Here’s our latest Croydon Insider news podcast, a politician-free zone where a panel of Croydon figures delve into the news that really matters to you.

Our guests for our November episode are David Morgan, Croydon Minster archivist and author of our splendid Sunday Supplements, Dr Ross White, chief executive of the Farwood Foundation, Anna Arthur, co-director of the Croydonites Festival and Brian Finegan, volunteer with the South Norwood Community Kitchen.

• In this episode, we discuss Westfield and thousands of new flats.
• There’s the mystery of a car park for reasonably priced family cars that suddenly appeared where Coulsdon residents hoped to see a medical centre.
• We hear about the real impact of VAT on fee-paying schools.
• And we talk about the genuinely artistic success of this year’s Croydonites Festival.
• Plus there’s That Was The Week That Was, problems finding anywhere to charge electric vehicles, and… drum roll… Kendo Nagasaki.

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