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Category Archives: Humayun Kabir
Council holds so few meetings it has dropped ‘six-month rule’
The pandemic lockdown has had such a marked impact on the business at the Town Hall that councillors have been told it no longer matters if they don’t attend meetings for six months. Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports Croydon’s … Continue reading
Council leaders are set to break lockdown laws for ‘photo ops’
Council leaders in Croydon and Sutton are actively encouraging the public to break the law by attending large gatherings – ignoring the advice of health experts and potentially putting people’s health, and lives, at risk. One councillor has appealed to … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Humayun Kabir, Jo Negrini, Nick Mattey, Rachel Flowers, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tony Newman
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, St Helier Hospital, Sutton Council, Tony Newman
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Labour councillor subject to police investigation, says Newman
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the latest snippet of what passes for public accountability in the mysterious case of the vanishing deputy cabinet member. And how Inside Croydon is setting the council agenda – again The “serious incident” … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Humayun Kabir, Jo Negrini, Mario Creatura, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Niro Sirisena, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman, Tory
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Micro-flat developers have helped to fund Labour council
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on how a pair of developers investigated for making millions from housing benefits, paid as rents on under-sized flats, have also been generous donors or sponsors of council-run events or to Labour councillors, including Paul … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Humayun Kabir, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Sean Fitzsimons, Tony Newman
Tagged AA Homes, Alison Butler, Anwar Ansari, Caridon Property Group, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mario Carrozzo, Paul Scott, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman, Tory
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Councillors have ‘short attention spans’ declares new Mayor
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE reports from last night’s business-lite council meeting, safe in the knowledge that there’s just two further full councils and a Christmas get-together to be held in 2019 Croydon councillors, having only recently voted themselves a … Continue reading
Kabir and Henson to board the mayoral gravy train in 2019
The appointment of Mayor of Croydon may well be a case of ‘Buggin’s Turn’ among back bench councillors, but with the selections made for 2019, at least there’s the prospect of wonderfully well-organised raffles, as Town Hall reporter KEN LEE … Continue reading
Minster gets new vicar but Negrini and Newman miss ceremony
The congregation at Croydon Minster, Croydon’s parish church for more than a century, has a new vicar this Sunday, following a formal service this week. Canon Andrew Bishop was named as the new priest-in-charge at the Minster by the Diocese … Continue reading
‘Invisible’ Selva suffers knock-out blow from Muhammad Ali
Seconds out! Round four… Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest twists in Labour’s selection saga Alison Butler, the deputy leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, survived a re-selection scare when members in Bensham Manor this week duly … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Karen Jewitt, Manju Shahul Hameed, Matthew Kyeremeh, Mike Selva, Muhammad Ali, Pat Clouder, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath
Tagged Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Muhammad Ali, Thornton Heath
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Labour deputy leader Butler is under threat of de-selection
Croydon Labour’s long-delayed local election candidate selection process is beginning to look like a cross between House of Cards and Game of Thrones, as WALTER CRONXITE reports Alison Butler, the all-powerful deputy leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Andrew Rendle, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Jane Avis, John Wentworth, Karen Jewitt, Louisa Woodley, Maggie Mansell, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mike Selva, New Addington, Norbury, Oliver Lewis, Shafi Khan, Sherwan Chowdhury, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Cornelius Lionel, Jamie Audsley, Maggie Mansell, Mike Selva, Momementum, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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