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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Croydon Council paid £20m for interim staff in 2011
Croydon Council is throwing away millions of pounds of public money, paying over the odds to hire temporary staff, contractors and “interims” while in the midst of some of the worst cuts to public services ever experienced. According to the … Continue reading
Paddick joins opposition to Beddington incinerator
Brian Paddick, the LibDems’ candidate for London Mayor, has put himself on a collision course with Liberal Democrat-controlled Sutton Council by condemning plans for a waste incinerator in Beddington Lane. “The last thing we need is an incinerator,” Paddick told … Continue reading
Posted in Brian Paddick, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Waste incinerator
Tagged Brian Paddick, Croydon, Incineration, Liberal Democrat, London, London Mayor, Mitcham, Sutton
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Robshaw confirmed as England rugby captain
As first predicted by Inside Croydon, Chris Robshaw was confirmed today as the next captain of the England rugby team. The former Cumnor House schoolboy and Warlingham RFC junior player will lead out the England team in Saturday’s Calcutta Cup … Continue reading
Councils’ huge compensation bill if incinerator is cancelled
ANDREW PELLING reports on a local residents’ meeting in Sutton where the consequences of Croydon’s secret negotiations and broken promises over the Beddington Lane waste incinerator were made plain If residents persuade their local councils to drop the proposals to … Continue reading
Paddick has more answers on policing, Clegg claims
Brian Paddick‘s police experience sets him apart from London Mayor candidates Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone was Nick Clegg’s message on his visit to Croydon on Friday, ANDREW PELLING writes It is a sad commentary on wider, deep-held perceptions of … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Brian Paddick, Business, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Ken Livingstone, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Tom Brake MP
Tagged Brian Paddick, Croydon, Croydon Central, House of Reeves, Liberal Democrat, London, London Mayor, Nick Clegg, reeves corner, Tom Brake MP
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Council press officer attends LibDem election photo call
Croydon Council spends at least £660,000 per year of our money on its press office. The council press office is supposed to be there to distribute information about the council services and activities. It is supposed to be strictly neutral … Continue reading
Boris bungles by leaving calling card for burglars
You would expect any proficient politician to use his or her incumbency to the max just ahead of an election. All within the rules of course. So after almost four years of virtual non-engagement with the people of Croydon, London … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Crime, Mayor of London, Policing, Waddon
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Kit Malthouse, London, Metropolitan Police Authority, Waddon
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Croydon goes ****ing viral for all the wrong reasons (again)
If a picture says a thousand words, then surely at least one of them might be obscene. This photo has been doing the rounds on the interweb since yesterday morning. The nice people at Waitrose on George Street in central … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Croydon Central, East Croydon
Tagged Croydon, East Croydon station, London Borough of Croydon, Waitrose
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Croydon: connected, capable and confident. Unrecognisable?
A press release whizzes across the desk here at Inside Croydon Towers. We weren’t sent it directly, but hey ho…. The release was sent apparently on behalf of Develop Croydon, the organisation of big retailers and developers with multi-million pound … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Cherry Orchard Gardens, City status, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, London-wide issues, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Steve O'Connell, URV
Tagged Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, MIPIM, Saffron Square, Steve O'Connell
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Council scoops yet more prizes from its own suppliers
Just when Nathan Elvery thought it was safe to put on his black tie and book his cab (on council expenses, natch) for the next back-slapping local authority awards ceremony, so more revelations of close commercial connections between his department … Continue reading
Local LibDem leads campaign against bishops in the Lords
“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” David Cameron is far from the first to complain of bishops’ involvement in politics. The clergy’s role in the House of Lords vote last night on Child Benefit and the government’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brian Paddick, London-wide issues, Purley
Tagged Bishop, British Humanist Association, Church and religions, Church of England, Croydon, Croydon South, David Cameron, House of Lords, John Sentamu, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Rowan Williams
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TfL to remove pedestrian crossing on Purley Way
There was a time, not so long ago, when pedestrians were supposed to be the top priority for the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. No longer, it would seem: as well as Croydon having some of the capital’s most dangerous … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Clare Hilley, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Simon Hoar, Waddon
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Work begins to give Swan & Sugarloaf a new lease of life
Scaffolding went up around the Swan & Sugarloaf pub in South Croydon last week, the first signs that the local landmark is going to be given an overdue fresh lease of life. How a re-opened Swan & Sugarloaf might operate … Continue reading
It’s scrum time for Ken, Boris… and for Brian Paddick
STEVEN GAUGE is a former Croydon council LibDem candidate who helped run Nick Clegg‘s election campaign in 2010. Now he is working on the 2012 London Assembly elections, in between getting in a ruck with what was once Surrey’s second-worst … Continue reading
You’re dung for! Coulsdon and Waddon on sludge lorry route
There will be only five more years of stink for north Croydon residents and Purley Way shoppers to suffer when the malodorous winds blow from Beddington sewage farm. That’s the hope that Thames Water officials imparted to two public meetings … Continue reading
Trebles all-round as Elvery’s up for more awards
You might expect that Croydon’s dismal track record on complaints (121 passed to the official ombudsman in the past year, among the worst local authorities in the UK) ought to be of serious concern to Jon Rouse and Nathan Elvery … Continue reading
£4m “secret” treasure found under Croydon’s riot-hit streets
The Financial Times reports today that £4 million of gold and jewellery has just been recovered from the ruins of a Croydon pawnbrokers that was destroyed in the riots on August 8. Involving a secret police operation to foil conniving … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon 8/8, West Croydon
Tagged Business, Croydon, Financial Times, London, London Borough of Croydon, West Croydon, West Croydon station
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Croydon misses out on Boris’s £32m Outer London awards
Of the 80 bids made for the London Mayor’s Outer London Fund’s current round, dishing out £50 million, there was not a single application for cash from Croydon Council. As they are fond of saying at the National Lottery, you’ve … Continue reading
Former Warlingham player Robshaw waits on England decision
It is looking increasingly likely that the next captain of the England rugby team may be a young man who learned to play the game on school playing fields off Pampisford Road in South Croydon and with a local club … Continue reading
Posted in Rugby Union, Sport, Warlingham RFC
Tagged Chris Robshaw, England, Harlequin F.C., Kyle Traynor, Richie McCaw, Warlingham, World Cup
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Council complaints? Croydon makes it into worst 10
Council chiefs in Taberner House may need to hold a crisis meeting today, after it was revealed that Croydon is only ninth in a list of the most-complained-about local authorities. Surely, they must demand, they should do better.
Posted in Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Southwark, Taberner House
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