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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Councillors reject £1.3m Greenwich Info contract after admitting they don’t get council freesheet
Greenwich councillors have rejected a £1.3m contract to print and distribute the council’s fortnightly magazine Greenwich Info – with all three councillors on the panel declaring it was not delivered to their homes. Council officers had planned to spend the money renewing a joint three-year deal alongside other boroughs for printing and delivery services, but […]
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East Greenwich gasholder owner plans to save parts of it, councillors told
The firm which is planning to knock down east Greenwich’s historic gasholder is planning to retain parts of the 130-year-old structure, Greenwich councillors were told last night. SGN wants to dismantle the gasholder, which is the last remaining part of the old East Greenwich Gas Works, despite local opposition. The issue was raised at last […]
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Greenwich councillors back down on gasholder after legal threat raised
Greenwich’s planning board has backed down and allowed a legal procedure which will stop gas from being stored at the site of the historic gasholder next to the Blackwall Tunnel. Councillors were told the borough could face legal action if they continued blocking the procedure, which would also stop the nearby St Mary Magdalene school […]
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Stuff Jumbo: Greenwich Labour refuses to back threatened gasholder
Greenwich Labour councillors have voted down a motion opposing the proposed demolition of East Greenwich’s historic gasholder, which has stood on the peninsula for over 130 years. Plans by the gasholder’s owner, SGN, to take down the structure next to the Blackwall Tunnel were given the go-ahead by council officers earlier this year. A motion […]
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Greenwich Council bullying: A night in denial at the town hall
Fans of dark comedy would have been richly rewarded by Wednesday night’s torturous meeting of Greenwich Council. In fact, it’s hard to know where to start. But running through the meeting were themes common to anyone who’s read this website over the past couple of years – the lack of transparency and an unwillingness to […]
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Greenwich Tory mauls Mail over Ed Miliband hatchet job
While Greenwich Labour is still not acting over its bullying council leader, the party’s national leader Ed Miliband is having abusive problems of his own, having to endure remarkably below-the-belt tirades of abuse about his late father from the Daily Mail. That’s Ralph Miliband, who fought the Nazis in World War II, being criticised by […]
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