The latest, packed edition of The Croydon Insider is now available, where our panel of expert guests add insight and context to a range of issues in the news in Croydon.

Did you know Nigel Farage has done the recorded announcements on Croydon’s Trams? Listen in to find out more.

Did you realise that with the council forecasting it is going to bust its “balanced” budget by £42million this year, the finance director doesn’t have a clue what measures might be in the government finance announcement last this month? Listen in to find out more.

Find out how turning No1 Croydon into flats might help preserve the building for a few decades more.

Listen in to find out more about Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s new chief of staff, and his modest beginnings in south London.

And listen in to hear about the Lenses of Croydon photography exhibition, one of the few genuinely original events in Croydon as part of Black History Month in the borough.

Our impressive list of guests for this episode is…

•  author and architecture expert John Grindrod
• TV politics pundit and columnist Andrew Fisher
• charity and community worker Lee Townsend
• local radio presenter Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell and
• David Weir, the brains behind YouTube video sensation CronxWatch

The Croydon Insider is the the news panel discussion podcast strand from Under The Flyover, exclusively for subscribers to Inside Croydon.

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