The plight of leaseholders in Woolwich who are being charged thousands of pounds a year for car parking spaces, whether they use them or not, is a “non-issue”, a senior Greenwich Labour councillor has said. Jackie Smith, one of the borough’s longest-serving councillors and the cabinet member for business, said she had knocked on every […]
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Stop being negative about Woolwich, Greenwich Labour councillor says
A Greenwich Labour councillor has poured scorn on criticism of the revamped public spaces of Woolwich, telling one of her political rivals not to be so negative about the area. Jackie Smith said that residents needed to “behave” and not leave litter in the town centre, which has had a £17.1 million refurbishment with new […]
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Tell us about violence and harassment, Greenwich councillors ask women
Greenwich councillors are asking women in the borough to tell them about their experiences of harassment and violence at the hands of men following the killing of Sarah Everard. Women are being asked to fill in an online survey and are invited to a women’s safety discussion on Friday in light of the wave of […]
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Tell us about slum landlords who abuse Gurkha veterans, senior councillor says
Anyone with information on slum landlords who throw Gurkha veterans out of their homes during the day should contact Greenwich Council, one of its cabinet members has said. Jackie Smith spoke out after 853 reported this week on the plight of many members of south-east London’s Nepalese community, who have struggled to cope amid the […]
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Coronavirus as widespread in London as it is in the north, Greenwich Council leader says
Coronavirus is as widespread in the capital as it is in the north of England, Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe has warned as fears grow of new lockdown measures in the capital. Thorpe lambasted the failure of the government’s privatised test-and-trace scheme to keep up with demand, saying Boris Johnson’s administration had lost control of […]
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Greenwich councillors called ‘murderers’ as social care cuts approved
Senior Greenwich councillors voted through controversial new charges for social care at their cabinet meeting last Wednesday, with one service user branding them “murderers” for making the funding cuts. Cabinet members unanimously voted to move forward with the package of new charges as part of a wider package of budget cuts, which the council says […]
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Activists disrupt meeting as Greenwich Council nods through John Roan academy order
Greenwich Council has rubber-stamped the takeover of John Roan School by the United Learning academies trust amid angry scenes at Woolwich Town Hall, effectively ending a bitter struggle over the future of the historic Blackheath school. Last night’s meeting was suspended after disruption by activists from the John Roan Resists campaign, which has opposed the […]
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Only Labour councillors need to know about Greenwich cabinet roles, town hall told
Only Labour councillors need to know how Greenwich Council leader Danny Thorpe picks his cabinet, councillors were told last night after opposition members questioned why his deputy had been “downgraded” to “cabinet member for bollards”. The usually brief and uncontroversial annual general meeting – which chooses the ceremonial mayor and ratifies who will hold key […]
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