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Perry imposes smartphone parking system – from next week
Car-loving Croydon Mayor Jason Perry is going ahead with the removal of all the borough’s parking meters and is imposing the use of a third-party smartphone app which charges users even for “free” parking. The council will start turning off … Continue reading
Organisers pull plug on beer festival after only 127 buy tickets
Dozens of beer- and cider-lovers have been left disappointed and out-of-pocket (for now at least) by the last-minute cancellation of a two-day festival due to have been staged at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls. But anyone booking in advance for the South … Continue reading
Body Shop confirms Whitgift Centre branch among closures
Our retailing disaster correspondent, MT WALLETTE, on the latest body blow to claims that the town centre’s shopping mall is doing thriving business The Body Shop is to close its branch in the Whitgift Centre, the struggling cosmetics retailer has … Continue reading
People Power II: Tram memorial given an overdue spring clean
Earlier this week, this was how the tram crash memorial at New Addington looked. Unkempt. Unswept. As if it was uncared for. It is a little over seven years since that terrible morning when an early morning tram full of … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, New Addington, New Addington North, Sandilands derailment, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon tram crash, New Addington, New Addington tram crash memorial, Sandilands derailment, Say No To 15%
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People Power I: South Norwood assembly meeting on Mar 17
By EMMA GARDINER Come and join the South Norwood Community Assembly on Sunday March 17 from 2.30pm, to come together as a community, listen about issues in our community and how they affect you and discuss what we can do … Continue reading
Cummings’ budget rejected before his big Newsnight moment
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The government has just found £2.5bn in ‘exceptional financial support’ for 19 councils. But Mayor Jason Perry and his finance chief have an anxious week after having had their unbalanced budget rejected in a Town Hall meeting. … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Chris Philp MP, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Improvement Board, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Section 114 notice, Stuart King
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, BBC Newsnight, Conservative, Council budget, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Levelling Up, DLUHC, Fund Croydon Fairly, Improvement and Assurance Panel, Improvement Panel, Jason Cummings, Labour, LGA, Local Government Association, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Gove, Newsnight, Pay More Get Less, Ria Patel, S114, S114 notice, Say No To 15%, STUART KING, Tory, Unbalanced budget
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Labour suspends Jewish councillor for voting for peace
Our Lambeth correspondent, KEN INGTON, on the latest scandal that threatens to cause ructions at Brixton Town Hall Labour has again outraged its own members for a purge of four councillors in Lambeth who refused to vote against calls for … Continue reading
Much-loved Whitgift Centre café to shut down on Saturday
This Saturday will be your last chance to enjoy a decent cup of coffee, maybe a sandwich or a bit of cake, in what claims to be the best café in the Whitgift Centre. The Camden Coffee House has announced … Continue reading
Spiffing adventure promised as Reg Rare comes to Coulsdon
They’ve “done” Dick Barton, Special Agent. Now Dan Dare is about the get the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon “treatment”. Coming to a community centre near you next month is Reginald Rare (geddit??!!), a fast-moving spoof about the “rocketeer extraordinaire”, for a … Continue reading
Council is offering community groups safer streets grants
The council is offering grants to community groups in New Addington, Shrublands and Croydon town centre for them to provide support to young people at risk of becoming involved in violence and antisocial behaviour. “The funding is for groups that … Continue reading
Wanted: ‘storyteller’ to spin CEO Kerswell’s recruitment binge
CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘History,’ said Marx (Karl, not Groucho), ‘repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce.’ At our cash-strapped council, we appear to have arrived at the farcical stage. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES How good is your “story-telling”? £50,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, Improvement Board, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Section 114 notice, Tony McArdle
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Corporate directors, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Elaine Jackson, Executive directors, Hamida Ali, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Regina Road, Tony Newman, Tory
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ECCO remembers woman with lightest of carbon toeprints
By JERRY FITZPATRICK Next Wednesday, March 6, East Croydon will be celebrating the remarkable life and work of local resident Joan Pick, the woman with the lightest of carbon toeprints. Joan Pick was best-known as “the running lady”, whose figure … Continue reading
It’s time for our elected councillors to stand up for Croydon
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Saddled with £1.4bn of ‘toxic’ debt, Mayor Perry has been rendered paralysed in his management of the cash-strapped council’s finances. Ahead of tonight’s budget meeting, ANDREW PELLING outlines some of the options for the borough’s politicians There’s … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Children's Services, Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Esther Sutton, Improvement Board, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Katherine Kerswell, Planning, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Section 114 notice, Tony McArdle
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department of Levelling Up, DLUHC, Esther Sutton, Green Party, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Gove, Ria Patel, S114, S114 notice, Say No To 15%, Section 114, Section 114 Notice, Tony McArdle, Tory
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Labour members still waiting for their MP candidate decision
After a three-month wait, those involved in the process to choose a General Election candidate in Croydon East have been told to expect an announcement from officials, reports WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Labour Party members have been placed on stand-by … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon East, Olga Fitzroy
Tagged Ann Black, Croydon, Croydon East, Joel Bodger Bodmer, Jonathan Situ, Labour, Labour NEC, London, Natasha Irons, Olga Fitzroy
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Tory councillors missed the bus over Kenley route changes
Kenley’s Conservative councillors, Gayle Gander and Ola Kolade, have admitted that they didn’t know that their residents were to be by-passed by Transport for London’s changes to Croydon’s bus routes – until they found out about it on Inside Croydon. … Continue reading
Posted in Gayle Gander, Kenley, Ola Kolade, TfL, Transport
Tagged 434, Caterham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gayle Gander, Kenley, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Ola Kolade, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Whyteleafe
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1,000 Harris academy staff in call for improved conditions
Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, on how a publicly-funded academy chain is failing to pay support staff inner London Living Wage while expecting teachers to work an extra 16 hours per week unpaid – yet its Croydon-based CEO is on … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Harris Academy Beulah Hill, Harris Academy Crystal Palace, Harris Academy South Norwood, Harris Academy Upper Norwood, Harris Primary Purley Way, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Department for Education, Eudcation Uncovered, Harris Federation, schools, Sir Daniel Moynihan, Warwick Mansell, Wellesley Road
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Angry Purley and Sanderstead residents to confront Mayor
Dodgy fines on motorists, rubber-stamping LTNs, £5 charges for replacement bins, public library closures and now delays over a long-promised Coulsdon healthcentre are likely to be some of the awkward questions tonight for out-of-his-depth Jason Perry Jason Perry, Croydon’s £82,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Libraries, Mario Creatura, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Parking, Purley, Purley Pool, Sanderstead
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon health centre, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Polaska Assets BVI, Purley, Purley Pool, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Say No To 15%, Tory
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21% Council Tax hike but Perry has a pay rise for his mates
There’s a protest planned outside Croydon Town Hall tomorrow for the first of two council budget meetings You pay more. You get less. Long-suffering residents will be protesting outside Croydon Town Hall tomorrow evening, and again the following Wednesday, March … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Callton Young, Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, David White, Esther Sutton, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Stuart King
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Assembly, Croydon Council, David White, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Say No To 15%, Tory
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Raggio di Sole, handmade pizzas made to order, South Croydon
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Posted in Advertisement, Business
Tagged Advertisement, Raggio di Sole, South Croydon
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JD and the Electro-tones, The Oval Tavern, Mar 3
Posted in Music, Pubs
Tagged Blues at The Oval, JD and the Electrotones, The Oval Tavern
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Southern Fail: rail commuters hit by signal and points problems
A “major signalling fault across the whole route between London and the south coast” caused chaos for rail commuters travelling in to work this morning, with cancellations to rail services continuing into this afternoon. The Gatwick Express was cancelled, with … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, East Croydon, Transport
Tagged #SouthernFail, Brighton, East Croydon station, London Bridge, Network Rail, Southern Rail, Thameslink, Victoria
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