Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has accused Boris Johnson’s government of “bringing a sledgehammer” to negotiations with cash-strapped Transport for London – saying the Conservatives had “finished with Manchester” and were “coming for us”. The Financial Times revealed last night that the government had threaten to take direct control of Transport for London unless Labour […]
October 2020
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Drivers fined £3m for breaking Lewisham Council’s low-traffic neighbourhood rules
Lewisham Council has handed out more than £3 million in fines to drivers ignoring its controversial “low traffic neighbourhood” in Lee Green and Hither Green. The scheme, which set out to stop rat-running in residential roads between the A20 and the South Circular Road, was brought in under Covid-19 emergency transport measures in June. It has […]
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‘This isn’t ghettoisation’: Planning chair’s U-turn as revamped Kidbrooke Village scheme passes
Altered plans for the next phase of the Kidbrooke Village development were passed by Greenwich councillors last night – with the chair of planning taking back his comments made three months ago that the scheme represented “backdoor ghettoisation”. Proposals to build 1,306 homes to the south and east of the development, on land formerly occupied […]
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Lidl’s plans for supermarket at Mottingham’s Porcupine pub rejected
Councillors in Bromley have rejected plans to knock down the Porcupine pub in Mottingham and build a Lidl supermarket on the site. It is the second time the retail giant has tried to build a store on Mottingham Road, on the border with Greenwich borough, but it failed to convince councillors that enough had been […]
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Woolwich Works gets £984,000 emergency grant to beat coronavirus delay
The charity running Woolwich’s new creative district has been given nearly £1 million in emergency funding from the government after its plans to open this year were ripped up by the coronavirus pandemic. Woolwich Works had been due to open this autumn, providing a home for the immersive theatre company Punchdrunk, the National Youth Jazz […]
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Erith and Thamesmead’s MP Abena Oppong-Asare joins Labour front bench
Abena Oppong-Asare, the MP for Erith & Thamesmead, has been given a role on the Labour front bench by party leader Sir Keir Starmer, less than a year after being elected to the seat. She becomes shadow exchequer secretary, working alongside the shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds on the party’s Treasury team. She became an aide […]
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Lee Green’s low traffic neighbourhood to be partly rolled back to ease jams
Lewisham Council has set out changes to its first low traffic neighbourhood, in Lee Green and Hither Green, to help relieve traffic congestion in neighbouring areas. The changes include allowing vehicles, except HGVs, through the camera-enforced barrier in Manor Lane and adjusting the existing cameras on Ennersdale Road and Dermody Road to allow vehicles to travel one-way west to east. It’s also […]
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TfL bailout: Mayor and Tory rival unite against South Circular congestion charge proposal
Updated story: Sadiq Khan and his Conservative rival Shaun Bailey have united against proposals to expand London’s congestion charge to the North and South Circular roads. This huge increase to the charging area is believed to be a government condition in ongoing negotiations for a new Transport for London (TfL) bailout, which has been extended […]
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