Voters have deserted the Labour party in the Greenwich Council ward where two councillors went back on their word and backed the controversial Silvertown Tunnel, internal figures from this weekend’s European election have suggested. Denise Scott McDonald, the council’s cabinet member for transport and air quality, and Stephen Brain aligned themselves with opposition to the […]
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Greenwich Peninsula councillors back Silvertown Tunnel – after claiming to oppose it
853 exclusive: Greenwich Labour councillors reaffirmed their backing for the Silvertown Tunnel last week, with the help of councillors in the area most affected by the scheme who had pledged their opposition to it when appealing for votes last year. Peninsula ward councillors Denise Scott-McDonald and Stephen Brain voted against a motion that would have […]
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Losses double to £2.8m at Greenwich Council’s spin-off firm GS Plus
Losses at Greenwich Council’s spin-off firm, GS Plus, have more than doubled, a year after its bosses warned it faced trouble because of a decision to pay all staff the London Living Wage. GS Plus lost more than £2.8 million in the year ending March 2018, according to figures submitted to Companies House last week. […]
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Silvertown Tunnel approved – but Greenwich councillors throw out TfL legal deal
A Greenwich Council scrutiny panel voted yesterday to send back a legal deal with Transport for London about the construction of the Silvertown Tunnel – even though officers warned TfL could walk away from the agreement now it has permission to build the tunnel. The decision does not prevent TfL from building the tunnel, which […]
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Greenwich Labour councillors fight back over Silvertown Tunnel legal deal
A group of Greenwich Labour councillors are objecting to their council’s legal deal with Transport for London over its proposed Silvertown Tunnel – a week before Transport Secretary Chris Grayling is due to approve or reject the scheme. A decision on the £1 billion road tunnel, due to run between the Greenwich Peninsula and Royal […]
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Greenwich councillor drops Green Party police threat over cruise terminal leaflet
A Greenwich councillor has pulled back from a threat to report the local Green Party to police after it published a newsletter explaining how Labour representatives supported the controversial Enderby Wharf cruise liner terminal. Peninsula councillor Stephen Brain saw red after the Greens condemned his party’s record on pollution, noting that “in 2012, Labour councillors […]
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Greenwich councillor threatens libel action over developers’ cash blog story
A Greenwich Labour councillor has threatened a local blog author with legal action after he was criticised over the council’s record with large developments in his ward. Peninsula ward’s Stephen Brain, who recently took part in a photocall marking the start of work on the area’s new Ikea, hit back at the writer of From […]
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