A Greenwich Green councillor has defended his career in the oil and gas industry — insisting his work over the past decade has been focused on the transition to renewable energy. Lakshan Saldin joined the Green Party in January after resigning from the Labour Party last September, and is standing for his new party in […]
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We need ‘game changing’ bike routes, Greenwich Cyclists tell candidates
Greenwich Cyclists want the borough’s next council leaders to implement “gamechanging” plans for better bike lanes across the borough after the election next month. The group, which is part of the London Cycling Campaign, wants political leaders to pledge to implement new cycle routes that Transport for London has calculated will have the most effect. […]
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Charlton Riverside rejected for ‘new town’ status that Thamesmead won
Thamesmead may have been declared a new town this week – but the government rejected a suggestion that Charlton Riverside should be given the same status, The Greenwich Wire can reveal. The new-town status for Thamesmead – some 60 years after work started on the first phase of housing in the area – provides a […]
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Woolwich Works gets longer to pay back its £2 million council loan
The trust that runs Woolwich Works has been given 15 more years to repay a £2 million council loan that bailed out the arts venue four years ago. Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke authorised the payment to the Woolwich Creative District Trust in July 2022, despite concerns from Labour councillors, who raised concerns about how […]
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Greenwich Council accused of snubbing equestrian centre campaigners
Greenwich Council and its leader Anthony Okereke have been accused of breaking a pledge to consider selling its Olympic legacy equestrian centre to a community group. The Greenwich Equestrian Centre, in Shooters Hill was opened by Princess Anne a year after Greenwich Park was used for horse-riding events in the London Games. But the centre […]
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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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Greenwich Labour councillors sit up late to restrict public scrutiny
Greenwich’s Labour councillors burned the midnight oil on Wednesday to pass new rules restricting public questions at council meetings, just 50 days before the next election. Lengthy tributes to and from departing councillors and attempts to talk out the controversial measures by opposition councillors meant that the meeting lasted more than five and half hours, […]
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We want half of the cash from London’s tourist levy, boroughs tell the mayor
London’s boroughs must keep half of all revenue raised from the incoming overnight tourist levy raised in their area, the mayor has been told. Claire Holland, the chair of London Councils, which represents the 32 boroughs, said that the local authorities who bear the costs of tourism must also reap the benefits. Rachel Reeves, the […]
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