Parkrun could be coming to Sutcliffe Park in Eltham after Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe intervened to help volunteers with their attempt to host the weekly free five-kilometre run. Greenwich borough has just one Parkrun event – in Avery Hill Park, also in Eltham – compared with three in neighbouring Lewisham, two in Bexley and […]
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News about Danny Thorpe, former council leader, from The Greenwich Wire.
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We won’t back Silvertown Tunnel judicial review, Greenwich Council leader says
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe will not commit the council to a judicial review of the Silvertown Tunnel scheme, two weeks after writing to the mayor of London to ask Sadiq Khan to review his controversial plans for a new road tunnel. Plans for the tunnel between Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks, which is […]
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Greenwich councillors jeered over social care charge hike ‘cop out’
Controversial plans by Greenwich Council to increase charges for social care were deferred at Tuesday night’s cabinet meeting – angering disabled people who had travelled to Woolwich Town Hall to tell councillors about their experiences. The council plans to increase charges for homecare services, stop subsidising meals, remove caps on care charges and “charge those […]
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Greenwich councillors back cutting payments for special guardians
Special guardians who claim child tax credits are to have their payments cut by Greenwich Council, which says it is following new guidance laid down by central government. There are 220 special guardians in Greenwich borough, looking after 303 children. Special guardians are people who look after children who are not their own but take […]
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No-deal Brexit puts most vulnerable at risk, Greenwich Council leader warns
Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe told councillors last night that the borough’s most vulnerable residents were most at risk from a no-deal Brexit – and that detailed contingency plans will come into effect next month. Speaking at a specially-convened meeting of the council at Woolwich Town Hall, Thorpe said he could not reassure residents about […]
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Brexit crisis: Leader plans special no-deal Greenwich Council meeting
The leader of Greenwich Council has asked for a special council meeting to be held to discuss the likelihood of Britain crashing out of the European Union in nine weeks without a deal. On Tuesday, 853 revealed that council staff could have to take charge of petrol rationing arrangements if freight queues on Kent’s motorway […]
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LGBT school row MP Roger Godsiff resigns from Charlton Athletic trust
The Labour MP who supported parents objecting to their children being taught about same-sex relationships has resigned from Charlton Athletic’s community trust, the leader of Greenwich Council said last night. Godsiff, a former ceremonial mayor of Lewisham who is now an MP in Birmingham, gave his support to protesters at Anderton Park Primary School, inside […]
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Greenwich Council-backed New Wine Church to welcome gay marriage opponent
A church backed by Greenwich Council is to welcome an opponent of gay marriage to Woolwich next week – just days after it painted rainbow-coloured “pride” crossings in the town centre. There are no rainbow crossings outside New Wine Church, whose Maximise Life event next week will feature Creflo Dollar, a televangelist who opposes abortion […]
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