A long-standing community event that raises thousands of pounds for local good causes in Brixton could move to Greenwich borough after Lambeth Council increased its charges by nearly 3,000 per cent. Urban Art Fair, which is held in Brixton every summer and has non-profit status, was told by Lambeth Council it needed to shell out […]
Gráinne Cuffe, Local Democracy Reporter
Gráinne Cuffe is the Local Democracy Reporter for Lewisham, Southwark and Lambeth, based at the News Shopper. We use Grainne's Lewisham stories, and her Southwark stories where they have a wider impact across SE London. She tweets @Grainne_Cuffe / grainne.cuffe[at]newsquest.co.uk
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Government spent £766,000 on doomed free school planning application
The government’s Department for Education spent more than three quarters of a million pounds on the doomed planning application for the International Academy of Greenwich free school – taking the total bill for the controversial school so far to over £7 million. The school announced its closure in October after the Greenwich Council refused planning […]
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International Academy of Greenwich parents left reeling by free school closure
Parents and pupils at the International Academy of Greenwich free school have been left shocked and dismayed after the Department for Education decided to close the school last week. The controversial school had planned to build a 765-pupil base at the Bowring Sports Ground in Lee, but the application was unanimously blocked by Greenwich councillors […]
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