Plumstead police station’s front counter has been saved from closure – but will no longer be open 24 hours a day after the Metropolitan Police partially rolled back its plans for cuts. The Met announced plans to close the counter in August as part of a proposal to save £7 million from a Metropolitan Police […]
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Labour MPs in Greenwich divided over assisted dying bill
Greenwich borough’s three Labour MPs voted different ways on the assisted dying bill in the House of Commons on Friday, with two supporting a change in the law and one voting against it. MPs backed the bill, which would give some terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to end their lives, by […]
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DLR link could level up Thamesmead, MP says, as TfL funding deal delayed again
Thamesmead has been kept waiting for news on whether the government will help fund a Docklands Light Railway extension, after the area’s local MP told ministers the rail link could “level up” the area. A long-term deal over Transport for London’s future has been delayed once again, with emergency funding rolled over for another two […]
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Thamesmead ‘desperately needs’ threatened DLR extension, MP says
A DLR extension to Thamesmead is “desperately needed”, the area’s local MP has said as plans for the new rail link hang in the balance. London mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged to extend the Beckton branch of the DLR across the Thames to support plans for 30,000 new homes in both Beckton and Thamesmead. But […]
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Abbey Wood’s Crossrail station needs better buses, says local MP
Erith & Thamesmead’s MP Abena Oppong-Asare has called on Transport for London to improve bus services to Abbey Wood station when Crossrail services begin next year. Abena Oppong-Asare, the Erith & Thamesmead MP, spoke after a visit to the station to meet staff and see what work is being done. Trains were due to begin […]
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Abena Oppong-Asare: Coping with a pandemic in your first year as an MP
Abena Oppong-Asare, the Labour MP for Erith & Thamesmead, has had a start to her parliamentary career unlike any other. SAM DAVIES spoke to her about a turbulent year. “This sounds really cheesy and probably like a politician’s answer,” says Abena Oppong-Asare, asked why the plight of homeless people in her constituency is so important […]
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Erith & Thamesmead’s Oppong-Asare jointly wins new MP award
Erith & Thamesmead MP Abena Oppong-Asare has has been jointly named newcomer MP of the year for her work in championing disadvantaged communities. Oppong-Asare accepted the prize this evening from the Patchwork Foundation, which works to help young people from under-represented and minority backgrounds take part in British society. The award comes just under a […]
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Stop Silvertown Tunnel, Erith & Thamesmead MP Oppong-Asare tells mayor
The MP for Erith & Thamesmead has added her voice to the campaign against the Silvertown Tunnel, writing to Sadiq Khan asking him to stop and review the controversial project. Abena Oppong-Asare said the £2 billion road tunnel between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, which will include a lane for HGVs, does not make […]
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