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Let them bake cake: Croydon Portas team’s £16,000 spend
Croydon’s Portas Pilot scheme, which saw the historic Surrey Street Market granted £100,000 of government money a year ago, is spending nearly £16,000 of that cash to stage a handful of baking competitions and to “improve” Exchange Square. Inside Croydon … Continue reading →
Posted in Activities, Business, Centrale, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell MP, Surrey Street, Whitgift Centre
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Tagged Croydon, Gavin Barwell, London, Mary Portas, Surrey Street Market, Town Team, Whitgift Centre
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Tories Fisher and Barwell told to get off their “fat arses”
Croydon’s Tory leadership, Mike Fisher and Gavin “I’m just a bag man” Barwell, have come in for a withering attack – from their own political party’s high command. Iain Dale, the noted Conservative blogger, used his weekly diary on ConservativeHome.com, … Continue reading →
Posted in Boris Johnson, Environment, Gavin Barwell MP, Mike Fisher, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
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Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Iain Dale, Mike Fisher, Surrey, Viridor
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UKIP results are “poison” to Conservatives in Croydon
CROYDON COMMENTARY: If UKIP can gain Godstone in neighbouring Surrey, then what damage might they do to the Tories in Coulsdon or Purley, especially when 2014′s Town Hall elections are held along with European ballots? ANDREW PELLING has been crunching … Continue reading →
Posted in Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Coulsdon East, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell MP, New Addington, Outside Croydon, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon & Ballards, Waddon
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Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Nigel Farage, Tory, UK Independence, UKIP
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Inside Croydon’s Hero of the Week: John Cartwright
Inside Croydon puts great store in “doing the right thing”, and our local hero (cue Knopfler guitar music) for the past week is therefore John Cartwright. A relatively new member of the Croydon Conservative party, Cartwright did the right thing … Continue reading →
Posted in Ashburton, Eddy Arram, Gavin Barwell MP
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Tagged Ashburton, Conservative, Croydon, Gavin Barwell, Monster Raving Loony, Official Monster Raving Loony, Political Scrapbook, Tories
Citizens’ Advice hears record number of pleas on benefit cuts
ANDREW PELLING reports on the gathering pressure on the borough’s voluntary sector Croydon Citizen Advice Bureau last year handled a record number of enquiries, with an increase in demand for help of more than 10 per cent – and that … Continue reading →
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell MP, West Croydon
Croydon Tory members urged to attend Thatcher funeral
It has been called “a state funeral on the sly”, and Wednesday’s £10 million-worth of ceremonies for Baroness Thatcher has even been decried by a senior columnist in the Daily Torygraph. What is becoming increasingly clear is that David Cameron, … Continue reading →
Posted in Activities, Gavin Barwell MP, Outside Croydon, Richard Ottaway MP
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Tagged Conservative, David Cameron, London, Margaret Thatcher, Thatcher, Tory, Winston Churchill
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Glenda Jackson performance worthy of her third Oscar
Residents in her north London constituency have complained of her lack of activity in the House of Commons of late. But Glenda Jackson‘s speech in the Thatcher debate was rated by some to have all the acting panache and passion … Continue reading →
Posted in Gavin Barwell MP, Richard Ottaway MP, Steve Reed MP
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Tagged Academy Award, Croydon, Glenda Jackson, John Bercow, London, Margaret Thatcher, Member of parliament, Thatcher
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Changed the nation forever, and not necessarily for the better
Gavin Barwell, Croydon Central’s Conservative party MP, struck a slightly begrudging tone this afternoon when, in commenting on Twitter on the death, at age 87, of Margaret Thatcher, described her only as “one of our greatest Prime Ministers”. “Margaret Thatcher … Continue reading →
Posted in Gavin Barwell MP, Outside Croydon
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Tagged Conservative, Douglas Hurd, Gavin Barwell, Labour, Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, Thatcher, Tony Benn
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Croydon Tories proudly announce new signing: John Loony
The recruitment drive by Croydon Conservatives, after nearly a year’s hard work, has delivered its first significant new member: John Cartwright, also known as John Loony, the habitual deposit-loser for the Monster Raving Loony Party at elections across the borough … Continue reading →
April Fools’ Day welfare changes are fooling nobody
Social security, or welfare, payments are about to be drastically reduced. Or “reformed”, in the language used by the government. TONY NEWMAN, leader of the opposition Labour group on the council, highlights how those changes are likely to impact Croydon … Continue reading →
Posted in Gavin Barwell MP, Tony Newman
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Tagged Barwell, Conservatives, Croydon, David Cameron, Gavin Barwell, Housing Benefit, Tax cut, Tory
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Roke campaigners take their protest to Harris’s front door
It will be interesting to see whether the private education organisation run by a carpet salesman rolls out a welcome mat tomorrow when the Save Roke Primary Campaign stages a protest outside the offices of the Harris Federation tomorrow, March … Continue reading →
Posted in Education, Gavin Barwell MP, Roke Primary, Schools
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Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Harris, Harris Federation, London, Norfolk House, Roke, Travelodge
Croydon Central will have all-woman list for Labour
The Labour party candidate for the Croydon Central parliamentary seat will be a woman, according to a report on the Labour List website today. The seat, which was held by Labour until 2005, is represented by Gavin Barwell of the … Continue reading →
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell MP, Gerry Ryan, Louisa Woodley, Nina Champion, Val Shawcross
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Tagged All-Women Shortlist, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell, Labour, LabourList, London
More than 2,000 people in Croydon hit by £1,000 Bedroom Tax
At a time when precise, hard details are hard to come by, as our local and national politicians duck and dive around issues, here’s two stats: According to the National Housing Federation, 2,908 people in Croydon living in council homes … Continue reading →
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Housing, Steve Reed MP
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Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, David Cameron, Labour, Liam Byrne, National Housing Federation, Steve Reed
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Tory councillor opposes council’s plan for Arena Academy
Another split has opened among the fracturing local Conservatives group. Adam Kellett, the councillor for Ashburton ward, took to the floor of a packed public meeting at South Norwood’s Croydon Youth Theatre Organisation on Wednesday night to tell the deputy … Continue reading →
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Adam Kellett, Ashburton, Boris Johnson, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, Education, Environment, Gavin Barwell MP, Mayor of London, Planning, Schools, Sport, Tim Pollard
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Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon FC, Croydon Harriers, London, London Borough of Croydon, South Norwood, South Norwood Country Park
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Football event gives a kick to community spirit
Community spirit was alive and kicking last Friday as young people and adults took part in a Community Games football tournament staged at the BRIT School. One wag asked, with the event entitled “Leaders of Tomorrow”, what a Conservative MP, … Continue reading →
