Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke’s decision to accept free concert tickets from one of the owners of the O2 Arena has been called “just not acceptable” by the former head of the government’s ethics watchdog. Okereke took two free tickets for this year’s Brit Awards – worth £495 each – from the vice-president and general […]
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Greenwich Council set to spend £85,000 on political assistants amid cash crisis warning
Greenwich Council is set to spend up to £85,000 on creating jobs for political assistants – at the same time as the town hall’s auditors have raised the alarm over the council’s finances. The council’s Labour leader, Anthony Okereke, wants to employ a political assistant for his party’s 51 councillors, at a cost of up […]
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Greenwich Council leader: We’re making budget cuts, but also investing in the future
The Greenwich Wire has been the only news outlet to examine Greenwich Council’s plans to cut £33 million from next year’s budget. Now ANTHONY OKEREKE, the council leader, has his say on what Greenwich residents can expect from their council over the year ahead. After over a decade of austerity, everyone – including me – […]
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Residents won’t be celebrating the end of Greenwich Info, council leader insists
Residents will not be celebrating the end of Greenwich Council’s fortnightly freesheet Greenwich Info, the town hall’s Labour leader Anthony Okereke has said. Greenwich Info will go online-only in the coming year as part of a £33m package of cuts at the council. First published in 2016, it is thought to be the most frequently-published […]
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Braverman’s migration comments ‘vile and dehumanising’, Greenwich Council leader says
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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