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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Passengers asked for ideas for reopened £220,000 Thameslink fund
Rail passengers are being asked for ideas for what can be done to improve their journeys from six Greenwich and Woolwich line stations after local MP Matt Pennycook successfully fought to have a little-publicised scheme reopened for suggestions. As part of its apology for the botched introduction of May 2018’s timetable – which saw a […]
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Angerstein Wharf: Greenwich Council knew of rail crossing closure but did not tell residents
Greenwich Council knew about controversial plans to close a railway crossing a year before Network Rail made it public – but did not tell local residents, councillors or the local MP, 853 can reveal. Network Rail first told Greenwich Council about its plans for the Angerstein Wharf branch crossing, across a freight line on the […]
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Government fund to remove cladding ‘will lead to lottery’, campaigners warn
Vital funding announced by the Government today to replace flammable lining wrapped around more then 170 buildings will lead to a “cladding lottery”, an action group has warned. Nearly two years after 72 people died in a fire at Grenfell Tower in North Kensington, 28 buildings in Greenwich borough still have combustible cladding. New Capital […]
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One in five Greenwich & Woolwich voters back anti-Brexit petition
More than one in five voters in Greenwich & Woolwich have a signed a petition calling for Article 50 to be revoked and for the UK to remain in the European Union. The online petition, which was set up at end of February but gained traction after the prime minister criticised MPs for refusing to […]
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Woolwich Barracks closure raised in Commons after 4,000 sign petition
Local MP Matt Pennycook has raised the fate of Woolwich Barracks in the House of Commons after 4,000 people signed a petition against its closure. The barracks will close by 2028 under plans outlined by the government in 2016, and the Greenwich & Woolwich MP has been fighting a campaign to keep the historic site […]
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Army will work to improve neglected Woolwich Common, minister insists
A defence minister has told local MP Matt Pennycook that the Army will work to improve Woolwich Common, after locals raised concerns about the way the green space is looked after. Tobias Ellwood told Pennycook, the MP for Greenwich & Woolwich, that he appreciated the “strength of feeling” on the issue, which has prompted neighbours […]
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Matthew Pennycook MP: ‘Universal Credit is failing – and it’s just arrived in Greenwich borough’
The government’s controversial Universal Credit was introduced to Greenwich borough this week, completing its roll-out in south-east London. Greenwich & Woolwich MP MATTHEW PENNYCOOK writes for 853 on why the new system isn’t working – and why the government needs to take action. Universal Credit is failing. Beset by delays since its introduction and subject […]
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