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Town Hall increases ‘irrational’ spending on medical tests
Croydon Council spent nearly £17,000 in the past year on medical assessments of often vulnerable people which were carried out by a private health firm without even speaking to them, let alone examining them. The assessments, by a company called … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, NowMedical
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Newman backs former Blair aide for Labour Party top job
Our Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how Croydon has two prominent candidates for the position of general secretary Tony Newman, the increasingly beleaguered leader of Croydon Council, has given his backing to his old mate David Evans as he … Continue reading
Collins under fire for ‘right-wing dictator’ jibe at residents
More than a year too late, Tony Newman, Croydon Labour’s dictatorial council leader, has begun to stir his senior councillors into parroting some kind of attack lines against the DEMOC campaign which is backing a referendum over whether to have … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, 2021 Mayor Referendum, 2022 council elections, Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Paul Scott, Planning, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, DEMOC, Democratically Elected Mayor for Croydon, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Tory
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Council staffer Pitt is recruited to board of failing Brick by Brick
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, discovers that the council has been less-than-forthcoming over the latest appointment to their loss-making house-builder Brick by Brick has appointed a new company director, in a move that could signal the council-owned house-builder is … Continue reading
Covid death rates linked to poverty and high-density housing
Official death rate figures from the ONS show that over-intensification of housing has played a part in helping the spread of coronavirus, as Croydon’s NHS chief warns against ‘inequalities’. BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, reports Croydon has suffered a far … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Croydon NHS Trust, Health, Housing, London-wide issues, Matthew Kershaw, Mayday Hospital, Planning, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon NHS Trust, London Borough of Croydon, Matthew Kershaw, Tony Newman
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‘Our voice is being totally ignored’ say worried Purley residents
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, reports on how the council, despite declaring a climate emergency, is now planning to destroy open spaces and rare wildlife habitats The council’s voracious appetite for concreting over the borough’s precious green spaces has seen … Continue reading
Brick by Brick faces ‘disaster’ as it misses sales targets by 83%
For more than two years, Inside Croydon has been carefully tracking the difference between Brick by Brick’s budgeted targets and their actual delivery: what they say, and what they do. Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, reports on the multi-million-pound chasm … Continue reading
Council has no idea how many houses BxB has built or sold
Croydon Council does not know how many homes Brick by Brick has completed or sold. That’s according to an official council response to a Freedom of Information request – delivered, in true council style, much later than is required by … Continue reading
Newman’s Pravda over-promises as his council under-delivers
Even in the middle of the greatest crisis the borough has faced since World War II, there’s nothing stopping the council for gerrymandering on behalf of the beleaguered leader, Tony Newman. The latest edition of Your Croydon, the council’s Pravda, … Continue reading
Brick by Brick CEO says company has sold 6 houses. Or is it 5?
Our overdevelopment correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, reports on the latest admission of incompetence from Croydon Council’s loss-making house-builders Five. Or it might be six. Colm Lacey, the former council employee who has been promoted way beyond his skills and abilities to … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Leila Ben-Hassel, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Leila Ben-Hassel, London Borough of Croydon, Tory, Waddon
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Institute member Townsend promoted as new chief planner
Nicola Townsend is the council’s new chief planner. Except she’s not. She’s been appointed as something which is described in council papers as Croydon’s “director of homes and social investment”. The council opted for an internal promotion to replace the … Continue reading
Council in appeal to private landlords to offer rent holidays
Days after other councils in London stepped in to demand that private landlords offer rent breaks and financial help to their tenants affected by the covid-19 pandemic, Croydon has stepped in to do the same. Yesterday, the council issued a … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Business, Croydon Council, Health, Housing
Tagged Alison Butler, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott
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Labour MP questions conflicts over Brick by Brick planning
Our overdevelopment correspondent BARRATT HOLMES on how the council’s loss-making home-builders are receiving criticism from an unlikely source Steve Reed, the Labour MP for Croydon North, has joined the growing number of voices critical of the council-owned, loss-making developer Brick … Continue reading
Labour council threatens £1m of cuts over mayor referendum
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, watched Monday night’s full council meeting so you didn’t have to Croydon Council will spend £1million on staging, and contestng, a referendum over whether the borough should have a mayor directly elected by all Croydon’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 Mayor Referendum, Alison Butler, Community associations, Croydon Council, London Assembly, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, DEMOC, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Tory
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Hundreds turn out to join campaign for directly elected mayor
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the mounting numbers behind a campaign seeking to change the way the council is run The patronage that keeps Croydon’s Town Hall troika of Tony Newman, Alison Butler and Paul Scott in power is looking … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, DEMOC, Kenley, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Paul Scott, Sanderstead, Tony Newman, Tory
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Council deputy Butler fails to declare company directorship
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on the nexus of connections between a senior Town Hall figure, an ex-councillor’s charity and local Tories It almost looks like she’s getting the old gang together again. There today, in the official records of … Continue reading
Kakistocracy: Butler forced into £6m bail-out of Brick by Brick
On Monday night in the Town Hall chamber, while keeping a straight face (perhaps she even believes her own bullshit?), Alison Butler actually tried to claim that Brick by Brick, the council-owned in-house house-builder “is delivering homes and is delivering … Continue reading
Croydon Tories in call for public inquiry into Brick by Brick
Croydon Tories have appealed to a government minister to hold an urgent inquiry into the running of Brick by Brick, the council’s in-house house-builders. The call was made public at last night’s meeting of the full council by Tim Pollard, … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Lynne Hale, Planning, Sanderstead, Tim Pollard
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Robert Jenrick, Tony Newman, Tory
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Brick by Brick fail to apologise for shared ownership bungling
Brick by Brick, the loss-making council-owned house-builder, last night finally ended their silence and admitted that they are not able to sell homes under any shared ownership schemes. Seven days after Inside Croydon broke the news that Brick by Brick … Continue reading
Empty homes in Croydon soar by 50% with Butler in charge
The number of empty homes in Croydon increased by almost 50 per cent in the first four years that Alison Butler was the cabinet member for housing in the borough. Those are some of the shocking figures released today by … Continue reading
Sanderstead and Riddlesdown lead battle to save Green Belt
In 1953, the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council was granted a coat of arms, and this included two trees, one an oak to represent the Purley Oaks and the other a beech for Purley Beeches. In 2020, Croydon Council … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Housing, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon Local Plan, Friends of Purley Beeches, Friends of Sanderstead Rec, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Purley Beeches, Riddlesdown, Riddlesdown Residents Association, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Rec, Sanderstead Residents' Association
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CPRE makes appeal: just one week left to save the Green Belt
Conservation charity the CPRE has added its voice to residents’ associations across the borough calling on the public to take urgent action to try to save Croydon’s green spaces from development. Last week, Inside Croydon reported how the Labour council’s … Continue reading
Brick by Brick forced to suspend sales of dozens of new homes
Inside Croydon’s editor, STEVEN DOWNES, reports on the latest massive set-back to the council’s loss-making house-builder Brick by Brick, Croydon Council’s controversial in-house house-builder, has been forced to suspend all sales of shared ownership homes. The delay in selling the … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Flora Court, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman
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A level of ineptitude which would be tolerated no where else
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Council cabinet members Alison Butler and Paul Scott are ‘like some kind of wrecking crew’ who have made massive errors over planning in the borough, and they should be sacked, according to SEBASTIAN TILLINGER Councillors Alison Butler and … Continue reading
Butler: We’ll let Brick by Brick build on all under-utilised spaces
Be afraid, be very afraid – there is not a scrap of open space in the borough which the council deputy leader won’t allow Brick by Brick to build on, reports political editor WALTER CRONXITE Alison Butler, the deputy leader … Continue reading
