Greenwich Council’s chief executive Debbie Warren is to retire this year after nine years in the top job. Warren began working for the council’s finance department in 1980 and became its director of finance in 2009. She became acting chief executive in 2017, and was confirmed in the role the following year. While the council […]
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Tributes to Greenwich Council leader who took on far-right protesters
A former Greenwich Council leader who faced down far-right protesters at Woolwich Town Hall was praised by colleagues as she prepared to stand down after 20 years. Denise Hyland, who held senior roles through most of her career and led the Labour council from 2014 to 2018, is among 19 councillors standing down at the election […]
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Promoted councillor to oversee ‘sustainable streets’ CPZ scheme
A backbench Labour councillor has been given a temporary promotion to Greenwich Council’s cabinet and will be taking charge of the controversial “sustainable streets” scheme to extend controlled parking zones in the north of the borough. Calum O’Byrne Mulligan, who represents Creekside, will step up to be cabinet member for climate action, sustainability and transport […]
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Greenwich Council makes new attempt to sell green space near Blackwall Tunnel
Greenwich Council is making a second attempt to sell green space close to the congested Blackwall Tunnel approach road – despite leader Danny Thorpe criticising Tories in Bexley for doing the same thing last year. The council plans to sell a small green space between Tunnel Avenue and Blackwall Lane in east Greenwich, according to […]
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Coronavirus: Lewisham and Greenwich councillors demand more help for self-employed
Senior councillors in Lewisham and Greenwich have asked the government for more protection for the self-employed during the coronavirus outbreak. Joe Dromey, Lewisham’s member for jobs and skills, arranged a cross-party letter to the chancellor of the exchequer, with signatures from his counterparts across 23 London boroughs. Denise Hyland, the economy and skills cabinet member in Greenwich, was among them. Last week, […]
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Woolwich Barracks closure raised in Commons after 4,000 sign petition
Local MP Matt Pennycook has raised the fate of Woolwich Barracks in the House of Commons after 4,000 people signed a petition against its closure. The barracks will close by 2028 under plans outlined by the government in 2016, and the Greenwich & Woolwich MP has been fighting a campaign to keep the historic site […]
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‘Why you should vote Labour in Greenwich on 3 May’
In the last of a series of pieces from the main political parties in the borough, Greenwich Council leader DENISE HYLAND outlines why her Labour group deserve your vote on Thursday. Labour has achieved a great deal in Royal Greenwich: we have worked to protect the most vulnerable; supported schools – with our primary schools […]
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Wellington Street Diary: Drummers herald the end of term at Greenwich Council
A round-up of stories and observations from last week’s Greenwich Council meeting, the last one before elections on 3 May. A lot happened, so it seems to make sense to bring them all together like this. Strange things happen in London’s town halls every four years. On Monday in Camden, it was a veteran Tory […]
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