Tag Archives: Croydon North

Norwood Lake is having a fun day: June 8

Posted on May 18, 2013 by

The Lakes Playground Action Group, which wants to regenerate the South Norwood lake playground, is holding an event for all the family on Saturday, June 8, with lots of activities for children including storytelling by Little Supernovas, a bouncy castle … Continue reading →

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Croydon is officially the worst English borough on Council Tax

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

It is official, because according to Eric Pickles, the Conservative Cabinet minister in charge of local government, Conservative-run Croydon has the worst record among boroughs in England for managing its own Council Tax. There are 326 local authority councils in … Continue reading →

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Steve Reed MP: Jobs summit to help get Croydon back to work

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

With national unemployment figures still on the rise, to 2.56 million, Croydon North MP STEVE REED, in his exclusive column for Inside Croydon, announces his initiative to help those out of work in his constituency Unemployment in Croydon North remains … Continue reading →

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Croydon Tories proudly announce new signing: John Loony

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

The recruitment drive by Croydon Conservatives, after nearly a year’s hard work, has delivered its first significant new member: John Cartwright, also known as John Loony, the habitual deposit-loser for the Monster Raving Loony Party at elections across the borough … Continue reading →

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Steve Reed MP: “I’m taking police cuts issue to the very top”

Posted on March 21, 2013 by

After his first 100 days as MP for Croydon North, STEVE REED is getting on with the job at Westminster, and in Croydon I’ve just finished my first 100 days since I was elected last November. As a new MP, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Community associations, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Libraries, Mayor of London, Policing, Riots Review Panel, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

“Truly shocking” 18% rise in muggings in Croydon

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Figures released today show that muggings in Croydon have increased by 18 per cent in the past year, at a time when across London, the number of “robberies against a person” have fallen by 8 per cent, prompting the local … Continue reading →

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Incinerator campaigners demonstrate that money talks

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

The Development Committee on Sutton Council thought they were holding a routine meeting last night, until a number of Stop The Incinerator protestors drawn from across Sutton and Croydon entered with placards and sat down at the front of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, Planning, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , ,

More than 2,000 people in Croydon hit by £1,000 Bedroom Tax

Posted on March 6, 2013 by

At a time when precise, hard details are hard to come by, as our local and national politicians duck and dive around issues, here’s two stats: According to the National Housing Federation, 2,908 people in Croydon living in council homes … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Housing, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Croydon could be counting a new women’s Champion

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Croydon has never had a woman MP, but tonight could see an important step made to change that. Counting Women In today publishes its report Sex and Power 2013: Who Runs Britain? which details a huge gender imbalance in British … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon North, Gavin Barwell MP, Gerry Ryan, Louisa Woodley, Nina Champion, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Val Shawcross | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Steve Reed MP: Residents’ pockets picked by wasteful council

Posted on February 22, 2013 by

In his exclusive Inside Croydon column, the local Labour MP condemns the Conservative-run borough council for raising Council Tax after mismanaging the borough The country is facing a triple-dip recession. Household budgets in Croydon are under pressure with rising fuel … Continue reading →

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Steve Reed MP: Croydon people feel forgotten and abandoned

Posted on February 4, 2013 by

In the first column from the new MP for Croydon North, STEVE REED, pictured left, speaks of the frustration and betrayal felt by victims of the 2011 riots, and their fears over plans to close every police station in his … Continue reading →

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Boundary change vote leaves Barwell with nowhere to hide

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

The resounding 292 to 334 defeat of the Conservative-led Government in the House of Commons tonight, with the LibDems breaking their coalition to vote with Labour and others against proposed boundary changes to parliamentary seats, will have a significant impact … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell MP, Richard Ottaway MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

UKIP announces plans for 2014 Town Hall elections

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

UKIP, the UK Independence Party, intends to target Conservative-held wards in next year’s local council elections in Croydon and take full advantage of any confusion over the Tory-led government’s position on Europe. In 2014, UKIP will be seeking its first … Continue reading →

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Umunna underlines Croydon Central on Labour target list

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

Chuka Umunna, Labour’s most charismatic MP, was in Croydon yesterday to serve notice on Gavin Barwell that his seat is on a hit-list of targets at the next election. The day after Labour issued a list of 106 target seats … Continue reading →

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Croydon councillor predicts growing queues at food banks

Posted on January 9, 2013 by

CROYDON’S UNCARING COUNCIL (part 94): Sara Bashford, the Croydon Councillor who has a “day job” as an employee in the constituency office of Gavin Barwell MP, has admitted that the government’s economic policies are failing. In a bulletin issued in … Continue reading →

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