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Category Archives: Andrew Pelling
Mayor Perry must get at least £33m for BxB’s Coulsdon flats
CROYDON COMMENTARY: In our first public platform article of 2023, former MP and Mayoral candidate ANDREW PELLING, pictured right, says that it is essential to get maximum value from the cash-strapped council’s assets – and having more than a single … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Lion Green Road, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Red Clover Gardens, Tory
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Labour makes itself a laughing stock with Croydon tweet
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on a massive gaffe by party staff in London, who seem to have forgotten the omnishambles caused by their colleagues when in charge in Croydon The Labour Party in London has made itself the subject … Continue reading
Council has lost £130m from its pension fund under Perry
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Conservative Mayor, with help from the local Tory MP, has overseen a disastrous few months for the borough’s finances. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor The Croydon Council pension fund has had £130million wiped from its value since … Continue reading
Bellway scales down plan for Lido site after locals’ complaints
Housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES reports on a bit of a climb down from ‘The Platform’ House-builder Bellway has scaled down its plans for the site of the former Wyevale garden centre near the Purley Way, reducing the height of its … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Business, Joy Prince, Planning, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Bellway, Purley Way, Purley Way Lido, Robert Canning, Waddon, Waddon Estate, Waddon Way
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Non-local mum wins Selsdon by-election with Greens second
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, sifts through the runes from the Selsdon Vale and Forestdale ward by-election Fatima Zaman retained the Selsdon Vale and Forestdale council seat for the Conservatives in yesterday’s by-election, as the reputational damage done to Labour locally … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Fatima Zaman, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fatima Zaman, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Underwood, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Tom Bowell, Tony Newman, Tory
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#TheLabourFiles programmes show party ‘corrupt to the core’
A former MP leads a call for those responsible to resign as councillors after failing to report a malicious hack attack to the police. EXCLUSIVE By STEVEN DOWNES A former MP and councillor of 32 years’ service at Croydon Town … Continue reading
#TheLabourFiles: MP Reed, Evans and the Croydon connection
By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon More than six months in the making, Al Jazeera’s investigations unit last night released the fourth part of their documentary series The Labour Files, this episode called “The Spying Game”, a detailed report on … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Clive Fraser, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David White, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged #LabourFiles, #TheLabourFiles, Al Jazeera, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David White, Labour, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, South Norwood, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Waddon
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Denton elected in by-election as Labour loses even more votes
WALTER CRONXITE on the South Croydon ward by-election result It was all so predictable. A by-election in South Croydon ward that should never have needed to be staged (except for Jason Perry wanting to cover his own arse in case … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, South Croydon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Ben Taylor, Conservative, Croydon Council, Danielle Denton, Green Party, John Jefkins, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, South Croydon, Tory
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Tiverton. Wakefield. Can South Croydon be an election shock?
CROYDON IN CRISIS: With the two major parties in turmoil in Croydon, alternative candidates, seeking the ‘none of the above’ vote, are hopeful ahead of next week’s council by-election, reports WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Having broken the borough’s political duopoly … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Claire Bonham, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Neal, Peter Underwood, Richard Howard, South Croydon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Ben Taylor, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Danielle Denton, Green Party, John Jefkins, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, South Croydon, Tory
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‘Based on this year’s elections, Croydon is in a very bad place’
SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Reports over Croydon’s local elections have been lodged with the Electoral Commission and with Scotland Yard. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES There could yet be further repercussions around Katherine Kerswell’s chronic mishandling of Croydon’s “never-ending” election count, which earlier … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Carole Bonner, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, South Croydon, Trinity School, Val Shawcross
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Electoral Commission, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Richard Howard, South Croydon, Tory, Trinity School, Val Shawcross, Whitgift Foundation
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Election results leave Labour supporters angry and dismayed
With the final declaration in, WALTER CRONXITE reports on the state of the council after the 2022 elections By the end, the emotions on show at the Croydon Council election count at Trinity School were less those of shock, disappointment … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Chris Clark, Claire Bonham, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Jade Appleton, Jason Perry, Katherine Kerswell, Kola Agboola, Louisa Woodley, New Addington North, New Addington South, Oliver Lewis, Park Hill and Whitgift, Paul Scott, Peter Underwood, Planning, Robert Canning, Sanderstead, Selhurst, South Croydon, Steve Reed MP, Tony Pearson, Val Shawcross, Waddon, Yvette Hopley
Tagged 2022 Local Elections, Adele Benson, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Chris Clark, Claire Bonham, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor, New Addington North, New Addington South, Paul Scott, Ria Patel, South Croydon, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath, Tory
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Tory Perry wins historic Mayor election by less than 600 votes
Democracy was kept waiting while council officials struggled with their abacuses. By our sleep-deprived political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Jason Perry has been declared the first elected Mayor of Croydon, after a borough-wide vote sent a message to the local Labour … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Greens, Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Richard Howard, Trinity School, Val Shawcross, Winston McKenzie
Tagged 2022 Local Elections, 2022 Mayoral election, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Green Party, Jason Perry, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Peter Underwood, Richard Howard, Tory, Val Shawcross, Winston McKenzie
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Voters’ stark choice: scandal-hit Labour or scandal-hit Tories
In his latest column for Inside Croydon, ANDREW FISHER, looks ahead to the most intriguing contest in London’s local elections this year Labour mayoral candidate Val Shawcross has made no attempt to hide her frustration, at times bordering on contempt, … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Andrew Pelling, Jason Perry, Val Shawcross
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Andrew Fisher, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Green Party, Jason Perry, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Tory, Val Shawcross
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Dear New Mayor: time to come clean with council’s secrets
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Whoever is elected on Thursday as the borough’s first Mayor will inherit an in-tray weighed down with a raft of controversial reports and investigations into missing millions, the details of which have been kept secret for far too … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Jason Perry, Robert Ward, Selsdon and Addington Village, Val Shawcross
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Jason Perry, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Robert Ward, Selsdon, Selsdon and Addington Village, Tory, Val Shawcross
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Not for the first time, questions were better than the answers
And with a week to election day, the last of the set-piece hustings was staged at The Wreck at the Fairfield Halls last night. KEN TOWL, pictured right, went along, so that you wouldn’t have to… So what did we … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Fairfield Halls, Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Richard Howard, The Wreck, Val Shawcross, Winston McKenzie
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Farah London, Gavin Palmer, Green Party, Jason Perry, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Underwood, Richard Howard, Tory, Val Shawcross, Winston McKenzie
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Stumped on the stump: candidates caught out over 2nd choice
It has been said that politics is a form of performance art… so using a stage in The Wreck for election hustings last night was quite appropriate. But it was one question that stole the show It was the first … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Richard Howard, Val Shawcross, Winston McKenzie
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Jason Perry, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Underwood, Richard Howard, Tory, Val Shawcross, Winston McKenzie
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Choir demands compensation over BHLive’s Fairfield shambles
CROYDON IN CRISIS: BHLive, the under-fire operators of the council-owned arts complex, have been accused of costing one of the borough’s top arts groups thousands of pounds because of their poor management of the prestige venue. By our arts correspondent, … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Art, Ashcroft Theatre, BH Live, Croydon Philharmonic Choir, Fairfield Halls, Music, Oliver Lewis, Theatre, Val Shawcross
Tagged Andrew Pelling, BHLive, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Philharmonic Choir, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Oliver Lewis, Peter Underwood
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Councillors slam Bellway’s ‘sham’ consultation over Lido site
Councillors in Waddon have written to a development company that wants to build a 10-storey residential tower block next to the Purley Way playing fields and accused them of running a “sham” public consultation and treating residents with “utter contempt”. … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Joy Prince, Parking, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Purley Way Lido, Robert Canning, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Bellway Homes, Heather Cheesbrough, Joy Prince, Purley Way, Purley Way Lido, Robert Canning, Waddon, Waddon Way
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Labour staffer caught trying to cheat online election poll
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Professional organiser resorts to devious methods to try to make Shawcross campaign look stronger. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES A paid Labour Party official – and a member of the campaign team for Val Shawcross, the party’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Andrew Pelling, Maddie Henson, South Croydon, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross, Waddon
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Addiscombe East, Andrew Pelling, Anthony Ellis, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Jack Buck, Labour, Maddie Henson, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross
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Council’s planning chief attempts to gag Mayor candidate
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Heather Cheesbrough has lied about her qualifications and covered up for planning staff with too-close connections with private developers. Now she’s trying to block an election candidate calling for her to be sacked. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Planning, Val Shawcross, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Hunkin, Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Planning
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Even the Town Hall meetings don’t work at bankrupt council
In the time-honoured words of EJ Thribb, ‘And so farewell then…’. As many as 35 of the borough’s 70 councillors who were elected in 2018 won’t be Town Hall regulars after the May 5 elections. Political Editor WALTER CONXITE bids … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Hamida Ali, Stephen Mann, Tony Newman
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Covid-19, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Hamida Ali, Labour, Stephen Mann, Tony Newman, Tory
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Take your pick: our ward-by-ward guide to council elections
With a complete listing of all the candidates in Croydon’s May 5 councillor vote, political editor WALTER CRONXITE provides a guide to where the contest for the Town Hall might be won or lost The introduction of Croydon’s first democratically-elected, … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alisa Flemming, Andrew Pelling, Badsha Quadir, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Felicity Flynn, Gareth Streeter, Hamida Ali, Helen Redfern, Jade Appleton, Jan Buttinger, Janet Campbell, Jason Perry, Jose Joseph, Kenley, Leila Ben-Hassel, Mike Bonello, New Addington North, Norbury, Norbury Park, Ola Kolade, Old Coulsdon, Oliver Lewis, Oni Oviri, Park Hill and Whitgift, Paul Scott, Peter Underwood, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Scott Roche, Selhurst, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Shirley North, Shirley South, Simon Hall, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stella Nabukeera, Steve Hollands, Stuart King, Thornton Heath, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged 2022 Local Elections, 2022 Mayoral election, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Brick by Brick, Broad Green, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Forestdale, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor, New Addington, Paul Scott, Purley, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Croydon, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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