Left waiting: the Civil Service is among Croydon’s biggest employers, including in the HMRC building at Ruskin Square that overlooks East Croydon Station. But recent retirees are not getting paid their pensions
There are more than 6,000 civil servants who work in Croydon today, many of them in the Home Office or Revenue and Customs buildings in Ruskin Square. The borough is also home to thousands more retired civil servants – some of whom have not been receiving their pensions.
SANDRA STEAD reports
A botched handover between private-sector contractors has left thousands of former civil servants waiting months for pension payments.
The saga has raised again serious questions about the government’s reliance on outsourced services.
Thanks to pressure from civil service unions, campaigners and parliamentary committees, the Cabinet Office now appears to be taking a tougher line with Crapita, the outsourcing giant at the centre of this latest crisis. Continue reading
THAT’S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR: In the first of an occasional series, our intrepid correspondent KEN TOWL sets off to discover more about the various groups of volunteers who strive to maintain and improve the borough’s green spaces
With a special line-up of guests – all Inside Croydon readers or contributors – in this episode we discuss a vast range of subjects, going behind the headlines on the news stories that matter to you.
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Reports sneaked out ahead of next Wednesday’s council cabinet meeting talk of ‘difficult decisions’, after residents have already suffered six years of the consequences of ‘difficult decisions’.
The community summer school is staged in the expansive grounds of Haling Park, the home of Whitgift School.
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After four years of record Council Tax rises and record borrowing from central government, the borough’s bungling Mayor appears to think that the new occupier of No10 Downing Street might solve his problems.
On £86,000 per year, piss-poor Perry has been reduced to turning up for photo-shoots with a pair of pantomime scissors to open public lavs, or to pinch a ride on a kiddies’ roundabout – jobs for which we are also paying a ceremonial mayor and deputy.
Graham Cluer, from CAS, tells Inside Croydon: “On Wednesday August 12 there will be a partial solar eclipse.
If you run a small business and you’ve heard the phrase “outsourced sales” thrown around, you probably have questions.
