Category Archives: Nathan Elvery

More on procurement: Croydon’s “urgent” £500,000 contract

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

Let’s hope that Bernard Weatherill House, the monument to delusion at Croydon Council, at the centre of their £450 million urban regeneration scheme, will have revolving doors. Because no sooner does Chief Exec Jon Rouse and his lacky, Nathan Elvery, … Continue reading →

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“Procurement” or how Croydon recruits while axing staff

Posted on April 12, 2012 by

There’s a recession on, isn’t there, with jobs and council services being cut across the board? Not in Conservative-controlled Croydon, where a dedicated website is being used to recruit 10 staff in management roles for one department, most of the … Continue reading →

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Council set for contract with company owned by Lord Ashcroft

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Croydon Council, which spent £20 million last year on outside contractors and highly paid “interim” executives while cutting front-line services and axing hundreds of staff, is about to award a contract believed to be worth £750,000 of Council Tax-payers’ money … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s Max Headroom leaves council piss-up pot-less

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

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 →

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Council Tax will let Croydon play at social engineering

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

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 →

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Croydon’s Budget (part 2): Fisher shows what his priorities are

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

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 →

Posted in Art, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, Libraries, London-wide issues, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Schools, URV, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Croydon spends £1.7m on consultants and saves… £800,000

Posted on February 17, 2012 by

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 →

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Croydon’s Budget (Part 1): We’re all in this together

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

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 →

Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Graham Cadle, Hannah Miller, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Complaints? We’ve had a few, then again, too few to mention

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

Croydon Council experienced a 150 per cent increase in complaints to the Local Government Ombudsman last year, but tonight has tabled a report that recommends a pat on the back for Nathan Elvery, Sara Bashford and Dudley Mead Taberner House’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Eddy Arram, Hayley Lewis, Nathan Elvery, Sara Bashford, Timothy Godfrey | Tagged , , , , | 9 Comments

Croydon Council paid £20m for interim staff in 2011

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Croydon Council is throwing away millions of pounds of public money, paying over the odds to hire temporary staff, contractors and “interims” while in the midst of some of the worst cuts to public services ever experienced. According to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Graham Cadle, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments