Category Archives: Tony Newman

Croydon united against the extremists who seek to divide us

Posted on May 24, 2013 by

TONY NEWMAN, left, the leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, says that the borough’s diverse communities must not allow those behind the shocking events of this week to divide us One aim of those behind this week’s savage … Continue reading →

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Countdown to council elections begins in Toy Town gowns

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: It is one year until the council elections, and for some, they have everything to lose, writes STEVEN DOWNES Last night’s instalment of a new Mayor of Croydon, Sanderstead councillor Yvette Hopley, marked the firing of the starter’s … Continue reading →

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Oi! Could the Town Hall do the Lambeth Walk under Labour?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Croydon’s Labour party looks like adopting a new approach to offer to the electorate ahead of the 2014 local elections. Labour wants to offer “a council run for the town, not the Town Hall”, according to the deputy leader of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

“We will reject having the incinerator imposed upon us”

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the Labour opposition group on Croydon Council, says that he will use every legal power available to stop a £1 billion Viridor incinerator project being developed on the borders of the borough at Beddington Lane … Continue reading →

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Burnt: incinerator scheme fails to get planning permission

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

A Sutton Council planning meeting last night refused to approve plans to build a waste incinerator on its border with Croydon, at Beddington Lane, a stunning reversal for the powers of big business. Ahead of the meeting, with the Sutton … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Greens, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Planning, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Newman calls on Merton to honour Ken’s incinerator pledge

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Tony Newman, the leader of the opposition Labour group on Croydon Council, has called on his counterpart at Merton, Stephen Alambritis, to do the decent thing and get his council to withdraw its approval of the south London incinerator planned … Continue reading →

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April Fools’ Day welfare changes are fooling nobody

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

Social security, or welfare, payments are about to be drastically reduced. Or “reformed”, in the language used by the government. TONY NEWMAN, leader of the opposition Labour group on the council, highlights how those changes are likely to impact Croydon … Continue reading →

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Residents ill-served by Town Hall self-serving politics

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Council meetings at the Town Hall are poor theatre and rarely achieve much, despite considerable public cost, as this week’s emergency library meeting demonstrated, says STEVEN DOWNES What are Croydon Council meetings at the Town Hall for? What … Continue reading →

Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, John Laing Integrated Services, Libraries, Mike Fisher, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

No debate and no questions, Tories exercise an abuse of power

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

Following Tuesday night’s bruising council budget meeting, in which he led a walk-out by the opposition Labour group, TONY NEWMAN, pictured, in an exclusive column, says something has to change Reflecting on the events in Croydon Town Hall this week … Continue reading →

Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, John Laing Integrated Services, Libraries, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Hammerson and Westfield agree to work together in Croydon

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

Could this really be the new beginning that Croydon needs? No, not the departure from the council of its CEO, Jon Rouse, announced yesterday evening, but the £1 billion news which was released at the London Stock Exchange before trading … Continue reading →

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Newman will “blow open the books” on £140m council HQ

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

Tony Newman, the leader of the opposition group on Croydon Council, has pledged that if Labour wins control of the Town Hall in the 2014 local elections, he “will blow open the books” to expose the hundreds of million pounds … Continue reading →

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£140 million: the cost of our council’s secrecy and vanity

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

In an exclusive column for Inside Croydon, TONY NEWMAN, right, local councillor for Woodside ward and leader of the Labour opposition group at the Town Hall, counts the high costs of a council vanity project As we move into 2013, … Continue reading →

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Time to fight back against council’s arrogance and neglect

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

TONY NEWMAN, the leader of Croydon’s Labour group on the council, says local people demand change at the Town Hall Croydon has been shaken to its core by recent events, from the riots of August 2011, the unprecedented economic downturn … Continue reading →

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Newman: “Plan is too little, too late to help economy”

Posted on November 8, 2012 by

After five years saying that they would not intervene in the local economy, the Conservatives who run Croydon Council are about to launch an economic plan. For TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the Labour opposition group, this is an admission … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Whitgift Centre, Tony Newman, Jon Rouse, Centrale, Croydon 8/8, Allders | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Power raises questions over Fitze’s fitness to chair

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: With tens of millions of NHS cash not properly accounted for, ANDREW PELLING  asks why Croydon’s Conservative MPs and councillors are not doing more to protect their constituents’ health care A public inquiry into the mystery of the … Continue reading →

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