Greenwich borough’s three Labour MPs voted different ways on the assisted dying bill in the House of Commons on Friday, with two supporting a change in the law and one voting against it. MPs backed the bill, which would give some terminally ill people in England and Wales the right to end their lives, by […]
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Olympic gold medallist Alex Yee has Ladywell Arena named after him
Lewisham’s Olympic hero Alex Yee has been given the ultimate honour by his home borough – the running track where he started out has been named after him. The 26-year-old, who was born a stone’s throw away in Lewisham Hospital and brought up in Brockley, unveiled a plaque at the renamed Alex Yee Ladywell Arena […]
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‘I want to start crying’: Residents who fear bankruptcy slam Robert Jenrick’s cladding fund
August 2022 update: Optivo announced in May 2022 that it would cover remediation costs for leaseholders at Norfolk House in Deptford, including waking watches and fire alarms. This story is from February 2021 and does not reflect the current situation. Residents living in flats wrapped in unsafe cladding and insulation in two SE London developments […]
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Greenwich & Woolwich MP Pennycook speaks out on cladding as Starmer visits Thamesmead
Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook has criticised “reprehensible” proposals to make leaseholders pay to make the cladding on their homes safe, hours after Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer visited Thamesmead residents who fear bankruptcy. Pennycook spoke out in a Labour debate in the House of Commons on the crisis following the Grenfell Tower disaster, […]
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Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook becomes shadow climate minister
The Greenwich & Woolwich MP Matt Pennycook says he is “really pleased” to have been given the role of shadow climate minister in new Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s frontbench team. Pennycook will work under Ed Miliband, the former Labour leader, who was named shadow business secretary in Starmer’s new team. “Really pleased to take […]
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Boundary review sees Greenwich & Woolwich MP’s seat set for chop
South-east London’s political map faces being completely redrawn under proposals released today to cut the number of MPs in England. A Boundary Commission report suggests splitting up the Greenwich & Woolwich seat – currently held by Matt Pennycook – along with neighbouring Lewisham Deptford and Erith & Thamesmead as part of a wholesale redrawing of […]
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