Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe visited New Wine Church last week to hand out Christmas hampers, cementing the controversial church’s return to the council fold following revelations last year that it hosted sermons critical of homosexuality. In July 2017, 853 revealed the church’s pastor, who had accepted a civic award from former council leader Denise […]
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News about Danny Thorpe, former council leader, from The Greenwich Wire.
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Sunk: Greenwich’s Enderby Wharf cruise port scheme abandoned
Plans to build a “toxic” cruise liner terminal at Enderby Wharf in east Greenwich have been abandoned, council leader Danny Thorpe announced last night. Pressure has been mounting on Morgan Stanley, the investment bank which owns Enderby Wharf, since Greenwich Council reversed its own stance on the issue in the summer. Thorpe said that the […]
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Not Better Together: Greenwich Council cancels its public meetings
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has scrapped the borough’s consultation roadshow, Better Together, just two years after it was introduced. Launched by former leader Denise Hyland, Better Together was a series of meetings held to discuss council issues with local people. They were also used to gauge public opinion on council priorities, required under legislation […]
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Ker-ching! Three Greenwich Labour councillors to get £5,000 pay rise
Three Greenwich Labour councillors are in line for £5,000 pay rises under a scheme created by council leader Danny Thorpe. Two backbench councillors will become “project assistants” to work alongside cabinet members, while Labour chief whip Angela Cornforth will pocket extra cash to reflect her workload. Opposition leader Matt Hartley said the move “stinks”, but […]
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Greenwich gets £32.6m from City Hall for 588 new council homes
Greenwich’s plan to build hundreds of new council homes has been given the go-ahead by City Hall, with the town hall getting a £32.6 million grant from London mayor Sadiq Khan. The cash is part of a £1.1 billion programme to kickstart council house-building across the capital, and will pay for 588 homes to be […]
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Greenwich School Streets: Car bans delayed after council blunder
Greenwich Council has postponed the start of a scheme banning cars around four schools after it gave residents just few days’ notice of the plan. Two schools in Eltham and one each in Abbey Wood and Greenwich were due to be covered by the programme, which aims to cut pollution levels and make streets safer. […]
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New Wine Church: Council allows ads to return as leader demands it ‘condemn homophobia’
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has called on the controversial New Wine Church to publicly condemn homophobia after allowing it to advertise on Woolwich’s big screen once again. Promotions for the church, which has hosted sermons critical of homosexuality, have reappeared on the screen a year after 853 revealed that its pastor, Michael […]
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Greenwich Council leader: I’ll stand up for residents over 53 bus cut
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe says he will stand up for residents who are unhappy about TfL proposals to cut route 53 back to County Hall. The heavily-used service links Plumstead, Woolwich, Charlton and Blackheath with Whitehall; but TfL documents leaked to 853 this week reveal plans to cut it back to County Hall. Other […]
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