Phase two of Lewisham Gateway, the huge development next to Lewisham station, will begin this autumn after councillors approved final “cosmetic” details of the £375m scheme last night. The plans include four blocks of between four and 30 storeys containing 530 flats, 20 per cent of which will be let at “London living rent”, where […]
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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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South Circular air pollution: Crowdfund for new Ella inquest hearing hits £25,000 target
A crowdfunding campaign to raise £25,000 for a High Court hearing into the death of a nine-year-old asthmatic girl who lived next to the polluted South Circular Road at Hither Green has hit its target. The success means Rosamund Kissi-Debrah will be able to make a case to the High Court to grant a new […]
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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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£11k needed for hearing into South Circular air pollution death after legal aid refusal
Hither Green mother and clean air campaigner Rosamund Kissi-Debrah is one step closer to a new inquest into her daughter’s death – but needs to raise £11,000 in four weeks to apply to the High Court. Ella Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 from acute respiratory failure after years of coughing fits and seizures, and 27 […]
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