Daily Archives: April 23, 2012

Retired judge handed £35,000 for chairing riots panel

Posted on April 23, 2012 by insidecroydon

It seems that at least one of the mates of Croydon Council’s leadership has benefited financially as a consequence of last August’s riots. Official invoices just published show that our council paid a staggering £35,000 to William Barnett for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Jan Buttinger, Jon Rouse, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayday Hospital, Mike Fisher, Policing, Riots Review Panel, Sean Fitzsimons, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, West Croydon, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Croydon questions: Steve O’Connell, Conservatives

Posted on April 23, 2012 by insidecroydon

Steve O’Connell has been the Conservative Assembly Member for Sutton and Croydon since 2008. The former mortgage salesman is now a full-time politician, according to the Daily Mail “Britain’s best-paid councillor”, collecting £115,000 in 2011 in publicly funded allowances from … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Commuting, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Education, Environment, Health, Housing, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Policing, Schools, Steve O'Connell, Transport, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Croydon questions: Abigail Lock, Liberal Democrats

Posted on April 23, 2012 by insidecroydon

Abigail Lock is a former Sutton councillor who is the Liberal Democrats’ candidate for our area at the London Assembly in the elections on May 3. In the latest in our series, she answers Inside Croydon’s questionnaire We have circulated … Continue reading →

Posted in Abigail Lock, Brian Paddick, Business, Commuting, Crime, Croydon Greens, Education, Environment, Health, Housing, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Policing, Schools, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The week at Westminster: life can be such a fag for our MPs

Posted on April 23, 2012 by insidecroydon

It was a busy week in Parliament for our local MPs, ANDREW PELLING reports Back at Westminster after the Easter break, and there were 22 visits to the voting lobby in just four days of the Parliamentary working week. That’s … Continue reading →

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