Category Archives: Mike Fisher

Bob a Job! Hilley volunteers for a garden shift in Waddon

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

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 | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Labour’s Newman names his team for council election build-up

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

The Labour group on Croydon Council is becoming a bit like the Conservatives. Well, at least in just one small, but important, way, writes ANDREW PELLING In parliament, Labour dropped the election of its shadow cabinet by its MPs, leaving … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Gerry Ryan, Libraries, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Norbury, Selhurst, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wayne Lawlor | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Croydon replaces £765 per day interim with… another interim

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Inside Croydon’s regular reader will remember how we were the first to reveal the £765 per day fees paid by Croydon Council to Paul Davies, the long-time “temporary” executive who was the interim head of procurement, even on those occasions … Continue reading →

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Retired judge handed £35,000 for chairing riots panel

Posted on April 23, 2012 by

It seems that at least one of the mates of Croydon Council’s leadership has benefited financially as a consequence of last August’s riots. Official invoices just published show that our council paid a staggering £35,000 to William Barnett for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Jan Buttinger, Jon Rouse, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayday Hospital, Mike Fisher, Policing, Riots Review Panel, Sean Fitzsimons, Steve O'Connell, Tony Newman, West Croydon | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

“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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Latest Cannes trip gets Rouse his moment in The Sun

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

Maybe openness, transparency and accountability to public scrutiny does work. Since Inside Croydon was launched nearly two years ago, we have often returned to the council’s spending on its annual jolly to the South of France for £248,000 per year … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jon Rouse, Local media, Menta Tower, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Simon Hoar, Tony Newman, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Council leader Fisher in denial over policing the riots

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

Questions about Croydon council’s leadership’s role in protecting the borough from riots last August are left unanswered after a Town Hall debate, says ANDREW PELLING Mike Fisher, the leader of the ruling Conservative group on Croydon Council, has washed his … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Musker, Gavin Barwell MP, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, New Addington, Policing, Riots Review Panel, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

MP Gavin Barwell, statistics and a convenient oversight

Posted on March 18, 2012 by

Barely one-third of the people of Croydon – 37 per cent – believe that politicians and their council “really care about helping people like me”, according to a survey conducted by the BBC. Such a statistic suggests that the vast … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell MP, Jon Rouse, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mike Fisher, Policing, Riots Review Panel, Steve O'Connell | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

4 Days in August: Steve O’Connell’s lasting shame?

Posted on March 16, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Met‘s own report into the London Riots last August paints a very different picture of events from that provided by the council’s own “independent” inquiry, revealing a thwarted petrol bomb attack on the police, and that Croydon’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 Olympics, Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Musker, Gavin Barwell MP, Jon Rouse, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, Policing, Riots Review Panel, Steve O'Connell, Thornton Heath, West Croydon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Croydon Council snubs the Irish as it cancels St Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

ANDREW PELLING reports on the latest cut-back in Croydon St Patrick’s Day has been cancelled by Croydon Council. The council chose another day of Celtic celebration, St David’s Day, to announce it was to put a stop to any Irish … Continue reading →

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