 🌹this AM in the glorious spring sunshine☀️! Lots of really positive 💬! Thanx to @miriammirwitch.bsky.social Cllr Rhiannon Elgin & Georgina for helping. @lgalabour.bsky.social

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Miriam Mirwitch @miriammirwitch.bsky.social · Mar 1

It was lovely to be out on the #LabourDoorstep this morning in sunny Leytonstone for the fab Cllrs @labourstone.bsky.social, Jenny Gray and Marie Pye.

Great to speak to residents about local issues and @wflabour.bsky.social! #VoteLabour

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Jan 31

Rain🌧️ did not stop play out on the @wflabour.bsky.social #Leytonstone #LabourDoorstep🌹 this AM. Lots of gr8 chat💬 with local residents! @calvinbailey.bsky.social @lgalabour.bsky.social @graciemaew.bsky.social @miriammirwitch.bsky.social @shumonalirahman.bsky.social @kira.social

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Healthy Streets for Higham Hill & LLoyd Park @healthyhighamhill.bsky.social · Jan 28

Loving our new accessible pavements replacing parking, daylighting with cycle parking and informal play/seating.

Fantastic to see thanks to @labourstone.bsky.social @kira.social @shumonalirahman.bsky.social @wfcouncil

New accessible pavement around trees with cycle parking and seating

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Jan 27

#BlisterPack #Recycling♻️ returns today in #Leytonstone #Walthamstow #Chingford Libraries, as Waltham Forest Council leads & pioneers in identifying #Recycling♻️ solutions for ‘difficult’ packaging. @lgalabour.bsky.social @wflabour.bsky.social @graciemaew.bsky.social @miriammirwitch.bsky.social

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Toby Spearpoint @tobyspearpoint.bsky.social · Jan 25

Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some wad eat that want it,
But we hae meat and we can eat,
And sae the Lord be thankit.
Robert Burns

A Parklet with a picture of Robert Burns and Slainte Mhath written in chalk

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Alison Hill @dralisonhill.bsky.social · Jan 25

Further confirmation that traffic reduction measures don’t affect high street spending. #PedestrianPound
www.centreforcities.org/blog/ulez-ex...

ULEZ expansion hasn’t hurt high street spending - Centre for Cities

Large scale credit card transaction data shows that the expansion of ULEZ in 2023 did not reduce demand for high street goods and services.

www.centreforcities.org

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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · Jan 25

We're about to publish our latest episode - it's a good one - and great news, our lovely Patreon supporters can listen early. You can find out more about supporting the pod, all the options and perks, including, yes, stickers, here: www.patreon.com/StreetsAhead...

Active travel, liveable streets and urban design.

www.patreon.com

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The Ranty Highwayman @rantyhighwayman.bsky.social · Jan 25

It's partly because of programmes such as RIS2 that we have to spend money retrofitting local streets to try to mitigate the impacts of climate change; but it is something we have to do now anyway.

labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Jan 25

Works on the 1st section of the #WalthamForest #Flood Resilience Scheme incl. #RainGardens in #WadleyRdE11 is nearing completion. Here's some pics. charting progress. Resurfacing early next wk on this section & works begin on 2nd half later next wk. @wflabour.bsky.social @calvinbailey.bsky.social

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Jan 25

#BringIt the #NLWA #ReusableRevolution Campaign has been launched in #WalthamForest! Thanx to the support of local businesses!
@wflabour.bsky.social @graciemaew.bsky.social @calvinbailey.bsky.social @miriammirwitch.bsky.social @kira.social @lgalabour.bsky.social

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Jan 25

Works on the 1st section of the #WalthamForest #Flood Resilience Scheme incl. #RainGardens in #WadleyRdE11 is nearing completion. Here's some pics. charting progress. Resurfacing early next wk on this section & works begin on 2nd half later next wk. @wflabour.bsky.social @calvinbailey.bsky.social

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Will Norman @willnorman.co.uk · Jan 24

So despite all the fuss and noise, new data shows that the ULEZ expansion hasn’t hurt high street spending - it’s just helped clean up London’s air 💚

www.centreforcities.org/blog/ulez-ex...

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Jan 25

It was 'Bright n Breezy' out on the @wflabour.bsky.social🌹
#Leytonstone #LabourDoorStep yesterday AM. Lots of gr8 chat 💬 with local residents & plenty of support for @teamlabouruk.bsky.social🌹!
@lgalabour.bsky.social @graciemaew.bsky.social @calvinbailey.bsky.social

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Jan 17

Crackin 1st @wflabour.bsky.social🌹 @lgalabour.bsky.social🌹 @teamlabouruk.bsky.social🌹
#Leytonstone #LabourDoorStep of ‘25 with @calvinbailey.bsky.social to kick off @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
#NationalCampaignWeekend
this AM. Lots of really gr8 chat 💬 & positive support!

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Jan 13

Gr8 to see #LBWalthamForest joining the #NLWA #BringIt #ReusableRevolution to combat single use plastic!

@wflabour.bsky.social @lgalabour.bsky.social @rezinachowdhury.bsky.social @mikehakata.bsky.social @adamdkharrison.bsky.social @graciemaew.bsky.social

www.nlwa.gov.uk/news/waltham...

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Healthy Streets for Higham Hill & LLoyd Park @healthyhighamhill.bsky.social · Jan 8

Esther Road in Waltham Forest was subject to bad flooding in 2021.

Parking out, rain gardens in. Beautiful, urban cooling, mental health boosting, biodiverse, flood mitigating awesomeness.

@labourstone.bsky.social @meristemdesign.bsky.social
#healthystreets #healthystreets4hhlp

A terraced street with parking removed and rain gardens installed both sides

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Jan 11

Busy #Leytonstone Cllrs Surgery. Site visit to see sheet ice 🥶 originating from a developers site impacting #pedestrians #cyclists. A difficult housing case, a #flytipper trying to avoid paying an FPN & a #recycling ♻️ refuse-nik, who turned up to return his caddy liners 🤷! @wflabour.bsky.social

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Dec 18

Always good to catch up with #Leytonstones fav & best #Barber💈/ Hair Stylist Costa in ‘Mario’s’ for a #ChristmasTrim & #BarbersChair💈 Banter😉🫢🤫! Wot a #Leytonstone & Waltham Forest #Legend Costa is! @lgalabour.bsky.social
@calvinbailey.bsky.social @wflabour.bsky.social @graciemaew.bsky.social

labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Dec 5

‘Christmas🎄Cuppa with a Cllr’ Fri. 6th Dec.- 1030- 1130AM
-Leytonstone Library. Clyde🎅, Jenny🧑‍🎄 & Marie🤶 would like to invite Leytonstone Ward residents to join them for a bit of Christmas Chat🎄, a ☕️ ,& a mince 🥧!
Clyde, Marie & Jenny
🎄☃️🎅🎄☃️🧑‍🎄🎄☃️🤶
@lgalabour.bsky.social @wflabour.bsky.social

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Rich @hoxtonrich.bsky.social · Nov 29

So it’s Heidi Alexander replacing Lou Haigh…seems a promising appointment for safety and active travel. What do people think? www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

From deputy mayor to Transport Secretary: Heidi Alexander should be good for London

New Cabinet minister is former Sadiq Khan deputy who helped open Elizabeth line and kept TfL during pandemic

www.standard.co.uk

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Nov 29

Securing ‘Extended Producer Responsibility’ payments was part of @wflabour.bsky.social ‘22 Manifesto. So after years of dither & delay by Tory Govs., this is a big initial step forward by DeFRA SoS Steve Reed & our new @UKLabour Government. My NLWA statement here👇!
www.nlwa.gov.uk/news/nlwa-ca...

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Nov 29

Pleased to see my friend & colleague @heidialexander.bsky.social
as the new SoS for Transport. Heidi understands the opportunities for #activetravel🚶‍♀️‍➡️🚲🛴 in helping improve our own health & wellbeing, as well as that of our towns, cities & our planet 🌍! @wflabour.bsky.social @lgalabour.bsky.social

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Nov 29

Crackin' @wflabour.bsky.social #Leytonstone #LabourDoorStep this AM in the glorious winter su☀️! Lots of people talking about the need to reconsult on expanding the nearby #SchoolStreet! We'll see what we can do! @graciemaew.bsky.social @lgalabour.bsky.social @kira.social @ahsankhan9.bsky.social

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London Cycling Campaign @londoncycling.bsky.social · Nov 28

1.3 million journeys a day!

1.3 MILLION JOURNEYS A DAY!!!

New data release from Transport for London today shows cycling in London is going up, and up and up. tfl-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/new-tfl...

We campaign, we deliver, London wins.

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labourstone.bsky.social @labourstone.bsky.social · Nov 28

Gr8 to get a progress update yesterday on Waltham Forest Councils 12 month #CoffeeCup #Recycling♻️ Scheme operating in our Town Centres across the borough. We’ve collected via our fab barrow crews 0.64 tonnes of used coffee cups- roughly 16,000- to be #recycled♻️ into paper. @wflabour.bsky.social

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