A children’s centre in Abbey Wood in danger of closure due to a council rent hike has been given a vital lifeline after a charity stepped in to offer it short-term funding. Greenwich Toy and Leisure Library is a vital lifeline for families of children with special needs, offering them somewhere safe to play without […]
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Greenwich Council reverses decision to scrap emergency payments for borough’s poorest
Greenwich Council has reversed its decision to scrap a scheme giving grants to help people in financial trouble after a last-minute change to how it receives business rates. The council had planned to stop its Emergency Support Scheme, which helps vulnerable people in emergencies or after fires or floods. The grants usually help people buy […]
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Find £2m in cuts, Greenwich council officers told as leader warns of ‘perfect storm’
Council bosses in Greenwich are to be tasked with finding £2m in cuts following a warning the authority is “at the end of the line”. Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe said last night that years of Westminster austerity policies have pushed local government to breaking point over funding frontline services. As the council looks to […]
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Greenwich councillors decide £1.3m of cuts to voluntary groups in secret
Greenwich Council has held a series of behind-closed-doors meetings to discuss cuts to voluntary sector. Members of the press were asked to leave the second of three Overview and Scrutiny sessions on Tuesday as volunteer organisations would ask the council for cash. The council said the meetings were being held in secret as they dealt […]
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Cuts are coming – Greenwich Council holds public Q&A
Greenwich has been pretty much alone among London boroughs in playing down the impact of Government cuts. It’s something that showed sharply last summer – while Greenwich was shouting and spending on tall ships, Lewisham was running The Big Budget Challenge, inviting people to play with the council’s budget and explaining the troubles ahead. Last […]
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Greenwich councillors spent £20,000 on toasting new mayor
Greenwich Council spent nearly £20,000 on an invite-only function celebrating the inauguration of its new mayor at the Old Royal Naval College last month. The event came less than three weeks before Labour councillors met to discuss the prospect of future government budget squeezes, which are likely to see services cut further over the next […]
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Greenwich Council plans lavish mayor’s party – despite £48m cuts
853 exclusive: Greenwich Council is going ahead with plans to hold a “mayor-making” ceremony at the Old Royal Naval College’s Painted Hall against the wishes of its incoming mayor, and despite cutting £48m from its budget for this year. Last year’s event at the prestigious Greenwich venue cost £30,000 to stage, angering residents protesting against […]
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Greenwich Council cuts £63m without a whimper
A newspaper journalist I chatted to took a camera along specially. I hid a little video camera just in case. But in the end, Greenwich Council cut £63m from its budget – said to be 30% of its outgoings – without a murmur of protest at Woolwich Town Hall on Wednesday night. In fact, when […]
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