London boroughs are facing a “catastrophic” £1.3billion financial black hole caused by coronavirus, council leaders warned today. The London Councils group, which represents local authorities across the city, told MPs crippling cuts to services will take place unless the government “honours its promise” to pay back the money they have spent during the Covid-19 crisis. […]
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Convoys Wharf: Councillors criticise Deptford developer’s ‘poor doors’
The property group behind the £1 billon Convoys Wharf development in Deptford has been criticised by Lewisham councillors for including “poor doors” in the scheme. Hutchison, which behind the 40-acre development by the riverside, put forward plans for 124 homes in the same building, but with two separate “residential cores” and entrances – one for […]
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TfL bailout: Bakerloo Line to Lewisham can’t be guaranteed, deputy mayor says
The proposed extension of the Bakerloo Line to Lewisham cannot be guaranteed as Transport for London reels from the financial pressure heaped upon it by the coronavirus pandemic, Sadiq Khan’s deputy mayor for transport has revealed in a letter to a Greenwich councillor. Eltham North councillor Charlie Davis, who is also standing as a Conservative candidate […]
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Streets and blocks of flats could face local lockdowns, councils are told
Blocks of flats, residential streets and town centres could be hit with local lockdowns if a spike in coronavirus cases are linked to them, meetings at Greenwich and Bexley councils have been told. The neighbouring councils have both held health and wellbeing board meetings in recent days to discuss their roles in the government’s “test […]
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TfL bailout: Older people to lose free travel before 9am from 15 June
Older people will lose their right to travel for free in London at morning rush hour during the coronavirus outbreak from June 15, it has been confirmed today. This temporary cut to free journeys was a condition of the Government bailout agreed by Transport for London last month. From 15 June passengers using the Older […]
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Coronavirus patients would have been moved to care homes, council leader says
The leader of Greenwich Council has said he is “absolutely sure” hospital patients with coronavirus were transferred to care homes in attempt to free up intensive care space during the early stages of the deadly pandemic. The revelation came as it was confirmed eight of Greenwich’s 11 care homes recorded outbreaks of Covid-19 as the […]
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TfL bailout: Scrapping free child travel will cost us £16m, councils tell government
London’s 32 borough councils want the government to scrap the suspension of free travel for under-18s, complaining that it will cost them £16 million and will be impossible to administer before the new school year. Transport secretary Grant Shapps imposed the condition two weeks ago as part of a £1.6 billion bailout of Transport for […]
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Westferry Printworks: Permission for Isle of Dogs towers scrapped after legal challenge
The government has backtracked on approving a 46-storey tower on the Isle of Dogs which was opposed by Greenwich Council, after Tower Hamlets Council look legal action alleging the decision was timed to save developers £50 million. Tower Hamlets challenged the housing secretary Robert Jenrick’s decision to use his ministerial powers to approve more than […]
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