The latest episode of the Croydon Insider podcast is now available – free for our paying subscribers as premium content via Patreon, or for purchase on our Spotify page.

It’s another jam-packed episode, with a panel of iC readers going behind the headlines to look into the stories that matter to you.

And it includes top politics pundit Andrew Fisher (the i paper, BBC television and radio and Sky News) previewing what to expect in John Healey’s Budget statement tomorrow.

The latest unique, non-iconic round-table news panel discussion thingy also features another three guests who discuss cash-strapped Croydon Council’s latest unbalanced budget and look at the cuts being made to Council Tax Support and disabled travel passes.

Yusuf Osman also explains how he managed to take on the British Museum over disability access to the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition.

Radio reporter Sanjana Idnani on the financial struggles of councils in other areas of the UK.

And broadcaster Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell explains what it is like when the trams don’t run and New Addington is cut off from the rest of Croydon.

The panel also wrestles with the thorny issue of just why Mayor Jason Perry can’t find anyone to take on the job of Croydon Council’s CEO, even with a massive £275,000 salary on offer.

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