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 »
Greenwich Council fails Eltham’s residents with negative attitude to policing Conservative Councillors Charlie Davis and Spencer Drury have condemned the blinkered approach of Greenwich Council’s Labour Cabinet Member for Community Safety as failing Eltham residents by refusing to buy the local police station or provide any other support for local police. At the December meeting… Read More »
When the Mayor of London agreed to provide millions of pounds for Greenwich Council to undertake a ‘major scheme’ to improve Eltham High Street in 2013 Boris Johnson probably thought that there would be clear agreement subsequently that this was money well spent and had drawn more people to the High Street. Unfortunately the review… Read More »
On Thursday I attended the Eltham North Ward Panel meeting which is held quarterly by the local police. This meeting was well attended, probably because of the rise in burglaries in Eltham which the police have struggled to stem. Although there were a lot of other items on the agenda and our local police team… Read More »
Residents of Grangehill Road were informed today that a section of their road will be closed from 8am to 9.30am and from 3pm to 4pm to “encourage parents/carers and the school community to engage in more sustainable ways to travel.” The closure is part of a new ‘Schools Streets’ trial which the Royal Borough of… Read More »
As a Councillor in a split ward, I have been working with Labour Councillors closely for the last four years and I often make the point that they have to put the Council’s interests above Eltham’s. It is often tricky to explain what this means, but there are some obvious examples, like opposing reduced Business Rates… Read More »
You may have missed a question I asked at the January meeting of Full Council regarding redundancies being made by Greenwich Leisure Limited (GLL) which I fear may well have an impact on the service levels being provided at the Eltham Centre. I had spoken with members of staff who had informed me about the cuts… Read More »