I’m very late with this, but this weekend’s your last chance to respond to the consultation on Greenwich Council’s “pavement tax”, the charge on shops and cafes placing items on the pavements outside their premises, which led to people dressing up as fruit and veg outside Woolwich Town Hall last year. (Go via here if […]
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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 Council’s pavement tax ‘could be illegal’
New Greenwich Council charges for small businesses which use pavements outside their premises could be illegal, opposition politicians are warning. But while the council is defending the policy, the cabinet member in charge of it has ducked out of defending it herself – leaving it to the council’s legal executive instead. Conservative leader Spencer Drury […]
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