In the past couple of weeks, our council has closed, then announced a hurried U-turn, over the precious Croydon Carers’ Centre on George Street, then presided over “chaos” as they closed Access Croydon, the public consultation area at the council’s HQ.
And that’s before they turned up in court to pursue an eviction order without being able to prove that they own the property in Reedham…
With Croydon Council is a state of permanent crisis, and fresh from begging for another £136million bail-out from central government, our pannelists on the latest episode of The Croydon Insider ask Jason Perry’s stand-in, a Tub of Lard:
- What plan does he have in place for the council’s finances, beyond annual hikes in Council Tax and more cuts to our sadly reduced services?
- Under the circumstances, how can he possibly justify giving himself and his councillor colleagues a pay rise, and pay increases for the council’s highest earners?
- And just what is the truth behind the shadowy British Virgin Island owners of Polaska, the company behind the 220 retirement homes in Purley that Mayor Perry and MP Chris Philp have been quite so keen to foist on local residents?
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