Abena Oppong-Asare, the MP for Erith & Thamesmead, has been given a role on the Labour front bench by party leader Sir Keir Starmer, less than a year after being elected to the seat. She becomes shadow exchequer secretary, working alongside the shadow chancellor Anneliese Dodds on the party’s Treasury team. She became an aide […]
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Mayor drops legal challenge against new Belvedere incinerator
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has made the “difficult decision” to abandon a legal challenge against controversial plans for a new waste-burning incinerator by the Thames at Belvedere, with the cash-strapped office citing “substantial costs” of continuing with the case as the reason. Mr Khan’s office confirmed on Wednesday the judicial review, which had been due to […]
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TfL cash crisis: Action needed to save DLR to Thamesmead, Greenwich councillor says
Greenwich Council’s cabinet member for transport has called for “concrete action” to secure the future of a Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead, which is in doubt because of Transport for London’s financial crisis. Sizwe James, who represents Thamesmead Moorings on the council, also accused the government of playing “political football” with TfL’s finances, which […]
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MPs and councillors turn up heat after new Belvedere incinerator approved
An MP and local councillors have criticised the government’s approval of a new incinerator by the River Thames at Belvedere. Alok Sharma, the secretary of state for business, has approved the “energy park” development by Cory Riverside Energy, which will also feature an anaerobic digestion facility for food and green waste, solar power generation and […]
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Erith & Thamesmead MP becomes shadow Treasury aide
The MP for Erith & Thamesmead, Abena Oppong-Asare, has been named as the parliamentary private secretary to the new shadow chancellor, Anneliese Dodds. Parliamentary private secretaries act as the “eyes and ears” of senior politicians, and Oppong-Asare will be working closely with Dodds as she develops Labour’s financial policies under its new leader, Sir Kier […]
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Greenwich Council ‘concerned’ after housing site workers ignore social distancing
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council has said it is “concerned” after workers on a site in Charlton that is part of its home-building programme were seen ignoring guidelines telling people to keep more than two metres apart during the coronavirus emergency. Pairs of workers building 32 houses at Sandpit Place for Meridian Home Start, a company […]
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Beware of coronavirus charity scams, Erith & Thamesmead MP warns
The Erith & Thamesmead MP Abena Oppong-Asare has warned her constituents about charity scammers trying to cash in on worries over the coronavirus emergency. Oppong-Asare’s concerns come after Greenwich Council warned of shops selling dodgy masks and sanitisers, while there have been widespread reports of crooks knocking on people’s doors claiming to be testing for […]
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General election 2019: Greenwich borough sticks with Labour as Britain swings right
6.30am update: Both Clive Efford and Matt Pennycook have been re-elected as MPs for Eltham and Greenwich & Woolwich – but neither would be drawn on the future of their party as Labour slumped to a humiliating defeat in the general election. The borough also has a new MP in Abena Oppong-Asare, who succeeds Teresa […]
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