Strategy to deal with homelessness ‘not a priority’ for Greenwich Council Sunday, 21 February, 2021 Labour Councillors on the Royal Borough of Greenwich Council unanimously rejected calls to write a strategy to look at the causes of homelessness in the Borough and plan how to support residents who find themselves without somewhere to live. Eltham Conservative Councillor Spencer Drury proposed a motion at January’s Full Council meeting requiring the Council’s Labour leadership to publish an... Local News
£7 million funding boost to tackle serious violence across London 9th February 2021 Police in London receives an extra £7,000,000 to go towards Violence Reduction Units, which work to reduce serious violence. This investment is part of the... Local News
Met Police set to receive an additional £138.9m next year 17th December 2020 Met Police set to receive an additional £138.9m next year · Government is increasing funding for policing to more than £15 billion in 2021-22, up by £636... Local News
Councillors call for review of Greenwich traffic measures 10th September 2020 Greenwich Conservative Councillors have called for a review of new traffic measures implemented in the Royal Borough of Greenwich since March, to assess their... Local News
Charlie Davis calls on business across Greenwich & Lewisham to sign up to landmark Kickstart employment scheme 3rd September 2020 Charlie Davis calls on business across Greenwich & Lewisham to sign up to landmark Kickstart employment scheme · New £2 billion Kickstart scheme will create... Local News
Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust to receive additional funding to upgrade A&E facilities ahead of winter 28th August 2020 Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust to receive additional funding to upgrade A&E facilities ahead of winter · Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust to receive £1,500,000 to... Local News
Council took cash from gasholder firm before demolition 24th August 2020 Greenwich Council took money from the owner of the historic gasholder on the peninsula before allowing its controversial demolition, it has been emerged. The... Local News
Save Charlton Athletic FC, say Councillors 13th August 2020 Greenwich Conservative Councillors have called on the government to step in and help save Charlton Athletic FC, as the club faces the prospect of expulsion from... Local News
Met Police bolstered by 1,369 extra police officers 6th August 2020 Met Police bolstered by 1,369 extra police officers Councillor Charlie Davis has welcomed the announcement that the Metropolitan Police has been bolstered by an... Local News
Council uses loophole to push up rents for new tenants 17th July 2020 Greenwich's Labour Council is planning to put up rents for new tenants by around four times the rate of inflation, in apparent defiance of a decision by the... Local News
The Prime Minister’s Statement on Coronavirus in Full 19th December 2020 The Prime Minister announces new measures to be taken in London, the South East and the East of England to tackle coronavirus, including new Tier 4 restrictions... National News
First Vaccinations in the UK Against Coronavirus Begin 8th December 2020 Today the first vaccinations in the UK against coronavirus begin. Thank you to our NHS, to all of the scientists who worked so hard to develop this vaccine. National News
The Prime Minister's Statement on New Coronavirus Regulations 1st December 2020 The Prime Minister today urged MPs in the House of Commons to pass new COVID regulations, to keep transmission down and beat the virus National News
Amanda Milling: We’ve outdone Labour in getting females to the top 1st December 2020 Hundreds of women have put themselves forward to be potential Conservative candidates in the past two weeks. National News
Our 2020 Spending Review Delivers on the Priorities of the British People 25th November 2020 We are providing £280 billion to get our country through coronavirus. Rishi Sunak’s 2020 Spending Review sets out how. National News
The Spending Review 2020 in Full 25th November 2020 Read and Watch the Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s 2020 Spending Review in Full National News