Greenwich borough’s three Labour MPs voted different ways on the assisted dying bill in the House of Commons on Friday, with two supporting a change in the law and one voting against it. MPs backed the bill, which would give some terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to end their lives, by […]
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Mecca Eltham bingo hall off council redevelopment list after election row
An Eltham bingo hall at the centre of an angry row during the last general election has been removed from a list of sites in Greenwich borough that could be redeveloped. Mecca Bingo on Eltham Hill was dragged into local politics at the end of 2019 when Louie French, the Conservative candidate in the general […]
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All children’s centres could go as Bexley Council faces huge coronavirus cuts
All Bexley Council’s children’s centres could be closed as town hall chiefs try to pay off the cost of steering the borough through the coronavirus pandemic. The Conservative council needs to save £14 million over the next two years, its senior councillors heard last night. David Leaf, Bexley’s cabinet member for resources, said he was […]
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General election 2019: Greenwich borough sticks with Labour as Britain swings right
6.30am update: Both Clive Efford and Matt Pennycook have been re-elected as MPs for Eltham and Greenwich & Woolwich – but neither would be drawn on the future of their party as Labour slumped to a humiliating defeat in the general election. The borough also has a new MP in Abena Oppong-Asare, who succeeds Teresa […]
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Eltham Tory candidate backing building private homes on Erith park
The Conservative candidate for Eltham in next month’s general election has backed controversial plans to build private housing on a public park in his role as a senior Bexley councillor. Louie French, who is taking on Labour’s Clive Efford in the seat, supported the plans to build on West Street Small Park in Erith in […]
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Mecca Bingo ‘determined’ to stay in Eltham after election row
The operator of an Eltham bingo hall says it is “determined” to continue operating after a general election row about the future of the site, which is marked for possible development in draft Greenwich Council planning documents. Mecca Bingo found itself at the centre of an extraordinary social media bust-up on Sunday evening when Clive […]
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Eltham Tories pick Bexley Council deputy leader for general election
Conservatives in Eltham have rejected Greenwich Council’s opposition leader Matt Hartley as their candidate for the next general election – instead picking Louie French, the deputy leader of Bexley Council, to take on Labour MP Clive Efford. French, a councillor for Falconwood and Welling – just across the borough border – defeated Hartley on a […]
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