Greenwich councillors voted through a total council tax rise of nearly 6% on Wednesday night – rejecting proposals to scrap its fortnightly Greenwich Info paper, cut back on the mayor’s inauguration ceremony and introduce free bulky waste collections. Councillors backed a rise of 2.99%, along with an additional increase of 3% approved last year to […]
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Royal Museums Greenwich staff set to get London Living Wage by 2022
Staff at the National Maritime Museum and other Greenwich attractions are set to be paid the London Living Wage after two days of strike action over pay and conditions. The climbdown by bosses at Royal Museums Greenwich – which also runs the Queen’s House, Old Royal Observatory and Cutty Sark – follows pickets outside the […]
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Greenwich line to get Charing Cross trains again – for one weekend only
Greenwich line rail users will be able to catch direct trains to Charing Cross again – but for three days only at the start of May. The last trains from Westcombe Park, Maze Hill, Greenwich and Deptford to the West End terminal ran in January 2015, after which the link was severed as part of […]
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TfL rules out St John’s station for Bakerloo Line Lewisham extension
Transport for London says it does not plan to build an extra station at St John’s on its planned extension of the Bakerloo Line to Lewisham. It is also ruling out building a station on Lewisham Way as part of the proposals, saying that existing plans to build stations at New Cross Gate and Lewisham […]
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Spray Street demolition scheme: Woolwich residents plan meeting
A Woolwich residents’ pressure group is holding a meeting this Wednesday to discuss plans to knock down the block of buildings around Spray Street to replace them with 742 new homes, shops, offices, a cinema and a new public square. Earlier plans for the council-backed Spray Street Quarter had seen some of the older buildings […]
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‘We’re treated like children’: Royal Museums Greenwich staff explain why they’re going on strike
Front of house staff at Royal Museums Greenwich are striking on Saturday, for the second time this year, over changes to their contracts imposed last November. ALICE TROY-DONOVAN spoke to staff about why they need a pay rise – as well as a chance to sit down. “There are members of staff who can only […]
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Council tax to rise by 2.99% (and then some more) in Greenwich
Greenwich Council is set to increase its portion of council tax by 2.99% to boost services for the homeless and to cover increased wage bills. Residents will also have to pay an extra 3% charge to pay towards adult social care costs, a move which was approved last year. The new tax rate, which needs […]
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‘Pay London Living Wage’: Labour members urge Greenwich Council to intervene in museums dispute
Rank and file Labour members are urging Greenwich Council’s leadership to take a stand in a dispute over pay and conditions at some of Greenwich’s leading tourist attractions. Members of the Prospect union at Royal Museums Greenwich are to stage a second strike on Saturday after management imposed changes to their pay and conditions which […]
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