Category Archives: Croydon Council
Bishop’s son selected to fight Fairfield for Labour
The son of a former Bishop of Croydon has been selected as a Labour candidate in Fairfield ward for next year’s council elections. David Wood, 41, grew up in Fairfield ward, having been brought up in the Bishop’s house in … Continue reading
Has Kate Moss snubbed Croydon’s portrait bench?
Mystery surrounds the identity of one of the top three Croydon characters, voted for by the public, who has refused to allow their likeness to be used in a public portrait project. The final portrait for a bench on the … Continue reading
Rejoice! Croydon North’s Labour MP is awarded the OBN
Many sincere congratulations to June Rixson, the Croydon lollipop lady whose public service was recognised yesterday when she was awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen’s birthday honours. Let’s just hope that Rixson and her school crossing patrol colleagues … Continue reading
GPs ditch anti-smoking service due to “unachievable” targets
Cuts in health spending have prompted one South Croydon NHS doctors’ surgery to withdraw two key services, issuing an angrily worded leaflet decrying “unachievable” targets and saying that the government-imposed changes could be “detrimental to patient care”. The Parkside Group … Continue reading
Croydon’s £1bn debt: the cracks are appearing, say PwC
Tonight’s Evening Boris has raised another question about how close Croydon is to financial collapse under the weight of its £1 billion debt: is Mike Fisher, the Tory council leader, or its “interim” chief executive, Nathan Elvery, among the 90 … Continue reading
Riesco family opposes “unethical” china collection sale
The influential Museums Association and members of the Riesco family have added their voices to the condemnations of Croydon Council’s proposal to flog off some of the most valuable items from the publicly owned and priceless Riesco Collection of ancient … Continue reading
Abandon Ship: West Croydon locals lament pub closure
ROBERT CANNING on the closure of another much-loved Croydon local, the Ship of Fools Croydon’s pub-goers are well used to seeing their locals closed and boarded up or turned into flats or supermarkets. Yesterday, it was the turn of JD … Continue reading
Is Croydon on the brink with £1 billion borough debt?
Four articles and announcements have appeared in the past few days, all apparently unconnected. Yet if the strands of the four stories are drawn together, they illustrate how badly run is Croydon Council, negligently wasting vast sums of public money … Continue reading
Incinerator campaign turns to Miliband family for legal help
Barrister Justine Thornton has been engaged by south London’s Stop the Incinerator campaign to provide legal advice and guidance to oppose Viridor’s plans to build a waste incinerator at Beddington Lane. Thornton is married to Ed Miliband, the leader of … Continue reading
Priceless: Nailing the council’s lies over Riesco sale
HAMIDA ALI sets the record straight on the some of the deceits and outright untruths put forward by Croydon Council leader Mike Fisher and others to try to justify flogging off the borough’s heritage To quote Indiana Jones – it … Continue reading
Busy Boris means business with £5.7m streets scheme
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Mayor of London has stepped in again to clear a path – and several roads – for the £1.5 billion Hammersfield development, or “Croydon Partnership” as Westfield and Hammerson call it. DAVID CALLAM advises existing businesses on … Continue reading
Domestic violence in Croydon up 13.4% in past year
The death of Tia Sharpe was just one murder of a girl or woman in our borough in the past year. LEE WEBSTER highlights a set of crime statistics that should be of grave concern to everyone living and working … Continue reading
Residents called to attend Council Question Time: June 3
Residents and community groups angered at some of Croydon Council’s latest outrageous decisions are planning to gather in numbers to put senior Conservative cabinet members under intense pressure at a “Council Question Time” event in Addiscombe on Monday night. Council … Continue reading
Croydon’s secret plan to flog £13m-worth of Riesco Collection
Maybe someone at Croydon Council does have a sense of irony, however twisted. Because no sooner is a local antiques dealer installed as the borough’s Mayor, than it emerges that Croydon’s Conservative-run council is secretly trying to flog off two … Continue reading
