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Tag Archives: Newsnight
Cummings’ budget rejected before his big Newsnight moment
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The government has just found £2.5bn in ‘exceptional financial support’ for 19 councils. But Mayor Jason Perry and his finance chief have an anxious week after having had their unbalanced budget rejected in a Town Hall meeting. … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Chris Philp MP, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Improvement Board, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Section 114 notice, Stuart King
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, BBC Newsnight, Conservative, Council budget, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Levelling Up, DLUHC, Fund Croydon Fairly, Improvement and Assurance Panel, Improvement Panel, Jason Cummings, Labour, LGA, Local Government Association, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Gove, Newsnight, Pay More Get Less, Ria Patel, S114, S114 notice, Say No To 15%, STUART KING, Tory, Unbalanced budget
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Paxman and Brand unmask deep distrust with local politicians
Yesterday, we posted an online poll for our loyal reader to vote for their preferred candidate to become the local Conservatives’ candidate for Croydon South at the next parliamentary election. Whoever is chosen next week will be replacing Tricky Dicky … Continue reading
Council faces massive compensation bill over housing
Croydon’s Conservative-run council’s “doubly illegal” mishandling of the borough’s homeless families could end up costing Council Tax-payers hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation, according to a report this week by the Inside Housing website. Croydon’s shameful record on providing … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Housing, Property
Tagged BBC, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Newsnight, South Norwood
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Aww diddums: Dudley’s hard done by over housing criticisms
CROYDON’S UNCARING COUNCIL (part 94): As first reported by Inside Croydon, our council has been roundly criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman over its callous treatment of the homeless. Now Dudley Mead, the councillor responsible for housing, has responded. While … Continue reading
Croydon found guilty of “maladminstration causing injustice”
The Local Government Ombudsman has ruled against Croydon Council today in the case of a young mother and her three children who were left waiting by the borough’s housing department for 10 months. The independent body found Croydon Council responsible … Continue reading
Churches appeal for help with Croydon homeless
With the uncaring and callous approach to Croydon’s homeless by our council being highlighted by the BBC for a second time in the space of a couple of months, this time on Panorama, it is unsurprising that churches and faith … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Church and religions, Dudley Mead
Tagged BBC, Christmas, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, London Road, Newsnight, Panorama
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Mead’s solution to housing crisis: evict whistleblowers
Croydon’s housing crisis is so desperate that the council is scouring its property portfolio to find rooms to convert into temporary living space for the borough’s homeless. The announcement came in written answers at the Town Hall that also revealed … Continue reading
Posted in Dudley Mead, Housing, Margaret Mead, Property
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, London Road, Newsnight, Taberner House
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Did Mead mislead Town Hall over Newsnight interview?
Did Dudley Mead, the deputy leader of the Conservative group that controls Croydon Council, deliberately mislead a full council meeting last night? Croydon’s shameful record on providing emergency housing for the borough’s homeless was highlighted by BBC Newsnight two weeks … Continue reading
Newman plans to get Croydon’s houses in order
TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the opposition Labour group on Croydon Council, responds to last week’s report on Newsnight with a plan to provide proper housing for the borough’s homeless Millions of people have now seen last week’s shocking BBC Newsnight … Continue reading
Labour calls for closure of “squalid” Croydon B&Bs
Croydon’s opposition Labour group has demanded the immediate closure of the Thornton Heath B&B hotel used by the council to house the borough’s homeless. Labour has also demanded an independent inquiry into how the council has failed to take proper … Continue reading
Croydon’s B&B nightmare: “an indictment of modern Britain”
The BBC’s Newsnight programme has taken Croydon Council’s emergency housing “policy” apart, exposing them as breaking the law twice over, while failing the borough’s homeless, many of them young children, who are forced to stay in squalid, overcrowded and unsuitable … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Health, Housing, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Tony Newman
Tagged BBC, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Newsnight, Rouse, Tony Newman
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