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Wednesday, 10 March, 2010 - 10:06
Labour has stopped participating in the Thames Gateway organisation which worked to improve employment, transport, housing and regeneration of those areas which border the Thames (including Greenwich and Woolwich).
Despite considering it ‘extremely successful’, the Labour run Council thinks our waterfront communities no longer need its support and funds.
Tuesday, 9 March, 2010 - 13:44
Charlton Conservatives recently visited St. Pauls Close, Fairfield Grove, where council tenants are awaiting works to standardise them according to the Decent Homes scheme.
Residents expressed dissatisfaction at the length of time the works have taken to start. James Garry was shown examples of homes which the council has allowed to fall into a shocking state of disrepair.
He met tenants who had resorted to applying masking tape around the window frames and over cracks in a desperate...
Monday, 8 March, 2010 - 12:59
Charlton Conservative James Garry attended the Woolwich & Thamesmead Planning & Environment Committee to monitor the Committee's decision on the development of Charlton Church Lane post office to accommodate flats above the Post Office. The meeting took place on the 3rd of March 2010.
The development, which will consist of four two-bedroom flats and would cause the closure of the office for the duration of the work, was ratified by the Committee...
Friday, 5 March, 2010 - 12:45
Poor local transport services continue to hinder Kidbrooke commuters. The 89 bus service is still presenting problems to those wishing to travel to and from Blackheath and the 486 seems to take forever on its journey to North Greenwich, often more than 30 minutes.
Local Kidbrooke campaigner Frank Salmon commented, “The lack of a station often means a walk of over 20 minutes, so local people rely on good local bus services for tube and rail. The poor reliability of the 89 and the slowness...
Tuesday, 2 March, 2010 - 19:30
With sufficient brown field sites in the borough, the Middle Park and Sutcliffe Conservatives will fight any development on Huntsman's field. Conservative Candidate Dr Arujuna Sivananthan wants to see the site returned to its original use as a playing field for community use.
He says "Labour run Greenwich Council has shown a callous disregard for the environment by building high rise, high density housing on green field sites when there are sufficient undeveloped brown field...
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I met with a delegation from The Royal British Legion to get behind the charity’s call for general election candidates of all parties to support the whole Armed Forces family. I also discussed their manifesto and the changes that the Legion is calling for. The manifesto sets out priorities for the next Government to improve conditions for the British Armed Forces past and...
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Conservatives publish plans to make the British government the most technology friendly in the world.
William Hague argues that the biggest risk for Britain is five more years of Gordon Brown.
David Cameron and Ken Clarke have welcomed Sir James Dyson's "Ingenious Britain" report.
Liam Fox calls for Gordon Brown to be recalled to clarify his evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry.
Shapps says that Gordon Brown’s tax inspectors hiking up business rates for local pubs across country