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Candidate selected for Blackheath Westcombe ward

Posted on 18 August 2017

Ward committee choses Malcolm Reid to stand in the 2018 Borough Council Election

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Roger Tester joins Coldharbour & New Eltham ward team

Posted on 5 August 2017

Roger Tester has been selected by local Conservative Party members to stand as a candidate in Coldharbour & New Eltham ward in the May 2018 elections, after sitting councillor Mandy Brinkhurst announced she will be stepping down after 12 years in the role.

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Sadiq Khan plans to close Eltham Police Station and community bases

Posted on 21 July 2017

The Labour Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced plans to close Eltham Police Station, as well as local Safer Neighbourhood Bases in the borough. The news follows leaked emails revealed last month that showed the Mayor’s office has been planning the closures in secret since last December, despite this not appearing in the Mayor’s published Police and Crime Plan in March.

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Boris back in Eltham to support Matt Hartley's MP bid

Posted on 31 May 2017

Boris Johnson visited Eltham High Street yesterday to give his backing for Conservative candidate Matt Hartley’s bid to become Eltham’s new MP.

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Local councillor Matt Hartley to make Eltham MP bid

Posted on 28 April 2017

Eltham Conservatives have selected local councillor Matt Hartley as the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate in the General Election on June 8th.

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Greenwich Conservatives urge residents to reject ‘one line, one terminal’ in Southeastern consultation

Posted on 5 April 2017

Greenwich Conservatives are calling on residents to take part in a new consultation on the future of the Southeastern rail network, and help ‘nip in the bud’ a suggestion that trains on the Bexleyheath line should go to Cannon Street only.

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Greenwich Council agrees to exempt young care leavers from Council Tax

Posted on 1 April 2017

Greenwich Council has agreed to exempt young people leaving care from Council Tax up to the age of 25, following a proposal from Conservative councillors that will see around 450 young people save hundreds of pounds a year.

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Memorial service for former councillor Dermot Poston MBE, JP

Posted on 30 March 2017

A memorial service for former councillor Dermot Poston MBE, JP will be held on Saturday, 1st April at 2pm at St Luke's Church Eltham Park, Westmount Road, SE9 1XQ. Fulsome tributes were made to Dermot, who was first elected to the council in 1968 and last year was awarded the Freedom of the Borough for his lifetime of public service, at Wednesday's Full Council meeting by councillors of both parties.