Greenwich Council’s outgoing leader Danny Thorpe will not be in his successor Anthony Okereke’s first cabinet – and neither will the councillor who scrapped west Greenwich’s low-traffic neighbourhood. Thorpe finds himself on the backbenches after a tumultuous four years in charge as the public face of the borough during the coronavirus pandemic. He lost his […]
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Anthony Okereke beats Danny Thorpe to be new Greenwich Council leader
Anthony Okereke will be the new leader of Greenwich Council after beating current boss Danny Thorpe in a vote of the borough’s Labour councillors tonight. 853 understands from multiple sources that there was just one vote separating the two men – echoing the situation four years ago when Thorpe won the leadership by the same […]
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It’s rubbish! Greenwich Labour wrongly claims to have increased recycling rate
Greenwich Labour has wrongly claimed the borough’s recycling rate is going up in its manifesto – when the town hall’s own officers have told councillors that the rate is actually going down. While other boroughs have seen councillors and candidates get together for manifesto launches, Greenwich Labour’s set of promises for the next four years […]
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I had nothing to do with sale of library to ‘bunch of homophobes’, Greenwich Council leader insists
Greenwich Council’s leader and deputy leader have washed their hands of the sale of an old library to a church whose head called gay marriage “evil” – pinning the responsibility on a senior council officer instead. East Greenwich Library, which closed in 2015, was sold in 2019 for £1.8 million to the Redeemed Christian Church […]
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‘Disgusted’ councillor promises investigation into sale of library to controversial church
A Labour councillor in east Greenwich has said he is “disgusted” by the sale of the area’s former library to a church whose head branded gay marriage an evil that would bring about the end of the world. Chris Lloyd, who represents Peninsula ward and is also Greenwich Council’s chair of scrutiny, said he would […]
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Dismay as Greenwich Council sells library to church whose head called gay marriage ‘evil’
Greenwich Council has been criticised for selling a Grade II-listed library building to a Pentecostal church whose head has branded gay marriage “evil” and claimed that married women “need to know how to do chores”. The former East Greenwich Library, on Woolwich Road, has been sold for £1.8 million to the Redeemed Christian Church of […]
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Greenwich Council leader refuses to say why residents told Woolwich Works would cost £31m
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe refused to say last night why the town hall had claimed the Woolwich creative district would cost £31 million – when it ended up costing £45.6 million. Nigel Fletcher, the Conservative opposition leader, raised the issue three weeks after it was revealed that the project in the Royal Arsenal had […]
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Councillors have faced gun threats this week, Greenwich leader reveals
Greenwich councillors faced threats earlier this week from someone saying they would shoot them, leader Danny Thorpe has revealed. Last night’s full council meeting saw a minute’s silence for Sir David Amess, the Conservative MP who was killed in his Southend West constituency earlier this month, as well as James Brokenshire, the late MP for […]
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