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Category Archives: Gavin Barwell MP
Croydon quizzed on hiring of security guards for Bashford
A councillor from a neighbouring borough is demanding answers from Croydon Council over the use of public money to pay for private security guards at Wednesday night’s Upper Norwood Joint Library consultation meeting. Around 200 locals attended the meeting, where … Continue reading →
“Book Token” takes one in the Eye on library closures
The Philistines running our council have sounded the death knell for more than a century of learning and reading at Upper Norwood Joint Library with this brief paragraph in their Annual General Meeting papers which has just been posted on … Continue reading →
Go to the back of the class if you fail in this school test
Just for a change, we thought we’d set our loyal reader a little quiz. One question and one question only… Who said: We live in a profoundly unequal society. More than almost any developed nation ours is a country in … Continue reading →
Bob a Job! Hilley volunteers for a garden shift in Waddon
Croydon is getting its own Bob a Job Week activity on Saturday with the people of Waddon invited to take part in what the council is calling a “community clean-up” event, centred around Houlder Crescent, “for all residents to come … Continue reading →
Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, Gardening, Gavin Barwell MP, London Assembly, Mike Fisher, Selhurst, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
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Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon South, London, London Assembly, Steve O'Connell, Waddon
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Latest vote results will help Brake decide which way to jump
When the ward-by-ward voting results from the London Assembly elections are released tomorrow, the music will begin in a game of musical seats for the MPs of Croydon and Sutton. ANDREW PELLING offers this guide to how things might be … Continue reading →
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Fairfield, Gavin Barwell MP, London Assembly, Paul Burstow MP, Purley, Selsdon & Ballards, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator
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Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Labour, LibDem, Liberal Democrat, London, Tom Brake
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St Helier decision puts Sutton MP Burstow on the spot
CROYDON COMMENTARY: An MP for neighbouring Sutton got a most unwelcome birthday present yesterday, with the announcement of proposed closure to the Accident and Emergency and the maternity departments of St Helier Hospital. Here, ANDREW PELLING says that ConDem cuts … Continue reading →
Posted in Boris Johnson, Gavin Barwell MP, Health, Mayday Hospital, Mayor of London, Paul Burstow MP, St Helier Hospital, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP
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Tagged Helier, Liberal Democrat, London, Mayday, NHS, Paul Burstow, Sutton, Tom Brake
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The Croydon woman who must try to keep Boris in check
Of all the election results for the London Assembly announced last Friday, few could have been as emphatic as that enjoyed by Valerie Shawcross. The former Labour leader of Croydon Council has been AM for Lambeth and Southwark since the … Continue reading →
The week at Westminster: Lillian’s Law in Queen’s Speech
ANDREW PELLING reviews the House of Commons work of the area’s MPs So that’s the first extended session of this Parliament over. The Queen’s Speech comes tomorrow. Gavin Barwell, the Conservative MP for Croydon Central, can look forward with deserved … Continue reading →
Posted in Gavin Barwell MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Richard Ottaway MP, Malcolm Wicks MP, New Addington, 2012 Olympics, Andrew Pelling, Tom Brake MP
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Tagged Richard Ottaway, Gavin Barwell, Liberal Democrats, Croydon Central, Conservative, Barwell, Home Office, Foreign Affairs Select Committee
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Is Big Boris watching? ICO asked to investigate emails
A request has been filed to the Information Commissioner’s Office to investigate how the “Back Boris” London Mayoral campaign managed to acquire the email addresses of Croydon residents in the run-up to today’s elections. At least a dozen Croydon residents … Continue reading →
Ignore Croydon Council: the election really is on Thu May 3
Those masters of misinformation at Taberner House have surpassed themselves on this occasion, as ANDREW RENDLE reports Perhaps the Conservatives who control Croydon Council are scared of tomorrow’s Mayoral and Greater London Assembly elections, but there has been a serious … Continue reading →
Posted in Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Danny Brierley, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, Gavin Barwell MP, Jon Rouse, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Trinity School
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Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Gavin Barwell, London, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House
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