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Sutton’s LibDems in meltdown as ‘betrayed’ deputy quits
A councillor called ‘Moral’ has taken a principled stance against her erstwhile party colleagues. EXCLUSIVE by CARL SHILTON, investigations editor Ruth Dombey’s deputy mayor on Sutton’s Liberal Democrat-controlled council is quitting at the local elections next month because she has … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Elliot Colburn, Environment, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Annie Moral, Beddington Lane incinerator, Elliot Colburn MP, House of Commons, Ruth Dombey, St Helier, St Helier Hospital, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Viridor, Westminster Hall
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Mystery surrounds new candidate Herman’s deleted tweets
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Some fear it is a case of out of the frying pan into the fire with the imposed election candidate in South Norwood. By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE The Local Campaign Forum, the committee at … Continue reading
Labour candidate in South Norwood quits over abusive tweets
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Calls for the resignations of party officials after a second failure to properly conduct background checks, as election campaign staggers through its latest controversy. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES There are mounting calls from Labour members in … Continue reading
Battle to win the narrative sees a fight for 17% ‘don’t knows’
With a little more than a month before the Town Hall elections, ANDREW FISHER, pictured left, sifts through the shifting opinion polls, nationally and across London, to see what we can learn about how people might vote in Croydon Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Jason Perry, London-wide issues, Sarah Jones MP, South Croydon, Val Shawcross
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Jason Perry, Labour, Mike Fisher, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Val Shawcross
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Pelling set to run as independent for Mayor, and in Waddon
EXCLUSIVE: After 40 years in Croydon politics, councillor decides to run as the ‘non-party’ candidate, offering to axe council rent increases, sack a distrusted council planning director and start a forensic investigation to recover the millions lost on the Fairfield … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Community associations, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hamida Ali, Heather Cheesbrough, Planning, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory, Val Shawcross
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No apology from candidate for abusive and homophobic tweets
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Slack diligence by the Local Campaign Forum missed vile racial slurs, sexist language and homophobic abuse on a wannabe councillor’s social media account. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The committee that is supposed to be running Labour’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Elliott-Jay Munroop, Ramaraj Rajagopal, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Val Shawcross
Tagged Carole Bonner, Croydon, Elliott-Jay Munroop, Joel Bodmer, Labour, LCF, Local Campaign Forum, Nuala O'Neill, Ramaraj Rajagopal, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Val Shawcross
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‘It’s an utter joke’: councillors unhappy at selection stitch-ups
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports on the brinkmanship taking place in the local Labour Party over controversial reselections With just seven days left before the official opening of nominations for all candidates for the local elections, there remain two … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Evans, Hamida Ali, Maddie Henson, Muhammad Ali, Pat Ryan, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Waddon, Woodside
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Hamida Ali, Labour, Pat Ryan, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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Perry’s council seat ‘at risk’ as Labour take 30% poll lead
LOCAL ELECTIONS 2022: Opinions polls and bookmakers both suggest Croydon Tories could fail to win back control of the Town Hall, despite the borough’s bankruptcy under Labour. By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Jason Perry, the leader of the Conservative … Continue reading
Amid apathy and antipathy, Waddon goes for Rich over posh
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: As the local party’s selection process staggers from one stitch-up to the next, poorly attended meetings are held to patch-up the damage caused by organisers’ incompetence and hypocrisy. By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Having managed … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Broad Green, Manju Shahul Hameed, Ramaraj Rajagopal, South Croydon, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Bridget Galloway, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Jessica Rich, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Ramaraj Rajagopal, Rowenna Davis, Sherwan Chowdhury, South Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Waddon
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Council leader Ali announces she won’t seek re-election in May
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Tony Newman’s protégé has changed her mind about standing as a councillor in the forthcoming Town Hall elections. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Hamida Ali, the leader of Croydon’s cash-strapped, Labour-controlled council since October 2020, is to stand … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Improvement Board, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Section 114 notice, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross, Woodside
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Hamida Ali, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Regina Road, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman
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This is ‘democracy’ in Steve Reed’s Croydon Labour Party
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Just 56 days until the local elections, and selection stitch-ups are still being carried out in poorly-attended meetings across the borough, with a serious effort to oust a senior black woman councillor to make way for … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, John Wentworth, Nina Degrads, Pat Ryan, Patsy Cummings, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Pat Ryan, Patsy Cummings, Steve Reed OBE
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Council needs to listen to the people and halt Lodge auction
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Labour-run council promised that the borough’s parks and green spaces would be safe in their hands. On Wednesday, part of a public park in Thornton Heath goes up for auction. PETER UNDERWOOD explains why he is protesting … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon parks, Friends of Grangewood Park, Peter Underwood, Thornton Heath
Tagged Croydon Council, Friends of Grangewood Park, Grangewood Park, Green Party, Heath Lodge, Labour, Peter Underwood, Thornton Heath
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How Labour is working to lose local elections in Waddon
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: It is 10 weeks today until the local elections, and party members in Waddon now have to select a new candidate to replace one who helped win the ward eight years ago. Here deselected and now … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Joy Prince, Report in the Public Interest, Robert Canning, Section 114 notice, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross, Waddon
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Croydon North, Croydon South, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Waddon
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London Mayor joins critics of ‘unlawful’ Local Plan review
‘Ludicrous’, ‘grotesque’ and ‘vandalism’ are some of the milder rebukes aimed at the council’s planning department’s latest piece of developer-friendly work. And now Sadiq Khan has joined the critics, while a Tory MP is threatening a Judicial Review. EXCLUSIVE By … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Val Shawcross, Waddon
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Local Plan, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Croydon South, Heather Cheesbrough, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Tory, Val Shawcross, Waddon
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Labour to sack councillor who voted against benefit cuts
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: The Tony Newman-led vendetta against one of his own council group seems set to reach a bitter conclusion this week when Andrew Pelling looks likely to have the whip removed for daring to vote in the … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Hamida Ali, Joy Prince, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon South, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Steve Reed OBE, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Waddon
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Covid positive after first full Town Hall meeting for two years
WALTER CRONXITE, our fully masked and vaccinated political editor, reports on how many of the borough’s politicians went canvassing at the weekend despite having been warned that there had been a virus positive case at a meeting they attended on … Continue reading
Awks! Tory councillor’s MP father joins calls for Johnson to go
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the drip-drip feed of discontent from within the party-party-party Party While Croydon’s Tory MP Chris Philp continues to make himself look a fool in a series of car-crash media appearances in which he tries (and … Continue reading
Toxic legacy that could destroy borough’s character forever
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council is running a consultation (another one), this time over its proposals to increase the amount of housing intensification it will allow across the borough. ANITA SMITH shares her concerns about the changes to the Local Plan … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Croydon Council, Jason Perry, Planning, Val Shawcross
Tagged Anita Smith, Councillor Jason Perry, Croydon Council, Croydon Local Plan, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Park Hill and Whitgift Estate, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross, Whitgift Estate, Whitgift Foundation
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Tories miss chance to call for police action over Fairfield fiasco
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest fall-out from the £37m overspend on the arts venue as the borough’s councillors – Tory as well as Labour – appear reluctant to turn their old mates over to the police The council … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, College Green, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hamida Ali, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jason Perry, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Lisa Taylor, Paul Scott, Planning, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Shifa Mustafa, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jason Perry, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lisa Taylor, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, Richard Simpson, RIPI, Shifa Mustafa, South Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory
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Local Labour party withholds campaign funds in Pelling dispute
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: There are just 99 days to go until the local elections, but after a members’ meeting last night the party in power at the Town Hall will be forced to campaign with much less cash than … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Joy Prince, Report in the Public Interest, Robert Canning, Section 114 notice, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross, Waddon
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Croydon North, Croydon South, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Waddon
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Party chaos as candidate starts Mayor run as independent
Croydon Conservatives’ campaign plans have been thrown into some minor disarray, after one of their candidates selected to stand in May’s Town Hall elections as a potential ward councillor has now announced himself as an independent candidate for Croydon Mayor. … Continue reading
Broad Green candidate was ruled by judge not fit to be trustee
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: The botched and bungled selection process appears to have chosen as an election candidate someone whose conduct was found to be ‘wholly incompatible with his duties…’ with a charity and ‘a blatant breach of trust’. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Broad Green, Charity, Croydon North, Manju Shahul Hameed, Ramaraj Rajagopal, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Joel Bodmer, Labour, Ramaraj Rajagopal, Steve Reed OBE, Stooge Collins, Tamil Welfare Association (UK), Tony Newman
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Labour councillor submits bullying complaint to Labour Party
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Efforts to de-select Waddon councillor after he was democratically selected by members in his ward have been described as a ‘witchhunt’ and have now been raised by the party nationally. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Labour, … Continue reading
