Last night’s Greenwich Council meeting ended in shambolic fashion as a motion on council freesheet Greenwich Info, which is due to cost the council £300,000 next year, was effectively talked out by Labour councillors. The fortnightly paper was criticised by a cross-party scrutiny panel in December, with all three rejecting a £1.3m contract to print […]
January 2019
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Greenwich Ikea: We’ll ‘aggressively’ watch traffic impacts, senior councillor says
Greenwich Council will “aggressively” monitor the impact of traffic from east Greenwich’s new Ikea, which opens to the public in a week’s time, its cabinet member for transport has promised. The controversial store, approved by the council in 2014, opens its doors next Thursday, and has been hosting a series of preview days this week. […]
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Greenwich Council asks residents to help with its budget – as leader warns it is at ‘end of line’ with cuts
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has launched a consultation into how the council should spend its money next year – warning the council is now “at the end of the line” in protecting vital services. The consultation is the first time since the government’s austerity policies began that the council has asked residents what its […]
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When will the Woolwich Ferry reopen? Greenwich councillor criticises ‘uncooperative’ TfL
A senior Greenwich councillor has criticised TfL over continuing delays in the reopening of the Woolwich Ferry, branding the mayor’s transport agency “uncooperative” in its handling of the refurbishment of the ferry. The service has been closed since October so it can be adapted for new vessels, Ben Woollacott and Dame Vera Lynn, which arrived […]
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Councillors call for new Woolwich conservation area to cover ‘Tesco tower’ site
Councillors on one of Greenwich Council’s planning committees have backed plans to create a conservation area in Woolwich – and suggested it be extended to cover the site of a planned tower block in front of the Tesco store. Last year, plans for a 27-storey block from developer Meyer Homes were thrown out by the […]
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Greenwich Ikea opening: Preview days announced as traffic anxiety grows
Customers will get their first look inside east Greenwich’s controversial Ikea store on Friday when two preview days are held for shoppers who are part of the retailer’s loyalty scheme. The store will be open on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd February for people who have signed up to the Ikea Family programme. Customers are […]
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Greenwich councillors sign off on £1.3m of cuts to voluntary groups
Greenwich councillors have signed off on £1.3m of cuts in funding to voluntary groups in the borough. Decision-makers were tasked with making the chop following a government axe to the public health funding pot. Grants worth £2.9m will be awarded following the cuts, but 99 applications were made by 63 groups asking for a combined […]
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Greenwich Labour accused of breaking promise on council tax support
Greenwich Conservative leader Matt Hartley has accused the Labour council of backtracking on a promise to exempt 15,000 low-income residents from council tax – but council leader Danny Thorpe has called on his opposite number to fight for more cash for councils from central government. Thorpe’s predecessor, Denise Hyland, told a council meeting in February […]
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