Greenwich Council will not be following its neighbours in challenging London’s expanded Ultra Low Emissions Zones in the courts, its leader said on Thursday night. Anthony Okereke defended mayor Sadiq Khan’s plans to charge drivers of the most polluting vehicles £12.50 to enter Greater London, saying that they were about “promoting people’s health”. But the […]
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Greenwich Council staff ‘were asked to promote Labour fundraiser’
Updated story: Greenwich Council is investigating claims that its staff were asked to help organise a Labour fundraiser featuring the party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner. The event last December was a fundraising dinner for Greenwich Labour Women. Staff are said to have been asked by the council’s deputy leader, Averil Lekau, to help drum up […]
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Greenwich Labour’s budget doesn’t do enough for our borough, says Tory leader
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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