A long-serving former Greenwich councillor and the chair of the trust preserving St George’s Garrison Church in Woolwich have been made MBEs in the New Year’s Honours list. Spencer Drury, a former leader of the Conservatives in Greenwich and a councillor in Eltham North for 20 years, was given the honour for political and public […]
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‘Get on with it’: Greenwich Council criticised after homelessness policy lapses
Greenwich Council has allowed its homelessness policy to lapse – despite a law stating it should have introduced a new plan to deal with the issue last year. The council currently has no up-to-date policy on homelessness after the last one expired in 2019. Under a law introduced by the Labour government in 2002, all […]
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Greenwich Council rent hike ‘could see neighbours paying different rates’
A rise in some Greenwich Council rents could see neighbours paying different sums to live in their homes, senior councillors were told on Wednesday. The council’s cabinet approved plans to hike rents by up to 6.7 per cent for new tenants moving into council properties, in a move which saw opposition Conservatives accuse the Labour […]
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Greenwich councillors back cutting payments for special guardians
Special guardians who claim child tax credits are to have their payments cut by Greenwich Council, which says it is following new guidance laid down by central government. There are 220 special guardians in Greenwich borough, looking after 303 children. Special guardians are people who look after children who are not their own but take […]
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Cut Greenwich Council’s cabinet members – but pay them more, councillor says
Greenwich Council’s ruling cabinet should have fewer members – but they should be better-paid, one of the borough’s Conservative councillors says. Spencer Drury’s suggestion comes five weeks after councillors handed themselves a 2 per cent rise in their allowances – their first in seven years – amid shambolic scenes after the papers recommending the rise […]
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‘Schoolchildren’ Greenwich councillors hand themselves a 2% pay rise
Greenwich councillors handed themselves a 2% pay rise last night amid shambolic scenes at Woolwich Town Hall – before their own civic mayor scolded them for acting like “schoolchildren”. While the increase to their allowances was the first in seven years, a disagreement between councillors erupted into a full-blown row after the motion to give […]
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£1m Greenwich Council land settlement for Kidbrooke school is ‘an investment’, leader says
Greenwich Council leader Denise Hyland has called a £1m settlement on a land dispute at a Kidbrooke academy an “investment” in the school’s future. The council is paying £1m to settle an issue dating back to when the former Kidbrooke School became Corelli Academy, “London’s first co-operative academy”, in 2011. However, the school has now […]
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Greenwich Conservative councillor predicts Tory losses in 2018’s election
A senior Greenwich Conservative councillor has predicted his party will lose seats in May’s council election because their Labour rivals will “promise gifts for everyone”. Former leader Spencer Drury was speaking during last week’s full council meeting, where he said the government’s austerity programme had “failed” and that the public sector pay cap had “gone […]
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