Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke has branded Suella Braverman’s comments about migration at the Conservative Party conference “vile and dehumanising”. The home secretary told her fellow Tories in Manchester that a “hurricane” of migration was coming to the UK in a speech where she declared that politicians had been “too squeamish” to reduce the numbers […]
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We need money to develop Thamesmead and Charlton, not government meddling, Greenwich Council leader says
Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke has said the government needs to invest in new homes in the borough, rather than “interfere” with its planning powers to force through development in the area. Last week Michael Gove, the levelling-up secretary, said he wanted a “Docklands 2.0” to be created along both sides of the Thames, encompassing […]
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Greenwich Council leaders’ trips to controversial Cannes property fair revealed
Greenwich Council says that local residents benefit from little-publicised trips by the borough’s leaders to a major property festival in Cannes. It recently emerged that Anthony Okereke, who is about to mark his first anniversary as council leader, visited the Mipim fair in the French resort in March. Both Okereke and the council say that […]
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Stop raffling tea with the mayor to raise cash, Greenwich Labour told in ‘damning’ report
Greenwich Labour has been told to stop raffling off tea with the mayor or lunch with the council leader by the town hall’s top anti-fraud officer. The instruction came after an inquiry into allegations that council staff were told to help organise a Labour fundraising event exonerated Averil Lekau, the deputy leader, and found that […]
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Admit you are racist and sexist, Greenwich Council leader tells ‘broken’ Met Police
The Metropolitan Police needs to accept that it is institutionally sexist, racist and homophobic, Greenwich Council’s leader has said after the damning Casey report into the force’s failings. Anthony Okereke said that the Met “cannot continue to exist” without the reforms recommended by Baroness Casey, who found that the force had lost the trust of […]
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We’re backing Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ, Greenwich Council leader insists
Greenwich Council will not be following its neighbours in challenging London’s expanded Ultra Low Emissions Zones in the courts, its leader said on Thursday night. Anthony Okereke defended mayor Sadiq Khan’s plans to charge drivers of the most polluting vehicles £12.50 to enter Greater London, saying that they were about “promoting people’s health”. But the […]
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Greenwich knows Greenwich, so stop holding us back, council leader tells PM
COMMENT: Greenwich councillors are set to sign off a 5 per cent council tax rise this week. After 13 years of cuts and uncertainty, council leader ANTHONY OKEREKE says the government needs to fund public services fairly. Our proposed budget has been shaped by Greenwich residents. Shaped by people who love this area, its culture […]
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£100 for each child on free school meals in Greenwich’s cost of living package
Families in Greenwich borough with children on free school meals will get at least £100 each to help them through the cost of living crisis, councillors agreed yesterday. About 12,000 children are on free school meals, and the council will pay £100 per child to help pay bills as inflation and soaring energy bills bite. […]
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