Stay updated with Cllr Morris:
Your local councillor for Canning Town South
I'm John Morris. A Newham councillor since 2022, I'm proud to now represent Canning Town South. From housing and bins to planning and anti-social behaviour, I'm here to help you get problems sorted and to stand up for our community.
Canning Town South, London Borough of Newham
Casework
As your councillor, I can help you cut through council bureaucracy and get problems sorted — from housing repairs to bins, benefits, and anti-social behaviour.
Repairs, damp and mould, overcrowding, temporary accommodation, and disputes with the council or housing associations.
Council Tax queries and support, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Reduction, and help accessing other financial support.
Local planning applications, objections and support, and questions about development affecting your street.
Active campaigns
Pressing for measures to slow traffic and protect pedestrians on the streets residents raise with me most.
Follow this campaign →Working with residents and the Council on noise from the Caxton Street North car wash, after enforcement limits lapsed.
Follow this campaign →Latest updates
The full story of the Greenway closure — from Thames Water's September 2024 sewer repairs, through Cabinet's £3m commitment to an alternative route, to the extended timeline running to 2028 and the preliminary designs going to Cabinet on 15 September.
Read more →From September, every household in Newham will get three free bulky waste collections a year, as the council pairs the new service with tougher fly-tipping enforcement.
Read more →TfL has responded on the prolonged Escalator 10 outage at Canning Town, confirming a step defect that makes the escalator unsafe to use and a delay after a replacement part failed to meet safety standards. Escalator 4 has now also failed, unrelated, due to a split handrail.
Read more →In a high-profile interview with Newham Voices, Cllr John Morris has pressed Newham Council to take a much tougher stance on road safety, arguing the borough risks falling behind national and regional ambitions if it doesn't act.
Read more →I spent Saturday talking community outreach, governance and financing with local environmental activists at Transition Newham, then popped into Lumikha for a soft-launch ube matcha latte and pandan/ube roll ahead of their grand opening on 15 August.
Read more →The Mayor has confirmed that planning enforcement can no longer restrict the Caxton Street North car wash's hours after a ten-year immunity kicked in. Here's what that means, and the routes I'll be pressing the Council to pursue next.
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