Greenwich Council’s libraries were transferred to leisure provider GLL yesterday, but the dispute over the move continues. Strike action yesterday and today was cancelled by the Unite union after a legal threat from GLL, although Unite says 11 out of the borough’s 13 libraries were closed during the last two days of their management by […]
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Charlton Lido cock-up cost Greenwich Council £125,000
A blunder by Greenwich Council means it’s had to pay £125,000 to buy back the lease to Charlton Lido after the original scheme to revamp the open-air pool collapsed, it has emerged. Contractors are now on site working to have the Hornfair Park lido back in business for the summer after an earlier plan to […]
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Greenwich Libraries takeover – GLL boss speaks out
You might have read here earlier this week about plans by Greenwich borough’s libraries staff to strike from Friday. Members of the Unite union are protesting about the way Greenwich Council has decided to transfer the service to Greenwich Leisure Limited from next week. GLL managing director Mark Sesnan got in touch yesterday with the […]
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Democracy Greenwich campaign targets council leader
Local political and community activists are joining forces to push for a change in the way Greenwich Council is run, following last month’s failed attempt to oust Chris Roberts. The Democracy Greenwich petition aims to curb Roberts’ power by triggering a referendum on how the council is set up. Just 8,000 signatures are needed from […]
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Lifts breaking, lights flickering in ‘revamped’ Greenwich foot tunnel
So, after £11.5 million was spent on refurbishing the Greenwich Foot Tunnel, what’s it like now the new lifts are working? [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y4tJ3AvfR4&w=640&h=360%5D Well, the light isn’t working, one of the glass windows has already been smashed, and you’ll have to wait a while for the lift…. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLL9Goo_ijM&w=640&h=360%5D When the lift comes, it takes […]
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Greenwich’s rebel councillor loses Olympics role
What do you get when you challenge Chris Roberts for the Greenwich Council leadership? The boot, that’s what. John Fahy, who stood against the Dear Leader last month for the council’s top job, has been shunted out of his role as cabinet member for culture and Olympics, and given the unglamorous portfolio of “health, adults […]
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Greenwich Council gets set for the next mayor’s booze-up
It’s that time of year. News has emerged from Woolwich Town Hall that, once again, Greenwich Council is planning to celebrate the inauguration of another new mayor with another lavish bash at the Old Royal Naval College’s Painted Hall. The event’s scheduled for 22 May. Like most boroughs, Greenwich’s mayor is elected by councillors to […]
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Revealed: Greenwich Council’s Eltham ‘DLR on stilts’ report
As Greenwich’s Labour councillors get ready to vote tonight on whether or not they’ll give long-serving leader Chris Roberts the heave-ho, here’s an example of the secretive culture that challenger John Fahy wants to overturn. Last December, the council agreed to spend £45,000 on further studies into a possible DLR extension to Eltham, which would […]
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