Labour failed to wipe out the opposition on Greenwich Council in yesterday’s election – with the Conservatives successfully defending all nine of their council seats. Just as before the poll, Labour ended a long night of counting with 42 out of 51 seats – one fewer than they won in 2014’s election. With rumours circulating […]
Election 2018
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The Bexley bulletin: Will Tories be punished over parks and CCTV?
Local politics in Bexley is in some ways a mirror image of Greenwich – but tomorrow’s local elections there have an element of surprise about them. Will the Conservative council be punished for selling off parks and cutting back on CCTV coverage? 853’s DA-postcode correspondent STEVE KEENE explains what’s at stake the other side of […]
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Spray Street demolitions: Labour candidates criticise Greenwich Council’s Woolwich consultation
Greenwich Council’s consultation around a scheme to demolish part of Woolwich town centre and replace it with a new retail, housing and leisure development was criticised by Labour candidates at a hustings meeting on Friday evening. Developers plan to knock down shops – including scores of businesses run by and for black and ethnic minority […]
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Hustings highlights: Developers’ cash debate dominates peaceful Peninsula hustings
Labour councillors fought back on how the council spends money from developers at Tuesday night’s Peninsula ward hustings – insisting it isn’t letting millions of pounds of funding go to waste. Development, pollution and congestion were among the main topics at the event, held at Christ Church East Greenwich and organised with the East Greenwich […]
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Hustings highlights: Plumstead councillor joins ‘toxic’ Greenwich cruise port rebellion
Plumstead councillor Matt Morrow added his voice to the growing rebellion against his own council’s endorsement of the planned London City Cruise Port in east Greenwich – backing calls for the terminal to force ships berthed at the terminal to use power from the National Grid instead of highly polluting marine fuel. The cruise port […]
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Greenwich Council election preview: Labour eyes wipeout as Tories fight for their political lives
Candidates have been announced for next month’s Greenwich Council elections – with 199 people standing to become one of 51 councillors after polls close on 3 May. Both Labour and the Conservatives are standing 51 candidates, with the Liberal Democrats fielding 50 and the Green Party 25. The new resident-led Plumstead Party is standing nine […]
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Nominations open for May’s Greenwich Council election
Ever wanted to be a Greenwich councillor? Well, now’s your chance – nominations have opened for May’s poll to decide who represents more than a quarter of a million south-east Londoners. To stand, you need to live, work, or own property in the borough, and be nominated by 10 residents of the ward you wish […]
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Greenwich councillor drops Green Party police threat over cruise terminal leaflet
A Greenwich councillor has pulled back from a threat to report the local Green Party to police after it published a newsletter explaining how Labour representatives supported the controversial Enderby Wharf cruise liner terminal. Peninsula councillor Stephen Brain saw red after the Greens condemned his party’s record on pollution, noting that “in 2012, Labour councillors […]
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