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Erith and Thamesmead
Does the MP for Greenwich and Woolwich not like Woolwich?
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 - 13:49On Tuesday Chairman of Greenwich Conservatives Malcolm Reid, Leader of the Conservative Group Cllr Spencer Drury and GLA Candidate Cllr Alex Wilson attended the hearings held by the Boundary Commission at Lewisham Town Hall to consult over the proposed new parliamentary constituency boundaries.
Conservatives demand answers on festival funds
Tuesday, 21 June 2011 - 11:30Greenwich Conservatives have expressed concern about the amount of taxpayers' money being spent on this summer's Greenwich Festivals, as grants are cut to other arts groups in the Borough.
Overcrowding to become a fact of life as Greenwich fails to plan for children’s futures
Sunday, 22 May 2011 - 13:12At a meeting of Greenwich Council’s Cabinet on Tuesday, Labour Councillors agreed to spend in excess of £45m patching up and installing portacabins in primary schools across the borough as they searched for extra places for primary age children.
Conservative government frees Council from target-driven strait-jacket
Saturday, 12 March 2011 - 21:00At the Overview and Scrutiny meeting on Thursday evening (10th March), Conservative Councillors welcomed the end to many of the targets which the previous Labour government had set to measure the efficiency of Councils.
Changes to Greenwich Council Planning Committee
Wednesday, 16 February 2011 - 18:01Planning Changes
At Council on 26th January Blackheath Westcombe Conservative Councillors spoke against an increase in the number of objections from two to eight needed to trigger referral of applications to Planning Committees The intention is to save money.
Report back on January's Council Meeting
Sunday, 30 January 2011 - 21:33The January Council meeting felt a lot like the calm before the storm as the proposed Council budget is bought before members in the next month (or so, as the date keeps being shifted). There were serious items on the agenda and some which were relatively uncontroversial.
Exam results in Greenwich
Saturday, 15 January 2011 - 09:29Over the last few years, Labour’s Greenwich Council has trumpeted great strides forward in terms of education in our schools based on rapidly increasing GCSE results. However the latest measure published by the new Conservative Minister for Education Michael Gove suggests that this increase is an illusion and educational standards remain very much unchanged.
Plumstead Common Road - the most dug up road in London?
Sunday, 2 January 2011 - 11:44CONSERVATIVES in Greenwich have discovered that Plumstead Common Road has been dug up approximately 500 times over the last two years. That’s the equivalent of a different hole in the road every day and a half
Following complaints by a resident on the road, Conservative leader Cllr Spencer Drury questioned the council about the work. He received the following reply:
A Council Meeting of Agreement?
Thursday, 16 December 2010 - 00:37At December’s full meeting of Greenwich Council (15th December) there was superficially a lot of agreement between the Labour and Conservative Groups about the items on the agenda. However, in reality this meeting was most probably the calm before the storm as the level of cuts required to deal with the legacy of Gordon Brown’s government starts to hit home.
Greenwich Council's Dog Control Plans: A Dogs Breakfast
Saturday, 27 November 2010 - 09:18Greenwich Conservatives recently revealed the failure of the Labour Council’s dog control orders.
In figures received as a result of a Freedom of Information request from Conservative Leader Cllr Spencer Drury, it is clear that:-