Greenwich Labour councillors criticised their own London mayor last night over cuts to south-east London’s bus services – with a senior councillor admitting getting into “a bit of trouble” for campaigning against the shortening of the key 53 routes. Transport cabinet member Denise Scott-McDonald said that the mayor’s office objected to Greenwich launching a joint […]
April 2019
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Greenwich Council to change its mind and declare a climate emergency
Greenwich Council is to declare a climate emergency, a senior councillor revealed last night, just two months after she dismissed a proposal to make the borough carbon neutral by 2030. Denise Scott-McDonald made the revelation under pressure from councillors at a meeting of the regeneration, transport and culture scrutiny panel which also saw a veteran […]
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‘Weddings will pay for security’: Town hall fees row hits Greenwich Labour conference
A Greenwich councillor was told that two wedding parties were expected to pay the costs of security and cleaning for a Labour Party event in Woolwich Town Hall, documents passed to 853 reveal. The council’s ruling Labour group, which holds 41 of the 51 seats on the council, held a conference at the borough’s headquarters […]
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Brexit is hitting Greenwich’s tourism trade, culture councillor says
Tourists are being put off visiting Greenwich because of concern over the country’s impending departure from the European Union, the borough’s cabinet member for culture has warned. Stats from last year show that Royal Museums Greenwich – the National Maritime Museum, Cutty Sark, Old Royal Naval College and Queen’s House – had seen a two […]
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Two more neighbouring boroughs declare climate emergencies after Greenwich’s refusal
Two more of Greenwich’s neighbouring boroughs have declared climate emergencies, weeks after it rejected a call to do so because it said it was already doing enough to deal with climate change. Tower Hamlets and Newham, both Labour-run councils, both joined Lewisham in pledging to make their boroughs carbon neutral by 2030. Lewisham made the […]
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Greenwich Council to investigate 32 sites for 260 council homes
Greenwich Council’s cabinet has rubber-stamped plans to look at building 268 new council homes on 32 sites around the borough – the largest council home building programme in many years. Council officers are to begin surveying the sites in the coming months to see which are suitable – cabinet member Chris Kirby warned that not […]
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Greenwich’s Borough Hall faces sale to theatre company
Greenwich Council could sell its historic Borough Hall in west Greenwich to a theatre company as part of a deal to create a “performing arts hub”, papers for a council meeting reveal. The council had wanted to operate the Borough Hall, home to Greenwich Dance until last year, as a “joint venture” but has now […]
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Greenwich Low Emissions Neighbourhood is ineffective, residents’ group says
A residents’ group in east Greenwich has questioned the effectiveness of Greenwich Council’s “low emissions neighbourhood” – claiming it is failing to address poor air quality in the area. The scheme, part-funded with money from City Hall, was introduced after the council’s backing for the Enderby Wharf cruise liner terminal, east Greenwich’s Ikea store and […]
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