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Monthly Archives: October 2012
London Road betrayed by broken promises says MP Khan
After a morning spent touring London Road, meeting local residents, business owners and workers in the area worst-hit by the rioting last year, shadow cabinet member Sadiq Khan realised he had made a shocking discovery about Croydon. “Not a single … Continue reading
Val Shawcross reported to be on list for Croydon by-election
Val Shawcross, the London Assembly Member for Lambeth and Southwark and Ken Livingstone’s running mate in May’s Mayoral election, heads the list of candidates to stand for Labour in the Croydon North by-election, according to reports this weekend. Although the … Continue reading
Car park failure is dire warning for Croydon’s casino economics
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Another week, another multi-million pound company goes into administration. ANDREW PELLING says that the collapse of financial scheme behind a car park operator will have lasting repercussions for Croydon There’s been a lot of action this week that … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Andrew Pelling, Business, Centrale, Commuting, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, Parking, Property, South Croydon, Transport, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged BBC, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, London, London Borough of Croydon, Royal Bank of Scotland, Westfield
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Whitgift loses out on staging Surrey cricket in 2013
Croydon may have staged its last county cricket festival, after Whitgift School confirmed to Inside Croydon that they would not be holding any Surrey matches in 2013. This will be the second year that Surrey County Cricket Club has failed … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Cricket, Schools, Sport, Surrey CCC, Whitgift School
Tagged County cricket, Croydon, David Lean Cinema, Oval, Surrey, Surrey County Cricket Club, Whitgift School
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Council has no real answers as Justice Centre’s funds are cut
HAMIDA ALI, right, went to the Town Hall on Monday to ask her first question of councillors. She felt she was insulted and abused There’s growing concern in Croydon about the fate of the Family Justice Centre, one of many … Continue reading
Residents’ fears ignored as Tesco gets 6am booze licence
On whose behalf does Croydon Council operate? Residents or big business? At the meeting of the licensing authority in the Town Hall tonight, the choice made was clear: Croydon Council does not listen to its residents. Tesco had placed an … Continue reading
“Wastefield” finally plugs the £200m Hole in Bradford
Another straw in the wind for Croydon Council’s dependency on high street retail this morning, as the Telegraph and Argus is reporting that Westfield has cashed its chips on the controversial land holding in Bradford, where a vast, water-filled crater … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Estates Gazette, George Galloway, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mary Portas, Westfield, Yorkshire
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Collapsing retail sector hits Croydon hardest, says BBC
Croydon has suffered the worst rate of retail store closures in the whole of London, the BBC is reporting. BBC London accessed the figures from a nationwide survey on retail trends for the first six months of 2012. The worrying … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, Centrale, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, BBC, Croydon, Hammerson, Local Data Company, London, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Redundancy costs could burden Upper Norwood library trust
Another offering for the bulging file of “Croydon Council Adds Insult to Injury” comes from the splendid News from Crystal Palace site, which reports that leading figures at our Town Hall are seriously considering burdening any community trust which takes … Continue reading
Little Ray of sunshine for LibDems in Croydon North
Any jokes about the Liberal Democrats in Croydon being an endangered species were only reinforced late last night with the announcement of a candidate for the forthcoming parliamentary by-election, as they named Marisha Ray, a former councillor in Islington, north … Continue reading
Did Mead mislead Town Hall over Newsnight interview?
Did Dudley Mead, the deputy leader of the Conservative group that controls Croydon Council, deliberately mislead a full council meeting last night? Croydon’s shameful record on providing emergency housing for the borough’s homeless was highlighted by BBC Newsnight two weeks … Continue reading
Send ’em back! Councillor’s rant against traveller groups
Sexism, rants against the local press for failing to be sufficiently subservient, and racism – last night’s full meeting of the council at the Town Hall had it all. It was as if, for Croydon’s ruling Conservative group, the 1930s … Continue reading
Croydon among worst London boroughs for elderly care
Getting older? Worried about how you’ll be cared for in your dotage? Do you have even moderate life savings? Live in Croydon? Then you’d better move. That has to be the conclusion following the latest BBC report on care for … Continue reading
Council awards posthumous honour to Malcom Wicks
Malcolm Wicks is to be made the 15th Freeman of the London Borough of Croydon. The posthumous honour was announced at the council full meeting last night by the leaders of the two political groups. The proposal was announced immediately … Continue reading
Flawed council plan puts flats too close to Fairfield Halls
The public consultation for the latest Croydon Council pipe dream, the “Fair Field Masterplan”, closes today. Extraordinarily, even by Croydon’s standards for bungling, this latest masterplan has managed to antagonise the centrepiece upon which many of the proposals depend: the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon College, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Housing, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Tramlink, Transport, URV, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, East Croydon station, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, London, Park Lane, Taberner House
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What the ****?! Council issues staff warning over office graffiti
It seems that the council workers in Taberner House are beginning to express their frustrations with their mismanagement. Widespread redundancies, with more to come; much reduced employment terms imposed upon staff; allegations of bullying and poor practice. Now staff appear … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House
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Spellings takes on his Italian Job for homelessness charity
Croydon resident NEIL SPELLINGS is off on a challenge, looking to raise thousands of pounds for a very good cause I am doing some work for a large financial institution in Docklands who are holding a banger rally to raise … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity
Tagged Dijon, Eurotunnel, France, Homelessness, London, London Docklands, Milan, Twitter
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Hollands’ contempt for public is Croydon’s “pleb” moment
Our man in the public gallery, WALTER CONXITE, found little evidence of Croydon’s “Proud to Serve” slogan being put into practice at a Town Hall meeting last week The truly depressing thing about the way in which our council is … Continue reading
South End Family Fun Day, Oct 28
Posted in Croydon South, Fairfield, South Croydon, South Croydon Community Association, Waddon
Tagged Croydon South, South Croydon, Waddon
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Newman plans to get Croydon’s houses in order
TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the opposition Labour group on Croydon Council, responds to last week’s report on Newsnight with a plan to provide proper housing for the borough’s homeless Millions of people have now seen last week’s shocking BBC Newsnight … Continue reading
Town Hall report ignores crime, Council Tax and roads
It is so often cited as to have become clichéd, but in George Orwell’s vision of a dystopian future, the novel 1984, when the powers-that-be had bad news, it got its Ministry of Truth to erase it from the records … Continue reading
Labour calls for closure of “squalid” Croydon B&Bs
Croydon’s opposition Labour group has demanded the immediate closure of the Thornton Heath B&B hotel used by the council to house the borough’s homeless. Labour has also demanded an independent inquiry into how the council has failed to take proper … Continue reading
