Labour’s candidate for the Shooters Hill by-election boycotted community hustings held over the weekend, claiming campaigns to stop council land sales in the ward had attracted little support. Jummy Dawodu also used a letter sent to residents’ homes to accuse the ward’s former councillor, Ivis Williams, of “siding with the Conservatives” in speaking up for […]
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Don’t speak up for Green by-election candidate, Labour councillors warned
Greenwich’s Labour councillors have been ordered not to express their support for the Green candidate in this month’s by-election in Shooters Hill. The extraordinary warning came as organisers of hustings taking place this weekend said that Labour had not responded to a request to take part – even though all six other candidates had pledged to […]
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Labour councillor who quit endorses Green candidate in Shooters Hill
A Greenwich Labour councillor who quit her role after facing disciplinary action for supporting local residents has endorsed the Green candidate for next month’s Shooters Hill by-election. Ivis Williams, who stood down three weeks ago in a row over plans to sell council land in her ward, has backed Tamasin Rhymes for the by-election, which […]
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Labour councillor quits after facing sanction for defending residents
A Greenwich Labour councillor who spoke up for local residents protesting against the sale of council land in her ward has quit after being threatened with a six-week suspension. Ivis Williams, who had been a councillor since 2018, spoke out in March about the disposal of the Greenwich Equestrian Centre, as well as the sale […]
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Flats could be built on Shooters Hill equestrian centre, council leader suggests
The Labour leader of Greenwich Council has raised the possibility of flats being built on the site of the borough’s Olympic legacy equestrian centre, which is set to be put up for sale. Anthony Okereke compared criticism of the sale to a campaign against council homes on the site of a community garden in west […]
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Bid to halt sale of Greenwich’s Olympic equestrian centre thrown out
Plans to sell the Greenwich Equestrian Centre were given the green light by a panel of councillors on Wednesday after a challenge to the decision led to a party political row. Last month Greenwich Council’s cabinet approved a proposal to sell the centre on Shooters Hill, as well as a house next to the nearby […]
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Tories to challenge Greenwich Council’s hushed-up property sales
Two Conservative councillors have challenged the planned sale of Greenwich’s equestrian centre, which was approved in less than a minute by the town hall’s Labour cabinet last week. Plans to sell a detached house at the rear of the Shrewsbury House community centre in Shooters Hill have also been called in for further scrutiny. The […]
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Greenwich’s Olympic equestrian centre quietly put up for sale
Greenwich Council’s cabinet quietly voted to sell the borough’s equestrian centre on Tuesday evening – agreeing to dispose of it in less than a minute. The Greenwich Equestrian Centre on Shooters Hill closed earlier this year after North Kent College, which had been operating the facility, pulled out. The building has been boarded up since […]
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