A Greenwich councillor was told that two wedding parties were expected to pay the costs of security and cleaning for a Labour Party event in Woolwich Town Hall, documents passed to 853 reveal. The council’s ruling Labour group, which holds 41 of the 51 seats on the council, held a conference at the borough’s headquarters […]
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News about Danny Thorpe, former council leader, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Greenwich Council to investigate 32 sites for 260 council homes
Greenwich Council’s cabinet has rubber-stamped plans to look at building 268 new council homes on 32 sites around the borough – the largest council home building programme in many years. Council officers are to begin surveying the sites in the coming months to see which are suitable – cabinet member Chris Kirby warned that not […]
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‘Schoolchildren’ Greenwich councillors hand themselves a 2% pay rise
Greenwich councillors handed themselves a 2% pay rise last night amid shambolic scenes at Woolwich Town Hall – before their own civic mayor scolded them for acting like “schoolchildren”. While the increase to their allowances was the first in seven years, a disagreement between councillors erupted into a full-blown row after the motion to give […]
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Leaders squabble as Greenwich Council backs 2.99% tax rise
Greenwich Council raised its council tax by 2.99% last night – but the meeting descended into a bad-tempered spat after council leader Danny Thorpe accused Tory leader Matt Hartley wanting “to set up a little army of bailiffs” to target poorer residents. Overall bills will go up by 4.2% after London mayor Sadiq Khan increased […]
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Greenwich Council reverses decision to scrap emergency payments for borough’s poorest
Greenwich Council has reversed its decision to scrap a scheme giving grants to help people in financial trouble after a last-minute change to how it receives business rates. The council had planned to stop its Emergency Support Scheme, which helps vulnerable people in emergencies or after fires or floods. The grants usually help people buy […]
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Find £2m in cuts, Greenwich council officers told as leader warns of ‘perfect storm’
Council bosses in Greenwich are to be tasked with finding £2m in cuts following a warning the authority is “at the end of the line”. Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe said last night that years of Westminster austerity policies have pushed local government to breaking point over funding frontline services. As the council looks to […]
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Greenwich Council tax set for 2.99% hike to deal with Universal Credit and knife crime
Council tax in Greenwich is to be hiked up as the authority looks to establish a new anti-knife crime unit, deal with the impact of Universal Credit and balance stretched budgets. Greenwich Council’s financial plans have been published ahead of a formal sign-off at a meeting next week. According to the draft budget, council tax […]
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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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