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Category Archives: Council Tax
Croydon’s Max Headroom leaves council piss-up pot-less
It must have been pretty gloomy at the Croydon table at the Grosvenor House Hotel last night. Well, as gloomy as it can ever get when you are a public servant out on the piss at the expense of the … Continue reading
Council increases charges for parking, burials and rat catching
Did someone mention a zero increase in Council Tax? And did anyone mention the widespread increases in charges for a variety of council services, from parking to vermin control, which virtually all Croydon residents need to use? While Croydon’s political … Continue reading
Council Tax will let Croydon play at social engineering
This is not a problem confined to Croydon by any means, but the council’s budget papers are usually so full of local government jargon and impenetrable Town Hall-speak that it is often difficult for people to fully understand what it … Continue reading
Croydon’s Budget (part 2): Fisher shows what his priorities are
The ruling Conservative group’s Cabinet meets tonight to rubber-stamp the budget plans for the borough for the coming year. Here, we examine where their priorities lay, and highlight some startling inconsistencies So, no Council Tax increase in Croydon for a … Continue reading
Croydon spends £1.7m on consultants and saves… £800,000
Croydon Council’s press department has surpassed itself with its latest release, which makes the exaggerated and wholly inaccurate headline claim of “Millions recovered from fraudulent council tax claims”. Once again, Croydon Council has shown that it is not to be … Continue reading
Croydon’s Budget (Part 1): We’re all in this together
Croydon Council is about to set its budget for the coming financial year. The proposals go before next Monday’s cabinet meeting, prior to the council meeting on February 27. As work continues to build the vanity project that is to … Continue reading
Mead says he’s “proud” of Croydon’s £50m uncollected tax
£50,237,631.33. Say it to yourself, slowly. Fifty million, two hundred and thirty-seven thousand, six hundred and thirty-one pounds. And thirty-three pee. That’s £50,237,631.33 of Croydon Council‘s money that has gone missing. £50,237,631.33 of your money lost forever. That’s the astonishing … Continue reading
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Council scoops yet more prizes from its own suppliers
Just when Nathan Elvery thought it was safe to put on his black tie and book his cab (on council expenses, natch) for the next back-slapping local authority awards ceremony, so more revelations of close commercial connections between his department … Continue reading
