Category Archives: Avril Slipper

They voted to raise your Council Tax, then to increase their pay

Posted on February 27, 2025 by insidecroydon

TOWN HALL SKETCH: Things don’t sound too good in the Chamber these days, and it is not just because the council has hired a cheaper contractor for its audio system. As tempers frayed at the most important meeting of the … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Future Croydon', Amy Foster, Avril Slipper, Callton Young, Christopher Herman, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon Carers, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Esther Sutton, Ian Parker, Jason Cummings, Katherine Kerswell, Kola Agboola, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Rowenna Davis, Sean Fitzsimons, Section 114 notice, Stuart King | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Croydon Council to honour former police commander who was criticised over Stephen Lawrence racist murder investigation

Posted on October 2, 2014 by insidecroydon

The Labour leadership on Croydon Council “should be ashamed”, according to a leading black activist, over their decision to award one of the borough’s highest civic honours to a former senior Metropolitan Police officer who was heavily criticised over his conduct … Continue reading →

Posted in Ashburton, Avril Slipper, Coulsdon Town, Crime, Croydon Council, David Osland, Eddy Arram, Graham Bass, Janet Marshall, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Policing, Shirley North, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Labour takes aim at Ashburton as UKIP charge in Waddon

Posted on May 22, 2014 by insidecroydon

VOTE 2014: Our final assessment from the battleground wards in the Town Hall elections sees a surprising change in fortunes As election day dawns and the overnight rains and morning mists clear, the deployment of the parties’ armies on the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Adam Kellett, Ashburton, Avril Slipper, Clare Hilley, Gareth Streeter, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Robert King, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Tories dump ‘Nightmayor’ Arram in Ashburton ward selection

Posted on March 1, 2014 by insidecroydon

As predicted by Inside Croydon, Croydon Conservatives last night dumped Eddy Arram, a local councillor for more than 30 years, when they selected their candidates to stand in Ashburton ward in the local elections in May. And the Tories are … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Adam Kellett, Ashburton, Avril Slipper, Eddy Arram, Gareth Streeter, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Sylvia MacDonald | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Fisher holds fire on Tory selections to force through budget

Posted on February 20, 2014 by insidecroydon

In 14 Thursdays’ time, on May 22, you will be able to vote for up to three people who you want to help run your local services until 2018. Yet the Conservatives who have controlled Croydon Town Hall for the … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Avril Slipper, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Greens, David Osland, Eddy Arram, Gavin Barwell, Graham Bass, New Addington, Purley, South Croydon, Tony Pearson | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Are Tories about to show exit door to “nightmayor” Arram?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by insidecroydon

Croydon Tories appear to be preparing to dump the 2012 Mayor of Croydon from their candidates for May’s Town Hall elections. Veteran Ashburton councillor Eddy Arram was a uniquely divisive, despised and somewhat ridiculous figure when he donned the pompous … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Adam Kellett, Ashburton, Avril Slipper, Eddy Arram | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Council’s secrets and lies over sale of old Ashburton Library

Posted on August 15, 2013 by insidecroydon

Residents have been outraged yet again at the latest pawn shop move to flog off public property by the wide boys who control Croydon Council, following an advertisement appearing in the local press offering the old Ashburton Library building for … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Adam Kellett, Art, Ashburton, Avril Slipper, Croydon Council, Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Eddy Arram, Education, Environment, History, Libraries, Planning, Riesco Collection, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Woodside Labour councillor Jewitt fails to win selection

Posted on June 14, 2013 by insidecroydon

The Croydon Labour party’s selection process for candidates to stand at next year’s Town Hall elections claimed its first casualty on Wednesday night, when Karen Jewitt, councillor for Woodside ward, failed to be selected. Jewitt has been a Croydon councillor … Continue reading →

Posted in Adam Kellett, Ashburton, Avril Slipper, Coulsdon Town, David Osland, Eddy Arram, Graham Bass, Karen Jewitt, Paul Scott, Phil Thomas, Purley, Selsdon & Ballards, Tony Newman, Uncategorized, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bah humbug! Tory councillor complains at ‘too early’ Christmas

Posted on December 5, 2012 by insidecroydon

One of Croydon’s Conservative councillors wants to stop the town’s retailers from starting their Christmas sales campaigns too early. Ashburton councillor Adam Kellett put forward his own forthright views in a question to the council leader Mike Fisher at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adam Kellett, Allders, Avril Slipper, Business, Centrale, Mike Fisher, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment