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Councillor acts as delivery boy for £1bn incinerator company
A senior Conservative councillor in Croydon has refused to answer questions about why he spent much of Saturday distributing leaflets in his ward, apparently as an overpaid delivery boy on behalf of multi-billion rubbish burners Viridor. Simon Hoar, councillor in … Continue reading
Croydon in a Pickles once more over £50,000 regeneration jobs
Croydon’s Conservative-run council is in the bad books of the Conservative local government minister, “Big” Eric Pickles. Again. Big Eric sometimes appears to be a very reasonable sort of bloke. For instance, he cannot understand how Croydon can be cutting … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Mike Fisher
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Eric Pickles, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Philip Hammond
Council to get glitzy slap on the back from its contractors again
The leadership at Croydon Council – motto “Proud to Swerve” – has so little to celebrate in its mismanagement of the borough that it all-too-often goes out of its way to boast about often bogus accolades. Inside Croydon has highlighted … Continue reading
Fisher goes radio ga-ga over council’s broadcast promises
Croydon’s secretive Conservative-run council scrapped the broadcasting of official meetings in 2009, on the pretext of saving money. Last week, more than a year after Croydon Radio offered to record and podcast council meetings for no charge, council leader Mike … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon Radio, Mike Fisher
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Local government, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Radio
Newman will “blow open the books” on £140m council HQ
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
Posted in Croydon Radio, Housing, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Tony Newman, URV, Waste incinerator, Woodside
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Google, Labour, Labour Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman
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£140 million: the cost of our council’s secrecy and vanity
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
Posted in Croydon Council, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, URV, Woodside
Tagged Council Tax, Councillor, Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London, Mike Fisher
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What does an average councillor do for £11,000 a year?
Denied a frank and honest answer by Mike Fisher, the leader of Croydon Council, in respect of the hours that he puts in for his £50,000-plus in allowances each year, we thought we would try another measure of what work … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Mike Fisher, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Conservative Future, Croydon, Mike Fisher, Tory, Twitter, Waddon, Young Britons' Foundation
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£53,000 leader Fisher refuses to account for working hours
As the leader of Croydon Council, Mike Fisher, the Conservative councillor for Shirley ward, receives allowances of £53,223 per year, plus expenses and other benefits. What does Fisher do for that generous payment from the public purse? Fisher refuses to … Continue reading
Posted in Mike Fisher, Shirley
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Taberner House
Senior councillor goes west as Tories consider their futures
Phil Thomas, one of the “big beasts” of local Croydon politics for the past decade and the architect of the Conservatives’ 2006 Town Hall election win, is moving from the borough and will not be seeking re-election in 2014. “He’s … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, David Osland, Dudley Mead, Graham Bass, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Parking, Phil Thomas, Sara Bashford, Selsdon & Ballards, Simon Hoar, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Labour, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Selsdon, Tory, United States
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£6.6m – but Croydon councillors refuse to record meetings
This evening, Croydon Town Hall is the venue for one of those infrequent events for which our 70 councillors cost us £6.6 million – a council meeting. But if you are not able to be there, don’t expect to be … Continue reading
Fisher’s “pleb” moment? Council for Justice demands apology
It looks like Mike Fisher was forced to back-track on Sunday, as a complaint from a community group in north London prompted him to send a better-considered response to their email. Inside Croydon reported how the leader of Croydon Council … Continue reading
Posted in Mike Fisher, Shirley
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, England, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher
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Bad-tempered Fisher email could lead to formal complaint
Mike Fisher, leader of the Conservative group which controls Croydon Council, could face a complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman following a ill-tempered email to a member of the public. Yesterday, Fisher was sent a brief email from Pravin Shah, … Continue reading
Posted in Mike Fisher, Shirley
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Local Government Ombudsman, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Tory
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Croydon in a Pickles again over its rubbish service
Croydon could be penalised by having its public grant cut significantly over the move made by its Conservative-run council to move to fortnightly bin collections. “Weekly bin collections are one of the most visible frontline services and there is no … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher
Tagged Conservatives, Croydon, Eric Pickles, Labour, Local government, Mike Fisher, Northcliffe Media, Tory
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