The last week has seen a lively debate going on, mainly over Twitter, about the future of the Mecca Bingo site on Eltham Hill, with Conservatives (led by Parliamentary Candidate Louie French) campaigning against plans to use the site for flats being told to stop ‘misrepresenting’ the situation by a range of Labour politicians, including… Read More »
Following the Home Office announcement of an extra 20,000 police officers to be recruited across every police force in England and Wales, Eltham Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Louie French has asked for South East London to get its fair share. The Home Office has today confirmed the officer recruitment targets for every police force in England… Read More »
Over time all three Eltham North Councillors have been asking for updates on the slow pace of work at the toilets in Eltham Park South (behind the café). On these non-political issues we invariably try to work together and following a recent enquiry from Councillor Linda Bird, the Council has informed us that they too… Read More »
The Council have written to local Councillors to keep them informed about planned pavement work on Eltham High Street to the west of Roper Street. During the Eltham High Street public realm improvements, the pavement opposite the cinema could not be built to the full designed width because road space was needed to allow… Read More »
GLA Candidate and Eltham Councillor Charlie Davis has paid tribute to teachers across Eltham as the summer holidays begin. Their hard work means that more children are gaining the skills and knowledge they need to get on in life. 3721 more children in Eltham are now in schools rated good or outstanding, compared with… Read More »
At the July meeting of Full Council, the independent auditors highlighted concerns over the Labour adminstration’s level of reserves, commenting in their report that “you only have finite reserves available and it is important that you continue to maintain appropriate budgetary control”. The debate on the Council’s Statement of Accounts provided a forum for me to… Read More »
There has been some comment on the way in which Councillors in the Royal Borough of Greenwich chose to award themselves a pay rise at the end of last month and the vast majority of it was richly deserved. The lack of control over the meeting from the Mayor, the failure to publish the report within the… Read More »
I have to confess that as someone who has taught A level Government and Politics for the last decade I have become passionate about bodies like Greenwich Council sticking to the rules about how it should behave. From my point of view, Greenwich Council’s constitution is a promise to the residents of the Borough about… Read More »
Council Officers have written to Eltham’s Councillors about the arrangements to complete High Street works around the new Eltham Cinema over the next few months. Because of the hoardings and Cinema works programme, Officers had advertised well in advance (and retained some funds) to complete an element of the Eltham High Street Major Improvement Scheme… Read More »
This evening Greenwich Council’s Cabinet will agree a programme of housebuilding which includes plans for new homes on the site of the garages beside the low rise flats on Well Hall Road. The “New Council Housing Delivery Programme” initially looks to approve the building of new Council homes on five sites, one of which is… Read More »