A Lewisham Labour councillor has quit the party in protest at the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn – but says he will still support the local party in the town hall. Alan Smith, the councillor for Catford South, will sit as an independent at Lewisham Town Hall after resigning from the party this week. He served […]
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‘World class’ Cycle Superhighway 4 gets Lewisham Council’s approval
Transport for London’s plans to build Cycle Superhighway 4 through Deptford have been given the green light by Lewisham’s elected mayor and cabinet. The segregated, two-way cycle route will run from Tooley Street down to Jamaica Road and onto Evelyn Street before ending at Deptford Creek Bridge, connecting Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Deptford and west Greenwich. Work […]
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Greenwich Labour councillors criticise Sadiq Khan over ‘contradictory’ bus cuts
Greenwich Labour councillors criticised their own London mayor last night over cuts to south-east London’s bus services – with a senior councillor admitting getting into “a bit of trouble” for campaigning against the shortening of the key 53 routes. Transport cabinet member Denise Scott-McDonald said that the mayor’s office objected to Greenwich launching a joint […]
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Two more neighbouring boroughs declare climate emergencies after Greenwich’s refusal
Two more of Greenwich’s neighbouring boroughs have declared climate emergencies, weeks after it rejected a call to do so because it said it was already doing enough to deal with climate change. Tower Hamlets and Newham, both Labour-run councils, both joined Lewisham in pledging to make their boroughs carbon neutral by 2030. Lewisham made the […]
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Polluters could pay more to park in Lewisham borough
Lewisham Council plans to introduce increased parking charges for more polluting vehicles as well as a diesel surcharge, which it hopes will help cut the borough’s pollution levels. Transport cabinet member Brenda Dacres announced the “bold policy” at a cabinet meeting, with the proposals due to go out for public consultation in the summer. Residents’ permits […]
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Lewisham Council backs ‘poor door’ Deptford flats despite pollution fears
A development in Deptford which will have a “poor door” and where residents on lower floors will be warned not to open their windows because of the high levels of air pollution was approved by Lewisham Council’s main planning committee on Tuesday night. The scheme at 1 Creekside – opposite the Birds Nest pub on […]
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City Hall throws out Lewisham’s 34-storey Tesco tower over unaffordable housing
London’s deputy mayor for housing has overturned Lewisham Council’s backing for a 34-storey tower close to the Lewisham Tesco store, saying the amount of “affordable” housing on offer is “wholly unacceptable”. The Meyer Homes scheme, which consists of three blocks of 34, 14 and eight storeys, was passed by four votes to three by Lewisham’s […]
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Ex-Greenwich Council tenants have made £72m in Right to Buy profits since 2000
Former tenants who bought their Greenwich Council homes since 2000 have made over £72 million in profit selling their homes on, it has been revealed today. The figures have been unearthed as part of a major BBC investigation into the effects of Right to Buy, which was introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s government in 1980. Since […]
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