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Hollands’ contempt for public is Croydon’s “pleb” moment
Our man in the public gallery, WALTER CONXITE, found little evidence of Croydon’s “Proud to Serve” slogan being put into practice at a Town Hall meeting last week The truly depressing thing about the way in which our council is … Continue reading
South End Family Fun Day, Oct 28
Posted in Croydon South, Fairfield, South Croydon, South Croydon Community Association, Waddon
Tagged Croydon South, South Croydon, Waddon
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Newman plans to get Croydon’s houses in order
TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the opposition Labour group on Croydon Council, responds to last week’s report on Newsnight with a plan to provide proper housing for the borough’s homeless Millions of people have now seen last week’s shocking BBC Newsnight … Continue reading
Town Hall report ignores crime, Council Tax and roads
It is so often cited as to have become clichéd, but in George Orwell’s vision of a dystopian future, the novel 1984, when the powers-that-be had bad news, it got its Ministry of Truth to erase it from the records … Continue reading
Labour calls for closure of “squalid” Croydon B&Bs
Croydon’s opposition Labour group has demanded the immediate closure of the Thornton Heath B&B hotel used by the council to house the borough’s homeless. Labour has also demanded an independent inquiry into how the council has failed to take proper … Continue reading
Don’t panic! Mead’s benefits U-turn shows council in crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Something strange is happening at the Town Hall. Commonsense is prevailing over political dogma. Some highly placed people’s jobs must be at stake, says Inside Croydon editor STEVEN DOWNES Don’t panic! Croydon’s Captain Mainwaring is in charge! Something … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Jon Rouse, Margaret Mead, Menta Tower, Mike Fisher, Planning, Schools, URV
Tagged BBC, Conservative, Croydon, Eric Pickles, London, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House
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Take your pick: guitar teacher makes Bold move
An enterprising south London musician has been promoting his guitar lessons by giving passers-by the chance to take their pick. Dave Bold has been teaching guitar since the early 1980s, starting when a music student at Goldsmith’s College. He also … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Dance, Music
Tagged Brit School, Croydon, Guitar, London, Music, Northcliffe Media, Student
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Malcolm Wicks memorial: Croydon Minster, Fri Oct 19
A Memorial Service for Malcolm Wicks MP will be held at 11am on Friday October 19 at Croydon Minster. Reception to follow in the Parish Hall across the Minster Green.
Posted in Malcolm Wicks MP
Tagged Carers UK, Croydon Minster, Croydon North, Ed Miliband, Labour, Malcolm, Malcolm Wicks, Tony Blair
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Croydon’s B&B nightmare: “an indictment of modern Britain”
The BBC’s Newsnight programme has taken Croydon Council’s emergency housing “policy” apart, exposing them as breaking the law twice over, while failing the borough’s homeless, many of them young children, who are forced to stay in squalid, overcrowded and unsuitable … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Health, Housing, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Tony Newman
Tagged BBC, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Newsnight, Rouse, Tony Newman
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Norbury councillor questions decision to allow Free School
Plans for a three-form-entry, primary Free School in Norbury could yet encounter some Town Hall opposition, with at least one local Croydon councillor already expressing her strong misgivings about the scheme. Free Schools have been introduced by the ConDem coalition … Continue reading
Posted in Advance School, Croydon North, Education, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Free School, Labour, Michael Gove, Primary school, Tim Pollard, Toby Young, Trojan Horse
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O’Connell: “I wouldn’t be so silly to take £500 per day”
Steve O’Connell, the London Assembly Member for Croydon and Sutton once dubbed Britain’s highest paid councillor by the Daily Mail, has told Inside Croydon that “even I would not be so silly as to take £500 a day”, following a … Continue reading
Croydon rejects planning proposal as a “recipe for disaster”
Croydon’s Conservative-run council has set itself on collision course with Tory local government chief Eric Pickles after deciding to reject as “a recipe for disaster” Whitehall proposals on planning that would make it easier for developers and homeowners to build … Continue reading
Upper Norwood Library funding cuts called in for scrutiny
A council decision that threatens the future of the century-old Upper Norwood Library by withdrawing the majority of the library’s funding will hit a road block this week, after Croydon’s Labour councillors called for a special Town Hall meeting to … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Cinema, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Education, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, David Lean Cinema, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tory, Upper Norwood Library
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My memories of Malcolm: a personal tribute
Malcolm Wicks, MP for Croydon for 20 years, died at the weekend. Here ANDREW PELLING, for a time a fellow Croydon MP, shares his own recollections of a much-admired figure Malcolm was atypical as a politician. Malcolm Wicks came to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Malcolm Wicks MP
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, Croydon North West, Labour, Malcolm Wicks
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Wandsworth confirmed in last three to run Croydon’s libraries
One month after Inside Croydon broke the news that an internal bid from Wandsworth council’s library department was being allowed to make a late run for the management of the public libraries in their own borough and Croydon – largely … Continue reading
Tech City debate comes to Old Town this Thursday
The concept of Croydon as a location for a cluster of digital businesses and start-ups, perhaps attracting online giants such as Google and Amazon, will be discussed at a special meeting organised this Thursday by local resident Jonny Rose. Tech … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Business, Education, Fairfield, Housing, London-wide issues, Planning, Property
Tagged Amazon, Croydon, East London Tech City, Google, London, Soundcloud, Yammer
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Potter’s Dreamchild gets rare screening at Shirley this Saturday
The Save the David Lean Cinema Campaign is on the road again this week, with a special showing of Dennis Potter‘s Dream Child at the Shirley Community Centre in Shrublands Road from 7.30pm this Saturday, October 6. This is a … Continue reading
Croydon North’s MP Malcolm Wicks dies after cancer battle
Malcolm Wicks, a Croydon MP for more than 20 years, died today after a brief illness. He was 65. “Croydon won’t be the same without him,” one leading figure in the Croydon Labour party said tonight. Tributes swiftly followed, with … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, Malcolm Wicks MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Arthur Wicks, Croydon, Croydon North, Ed Miliband, Education Select Committee, Labour, Malcolm Wicks, Wicks
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Boris’s cunning plan: too high, too many, too central
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Mayor of London’s “cunning plan” for Croydon is flawed in important respects, says ANDREW PELLING – too much housing crammed into the centre of the borough, in too many high-rise blocks, and by ignoring other parts of … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Ashburton, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Cane Hill, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Health, Housing, IYLO, London Assembly, London Road Traders Association, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Purley, Ruskin Square, Schools, Transport, URV, Vidhi Mohan, West Croydon, West Croydon Community Forum
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor
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Trafficking charity reports 60% fall in Croydon brothels
There has been a 60 per cent reduction in the number of brothels, “massage parlours” and other “dubious establishments” in Croydon since the start of an anti-trafficking campaign in the borough six years ago, according to a local action group. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Charity, Community associations
Tagged Croydon, England, London, UK Border Agency
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Council wields axe with 35% job cuts in customer services
The provision of services for residents in Croydon looks like being cut back even further, with 35 per cent of frontline staff in the customer service department being told on Wednesday that they are to be axed. The cuts are … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jedward, London, London Borough of Croydon
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