Work on the Woolwich creative district project has gone £14 million over its publicised budget, Greenwich councillors will be told at a meeting next week. The project was approved in 2017 with a budget of £31.6 million, with a contingency of £11.1 million. In publicity, the council sold the project to residents as costing £31 […]
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TfL is ready to take on ‘crap’ Southeastern’s metro trains, Greenwich Council leader says
Transport for London is ready to take on the local rail services run by the “frankly crap” Southeastern, Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has said. The train company had its franchise withdrawn by transport secretary Grant Shapps on Tuesday after it emerged that it had held back £25 million of payments due to the Treasury. […]
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Greenwich Council leader lashes out at ‘fake news’ over Woolwich Works budget
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has hit out at opposition politicians asking if the new Woolwich Works arts centre had gone over budget – branding the rumours “fake news”. Thorpe came under questioning both at Wednesday’s full council meeting and at a scrutiny meeting from Conservative leader Nigel Fletcher. Both Labour and Conservative politicians have […]
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Glyndon by-election: ‘Anti-sleaze’ Starmer visits ward where Labour councillor was convicted of fraud
Sir Keir Starmer pledged to help clean up British politics hours before campaigning in a by-election caused by the resignation of a Labour councillor convicted of housing fraud, it has emerged. The Labour leader visited the Polthorne estate in Plumstead with London mayor Sadiq Khan on Monday, pressing voters to endorse Labour in tomorrow’s Glyndon […]
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Prince Philip: Tributes paid after Baron Greenwich dies aged 99
Tributes have been paid in Greenwich to Prince Philip, who died this morning at Windsor Castle aged 99. The Duke of Edinburgh was given the title of Baron Greenwich upon his marriage in 1947, and the Queen’s consort maintained links with the area throughout his life. He was instrumental in having Greenwich declared a royal […]
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Perks picks up finance job as Greenwich Council prepares for 5 per cent tax hike
Charlton councillor Linda Perks is to become Greenwich Council’s cabinet member for finance following the resignation of Chris Kirby. Perks will be in charge of controlling council finances that have been hit by a decade of austerity and the costs of the coronavirus pandemic. Plans to increase council tax by 4.99 per cent were approved […]
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Gavin Williamson silent on why he wanted Greenwich schools to stay open
Greenwich Council is calling for the education secretary Gavin Williamson to come clean on why he ordered the borough’s primary schools to open as normal for this term in spite of soaring coronavirus cases across south-east London. The town hall says that the Department for Education has refused to answer a freedom of information request […]
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Charlton Athletic’s The Valley set to become mass Covid-19 vaccination hub
Charlton Athletic’s ground is in line to become a mass vaccination centre as the push to inoculate the public from coronavirus goes on. The Valley has been used as a Covid-19 testing centre since the beginning of the pandemic and is also hosting fast lateral flow tests for critical workers. There are currently just a […]
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