Figures published by the TaxPayers’ Alliance in its “Town Hall Rich List 2022” have revealed the high remuneration received by Greenwich Council’s senior Officers compared to those paid in other local authorities. Nationally the average number of employees receiving over £100,000 is 7.7, but in Greenwich this number is 32. Similarly only two Officers nationally… Read More »
Leaflets from the Labour Party in the local elections prove that their candidates aren’t allowed to have a thought of their own. Why does this matter? Well, how can Labour candidates represent the people they are elected by in Eltham if they are only allowed to trot out the party line? Some residents in the… Read More »
The confusion and delay at the heart of Labour-run Greenwich Council’s approach to the still closed café in the Eltham Centre has been revealed through repeated questions from Councillor Spencer Drury. The plan to close the Eltham Centre café and expand the gym space was revealed by SE9 magazine on their Facebook page in May… Read More »
Football clubs and communities across the country will receive investment in grassroots football facilities thanks to the Conservative Government. Charlie Davis welcomes the £48,808 in funding for Long Lane JFC in Eltham to improve the quality of sporting facilities for the local area. This new funding from the Conservative Government, the FA, and the Premier… Read More »
On Wednesday lead Conservative activists Phil Russell and Angie Begollari attended the last ever meeting of the Eltham West Safer Neighbourhood Ward Panel. The panel were reminded that since the closure of the Eltham Police Station, the Safer Neighbourhood Team now had to travel into their area from Mottingham. Although this is a similar difficulty… Read More »
At the November meeting of Greenwich Council, Eltham Councillor Spencer Drury asked the Cabinet Member for Environment, Sustainability and Transport about the failure to deliver a final plan for the proposed Eltham Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ). In response to Spencer’s question the Cabinet Member appeared to suggest that despite not yet seeing a report she… Read More »
Several residents have been in touch with us to express their concerns about this development and a retrospective application to convert the house on Greenvale Road to an HMO was rejected by the Council. However, recently there has been an appeal against the Council’s decision which you may want to comment upon before the deadline… Read More »
At the most recent meeting of Greenwich Council’s Housing and Anti-Poverty Scrutiny Panel, senior officers apologised repeatedly for the failings of the housing repairs service. The sparsely attended meeting (only three Councillors and a tenants representative were present) focused on two particular areas of failure: From my point of view, as a Councillor, I am… Read More »
Pressure from local Conservative Councillors has resulted in the Labour Council finally agreeing to help find space for local police teams in Eltham, after the Borough Police Commander described the lack of facilities in the Town Centre for them to use during their shifts as “ridiculous”. His comments and the Labour U-turn came during a… Read More »
At its October Cabinet meeting Labour Councillors decided to allocate an extra £8.2m to the Meridian Home Start (MHS) company to allow it to build more homes on the Shepherd Leas site in Eltham. The Cabinet also chose to reduce the price MHS had to pay for the site, meaning that there was further funding… Read More »