On Monday, Greenwich Council’s leader outlined his town hall’s new budget. Now the borough’s opposition leader, MATT HARTLEY, introduces his alternative budget, which will also be discussed by councillors tomorrow night. To govern is to choose – and the choices made by the new group of Labour councillors who run Greenwich Council, in their first […]
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Southeastern cuts: Complain if your train’s overcrowded, MP says
SE London’s rail passengers should report overcrowded trains directly to Southeastern, a local MP said after government cuts to the timetable were introduced over the weekend. There are now fewer services compared with before the pandemic, with rush-hour trains particularly badly affected, with the rail minister Huw Merriman admitting last week that the cuts were […]
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I was wrong about Liz Truss, says Greenwich Tory leader as he welcomes Sunak
The leader of Greenwich Council’s Conservatives has welcomed Rishi Sunak entry into 10 Downing Street – and admitted he got it wrong when backing Liz Truss to be prime minister. Sunak formally became prime minister this morning after meeting the King at Buckingham Palace. He was declared the winner of the latest Conservative leadership contest […]
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Former Greenwich councillor Liz Truss to become prime minister
The first Greenwich councillor to become a cabinet minister rose to the highest job in the land today – and has been invited back to Woolwich Town Hall to talk about the cost of living crisis by the council’s new leader. Liz Truss, who represented Eltham South between 2006 and 2010, beat Rishi Sunak to […]
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Give households £50 to help with cost of living, Greenwich Tories tell council
Nearly 100,000 Greenwich households should be paid £50 straight away to help with the cost of living crisis, Conservative councillors have said – but the Labour council has responded by saying it wants to ask residents what to do. The town hall’s three remaining Tory councillors – leader Matt Hartley, Pat Greenwell and John Hills […]
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Greenwich Council leader Anthony Okereke pays tribute to predecessor as he takes over
Greenwich Council’s new leader Anthony Okereke officially took charge of the borough last night and led tributes to his predecessor Danny Thorpe. Okereke defeated Thorpe in a close vote of Labour councillors earlier this month after the party won a thumping victory in the local elections. His election was confirmed last night at the council’s […]
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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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Greenwich Conservatives pick Nigel Fletcher as their new leader
Nigel Fletcher is the new leader of Greenwich borough’s Conservatives after opposition councillors met via video conference last night. The 40-year-old Eltham South councillor was the unanimous choice of his eight colleagues to replace Matt Hartley, who has stood down after five years. The Eltham North councillor Charlie Davis, 25, was elected deputy leader, replacing […]
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