Greenwich’s Labour councillors burned the midnight oil on Wednesday to pass new rules restricting public questions at council meetings, just 50 days before the next election. Lengthy tributes to and from departing councillors and attempts to talk out the controversial measures by opposition councillors meant that the meeting lasted more than five and half hours, […]
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Anthony Okereke tightens grip on Greenwich Council after reshuffle
Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke has tightened his grip on the town hall in a cabinet reshuffle less than five months before the next election. As well as being leader, Okereke will now also be cabinet member for planning and regeneration, The Greenwich Wire can reveal. The deputy leader, Averil Lekau, has been effectively demoted […]
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Clean up your language, council leader told after swearing in fly-tipping ad
Greenwich Council’s leader has been told to mind his language after releasing a sweary video to promote an anti-flytipping initiative. Anthony Okereke said that fly-tipping was “lazy and criminal, and we’re not putting up with this shit any more” in a press release and social media videos issued on Monday, with the offending word either […]
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Greenwich Council spends £5m on fly-tipping in pre-election splurge
Greenwich Council is promising to spend £5 million on a fly-tipping crackdown as the ruling Labour group gets ready for its most difficult election in decades. The cash, to be spent over the next four and a half years, is part of a package of spending promises being announced by the council, with just six […]
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Promoted councillor to oversee ‘sustainable streets’ CPZ scheme
A backbench Labour councillor has been given a temporary promotion to Greenwich Council’s cabinet and will be taking charge of the controversial “sustainable streets” scheme to extend controlled parking zones in the north of the borough. Calum O’Byrne Mulligan, who represents Creekside, will step up to be cabinet member for climate action, sustainability and transport […]
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Army linked to potential takeover of Greenwich’s equestrian centre
Mystery surrounds claims that the Army has expressed an interest in taking over the Olympic legacy equestrian centre in Shooters Hill. The Greenwich Wire has been told by a Greenwich Labour source that the military would like a long lease on the site, close to the Bexley border, to provide additional exercise space for its […]
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Labour councillor quits after facing sanction for defending residents
A Greenwich Labour councillor who spoke up for local residents protesting against the sale of council land in her ward has quit after being threatened with a six-week suspension. Ivis Williams, who had been a councillor since 2018, spoke out in March about the disposal of the Greenwich Equestrian Centre, as well as the sale […]
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Christine Grice Gardens: New housing development honours former councillor
Part of a new Greenwich Council housing development in Kidbrooke has been named in honour of Christine Grice, a senior councillor who died five years ago. Christine Grice Gardens is part of the development being built by the Brook Estate off Rochester Way, which will provide 80 new homes when completed later this year. Grice […]
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