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Red Deer locals look north for help to rebuff Morrisons
Another landmark Croydon pub is under threat of takeover from a supermarket chain. And our local councillors’ response – where they have bothered to respond – is effectively to shrug their shoulders and say there’s nothing that they can, or … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croham, Maria Gatland, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sanderstead, South Croydon Community Association, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Brighton Road, London, Maria Gatland, Morrison, Red Deer, South Croydon, Steve O'Connell, Tesco
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X marks the spot: Croydon appoints firm in administration
News reaches Inside Croydon of what appears to be yet another epic fail by the leadership at Croydon Council. On February 11, at the Town Hall cabinet meeting, Mike Fisher, the council leader, and his “top team” decided to appoint … Continue reading
Kenley road island could cause more deaths, says campaigner
The scene of another road accident, this time a fatal one, on the A22 Godstone Road in the early hours of Saturday, is now a matter of dispute between local residents, cyclists, Mayor Boris Johnson and his cycling “advisor” Andrew … Continue reading
Council forced to report monthly on Laing library performance
It took a special meeting at the Town Hall last week to insist that the management of Croydon’s public libraries should be monitored monthly, rather than the annual reporting period proposed by the Conservative-run council as its privatises the service … Continue reading
Boris takes us for a ride but not by tram to Crystal Palace
Transport for London is about to publish a seven-year investment plan that includes not a penny for the tram extensions promised in the London election campaign earlier this year by Mayor Boris Johnson and Steve O’Connell, the Assembly Member for … Continue reading
Four Croydon police stations to close as Boris’s cuts bite
Four of Croydon’s police stations – Addington Village, Kenley, Norbury and South Norwood – are to be closed as London Mayor Boris Johnson wields the axe on the Met’s spending. And according to an internal Metropolitan Police document seen by … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 by-election, Addington, Boris Johnson, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Kenley, Mayor of London, Norbury, Policing, Sean Fitzsimons, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed MP, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, England, Home Office, London, Metropolitan Police, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell
O’Connell: “I wouldn’t be so silly to take £500 per day”
Steve O’Connell, the London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton once dubbed Britain’s highest paid councillor by the Daily Mail, has told Inside Croydon that “even I would not be so silly as to take £500 a day”, following a … Continue reading
Croydon’s Labour group prepares for 2014 elections
The Croydon election campaign is underway. The campaign for the 2014 local council elections, that is. Though we are 20 months out from the next local elections, it is notable that the Croydon Labour party is organising so early for … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Council Tax, Croydon Council, New Addington, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Tony Harris, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson, URV, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Waddon
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Altitude 25 looks to off-load unsold flats as short-term lets
A new planning application for the Altitude 25 development at East Croydon, seeking to allow short-term, serviced lets of some of the unsold apartments, has cast further doubts on the council’s grand plans to build a city in the sky. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe, Boris Johnson, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, IYLO, London Assembly, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Steve O'Connell
Tagged Altitude 25, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Ken Livingstone, London, Steve O'Connell
External auditor appointment has all the look of an inside job
Croydon Council is to appoint Grant Thornton as its new “external auditor“, even though the accountancy firm already has such strong links inside the council in various other roles as consultants that it makes the risks of serious conflicts of … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, URV
Tagged Audit Commission, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Grant Thornton, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell
Locals file complaint to Archbishop over neglected properties
The South Croydon Community Association, a group of concerned residents and businesses in the South End area, has lodged a formal complaint with the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Charity Commission about the Whitgift Foundation’s management of its estimated £90-million … Continue reading
Ward by ward: How Croydon voted on May 3
The full breakdown of voting results from the London Mayoral and Assembly elections on May 3 are now available through the London Elects website (you need to scroll well down the page for the link to the ward scores). But … Continue reading
Posted in Abigail Lock, Addiscombe, Ashburton, Broad Green, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croham, Fairfield, Fieldway, Heathfield, Kenley, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, Norbury, Purley, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Selsdon & Ballards, Shirley, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Labour, LibDem, Liberal Democrat, London, London Assembly, Steve O'Connell, Thornton Heath
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