Scores of Greenwich Council housing repairs staff have walked out on strike over a restructuring plan that their union says will result in deep wage cuts. Unite says nearly 150 workers are on a two-day strike, which is due to end on Wednesday. It is the second time staff have walked out, following a similar […]
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It’s okay to let our gas engineers into your home, Greenwich Council tells tenants
Greenwich Council has begun sending engineers into tenants’ homes to check their gas systems once again, and it says it is taking steps to make sure tenants are comfortable with allowing workers into their home. Annual inspections, which have to be carried out by law, had been suspended when the lockdown was imposed five weeks […]
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Greenwich Council to borrow £142m to fund ‘biggest housing programme in a generation’
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe says he wants to launch “the biggest council house building programme in a generation” after revealing plans to borrow £142m for 750 new homes by 2025. An initial batch of 75 new homes has been outlined across five different sites. The programme follows a bid to City Hall for funding […]
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