Council bosses in Greenwich are to be tasked with finding £2m in cuts following a warning the authority is “at the end of the line”. Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe said last night that years of Westminster austerity policies have pushed local government to breaking point over funding frontline services. As the council looks to […]
Tom Bull, Local Democracy Reporter
Tom Bull was the Local Democracy Reporter for Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley boroughs. His stories appear here courtesy of the BBC-backed Local Democracy Reporter Scheme. He has also written for us as a freelance reporter and now works for the Daily Star. He tweets @TomBulllll.
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Greenwich Council tax set for 2.99% hike to deal with Universal Credit and knife crime
Council tax in Greenwich is to be hiked up as the authority looks to establish a new anti-knife crime unit, deal with the impact of Universal Credit and balance stretched budgets. Greenwich Council’s financial plans have been published ahead of a formal sign-off at a meeting next week. According to the draft budget, council tax […]
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Government’s £210k isn’t enough to prepare for Brexit, Greenwich Council leader says
Greenwich Council is to get £210,000 from the government to prepare for Brexit – but it won’t be enough to deal with the problems the split from the European Union could bring, leader Danny Thorpe has said. Local government secretary James Brokenshire said last month that councils in England will receive £56.5m to help them […]
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‘We’re fed up’: The Woolwich traders blighted by Spray Street demolition scheme
The multi-billion pound Spray Street redevelopment scheme Woolwich, promoted by Greenwich Council, has kept long-standing and family business owners up at night fearing for their future. Local Democracy Reporter TOM BULL spoke to some of them. Traders in and around Spray Street have faced five years of uncertainty over controversial plans to bulldoze the covered […]
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Greenwich councillors unite to condemn anti-Semitism
Greenwich councillors put politics and town hall drama aside for a short while on Wednesday night to unanimously condemn hate crimes and anti-Semitic violence in Greenwich. Just days following Holocaust Memorial Day, Greenwich Council voted – like many other authorities – to make the statement of adopting the internationally recognised definition of anti-Semitism. The term is defined […]
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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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My residents won’t be able to afford your homes, Abbey Wood councillor tells developer
A councillor has criticised a developer for attempting to build home in Abbey Wood that residents “will only be able to look at”. Abbey Wood councillor Ann Marie Cousins argued with the developer over the type of housing being put forward for a major development of 21 and 12-storey blocks at Felixstowe Road, close to […]
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Berkeley Homes gets go-ahead for more shops in Woolwich’s Royal Arsenal
More shops will be coming to the historic Royal Arsenal site in Woolwich, Greenwich councillors decided on Tuesday. Developer Berkeley Homes was given permission in 2017 for shops and more than 110 flats in the historic Building 10 at the Arsenal site, but came back asking for more commercial space. The developer will now have 3,215 square metres […]
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