Bexley Council’s leader Teresa O’Neill is to step down in November after 17 years in the role. The Conservative councillor – who became Baroness O’Neill of Bexley when she was appointed to the House of Lords three years ago – will also step down from the council at the next elections in May. Bexley Council […]
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Bexley Labour members raise £6,000 for half-term meals after council refuses to step in
A push by Bexley Labour party members to raise funds to provide the borough’s hungry schoolchildren with free meals over the half-term break has blown through the £6,000-mark in just three days. The Feed Bexley Kids campaign is the latest local initiative stepping in after the government turned down a motion to extend free school meals into […]
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Bring Thameslink to Belvedere and Erith, Bexley Council leader says
Bexley Council has asked Thameslink to stop its trains at Belvedere and Erith stations to provide a much-needed boost to public transport in the area. The north-south rail link began running on the Greenwich and North Kent lines two years ago – but skips stops at Woolwich Dockyard, Belvedere and Erith on its route between […]
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TfL cash crisis: Action needed to save DLR to Thamesmead, Greenwich councillor says
Greenwich Council’s cabinet member for transport has called for “concrete action” to secure the future of a Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead, which is in doubt because of Transport for London’s financial crisis. Sizwe James, who represents Thamesmead Moorings on the council, also accused the government of playing “political football” with TfL’s finances, which […]
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