The BBC Panorama documentary on the deaths of two teenage boys in Woolwich shocked many viewers – but for a former local councillor in the area, what she saw came as no surprise. In the hour-long programme, which was broadcast on Monday, Daejaun Campbell’s mother accused Greenwich Council social services of failing to help the […]
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Independents and Greens team up on Greenwich Council
The two councillors who quit Greenwich Labour last month have helped form a new political group on the council – but have lost their places on committees that scrutinise town hall policies. Ann-Marie Cousins and Lakshan Saldin, who left the ruling party three weeks ago, have now formed the Independent and Green group with Majella […]
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Green Party’s Tamasin Rhymes wins Shooters Hill by-election
The Green Party has its first ever councillor in Greenwich after Tamasin Rhymes won the Shooters Hill by-election. The result, which was announced just after midnight, is the biggest upset in Greenwich politics for a generation and a rare humiliation for Labour, whose candidate Jummy Dawodu boycotted local hustings, claiming they would not be impartial, […]
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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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