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Category Archives: Muhammad Ali
‘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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Cash-strapped council bankrupt of ideas for borough’s parks
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on the council’s latest blatant attempt to off-load its public responsibilities The council has what it calls its “Parks and Green Spaces Renewal Strategy 2022-2025”, which they say outlines “plans to support the borough’s cherished … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, Friends of Farthing Downs, Friends of Grange Park, Friends of Grangewood Park, Friends of Haling Grove, Friends of Heavers Meadow, Friends of Lloyd Park, Muhammad Ali, Planning, Val Shawcross, Veolia, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Parks Service, Val Shawcross, Waddon
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Landlords told to wrap-up draughty homes – or face fines
Croydon Council is offering private landlords advice on accessing grants for home insulation schemes to help reduce heating bills and fuel poverty among the boroughs’ private renters – while also threatening fines of up to £4,000 for those who don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Muhammad Ali
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon Healthy Homes, fuel poverty, Muhammad Ali
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#Binmageddon: Under-performing Veolia hit with warnings
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on some long-overdue action being taken with the rubbish contractors who are supposed to be responsible for the state of the borough’s streets One day after “Mucky Merton”™ issued a Service Improvement Notice to … Continue reading
‘Challenging’ deal caused bus shelter delay, councillor says
Street-side advertising specialist JCDecaux refused to accept payments to keep its bus shelters in place in Croydon until replacements could be ready, according to a senior member of the council. Muhammad Ali is the council cabinet member for “sustainable” Croydon. … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Muhammad Ali, Neil Williams, Opama Khan
Tagged bus shelters, JC Decaux, Muhammad Ali, Valo Smart City
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Let the drains take the strain: council acts to avoid flooding
Officials ask residents to report blocked gulleys to help reduce the risks of floods this winter A £162,000 flood alleviation project carried out in an area near Riddlesdown Station has been completed by the council before the worst of the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Kenley, Muhammad Ali, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown
Tagged Caterham Bourne, flooding, Kenley, Muhammad Ali, Purley, Riddlesdown
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Air pollution is a real killer, but council has caved in to cars
In his latest exclusive column for this website, ANDREW FISHER says that Croydon has capitulated to the Tories and a local MP over its traffic-reduction measures “Think globally, act locally” was one of the first slogans used by Friends of … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Andrew Fisher, CHNs, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Healthy Neighbourhoods, Croydon North, Greta Thunberg, Labour, London, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Sadiq Khan, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Covid emergency road changes set to be made permanent
Croydon Council, a local authority that pays £10million per year to burn the borough’s rubbish in an environmentally harmful incinerator, is trying to jump on the COP26 bandwagon by announcing that it is making permanent what it describes as “successful … Continue reading
Regina Road scandal sees two more councillors de-selected
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest round of results in Labour’s sometimes shambolic local elections candidate selection process Labour members in South Norwood tonight de-selected two of Newman’s numpties, Clive Fraser and Patsy Cummings, senior councillors who had been … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Bensham Manor, Bernadette Khan, Broad Green, Clive Fraser, Croydon North, Humayun Kabir, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Louis Carserides, Manju Shahul Hameed, Muhammad Ali, Patsy Cummings, Selhurst, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, West Thornton
Tagged Broad Green, Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, Manju Shahul Hameed, Patsy Cummings, Selhurst, South Norwood, Stella Nabukeera, Steve Reed OBE, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, West Thornton
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More Labour disarray as BAME councillors Wood and Ali quit
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on two shock withdrawals from the selection process for next year’s local elections Croydon’s Labour group is in further disarray this morning after the sudden withdrawal from its candidate selection process of two BAME councillors who … Continue reading
Children’s ‘Summer of Play’ gets delayed in Croydon by council
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Following a promise from a Labour cabinet member, volunteers are still waiting for permission to allow children to play on the streets where they live Despite assurances from senior council officials that there would be no road … Continue reading
Council does a play street U-turn after Inside Croydon report
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The borough’s senior Labour councillors continue to appear to be in power, but not in control. Just days after a report on this website about attempts to charge organisers of kids’ play schemes hundreds of pounds, a … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Woodside
Tagged Emma Hope-Fitch, Love Lane, Muhammad Ali, Play Streets, South Norwood, Woodside
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Residents take to the streets to protest Parsons Mead LTN
The Low Traffic Neighbourhood at Parsons Mead in West Croydon yesterday drew a small crowd of protesters, plus regional news television cameras, as public frustration with the fines being levied by CCTV cameras continues to increase. The LTNs, government-funded and … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Muhammad Ali, Steve Iles
Tagged Broad Green, Broad Green LTN, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTN, Parsons Mead, West Croydon
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Council rebrands low traffic streets scheme in latest U-turn
As traffic U-turns goes, Croydon’s latest has the look of a screeching handbrake turn. The Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Crystal Palace and South Norwood are no more. In their place is a not-too-subtly rebranded “healthy streets scheme”. Gone are the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, Stephen Mann, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTN, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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‘Shame on Croydon Council’: Anyone got a mop and bucket?
Well, this is awkward… What does a bankrupt council, which at the end of December scrapped its dedicated anti-graffiti team, do about the spray-painted messages on the hoardings around a development by its loss-making house-builder Brick by Brick?
Court ruling forces removal of Crystal Palace traffic measures
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on how vocal motoring lobbies and TfL legal advice has got the council to abandon traffic-reduction rules – for the time being, at least The council has caved in to pressure from motoring lobbyists and … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, Steve Iles, TfL, Transport
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, Streetspace, TfL, Transport for London, Upper Norwood
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Confused councillor in roads row after he ‘likes’ vandalism
The council’s traffic management committee meeting tonight has provoked a row between Labour politicians, some of whom have been associating with questionable characters in their opposition to Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent, reports The intervention of MPs … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Muhammad Ali, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, TfL, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Ellie Reeves MP, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTN, Muhammad Ali, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood
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MP Reed tells ‘disingenuous’ council to remove LTN scheme
Steve Reed OBE, the Progress MP for Croydon North, has accused the Labour-run council of being “disingenuous” over its handling of the results of a public consultation for what he describes as the “controversial” Low Traffic Neighbourhood scheme in Crystal … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Muhammad Ali, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTN, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE
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Upper Norwood’s street battle could be settled this week
After a rushed consultation, the council’s Traffic Management Advisory Committee meets next week to discuss two of the borough’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. Our environment correspondent PAUL LUSHION reports on the gathering storm When Councillor Muhammad Ali was promoted to the … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Environment, Muhammad Ali, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, TfL, Transport
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Muhammad Ali, Open Our Roads, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, Upper Norwood
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Council applies emergency brake on New Year parking hike
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports on how Fisher’s Folly officials have been forced into a sudden U-turn over their money-spinning ’emissions-based’ parking charges New car parking charges, due to come into force at council-run car parks and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Joy Prince, Muhammad Ali, New Addington, Parking, Pubs, Purley, Restaurants, Robert Ward, Sean Fitzsimons, Selsdon & Ballards, Shifa Mustafa, Shirley, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Emmissions-based parking charges, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Joy Prince, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Muhammad Ali, New Addington, Robert Ward, Sean Fitzsimons, Shifa Mustafa, South Norwood, Thornton Heath
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Viridor going for the burn: will councillors stand up to them?
The government watchdog, the Environment Agency, is actively encouraging incinerator operators to pollute more and so bank more cash, at the expense of south London residents’ health. By our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT Any chance that Croydon or Sutton might … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Muhammad Ali, Nick Mattey, Nina Degrads, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Environment Agency, Kingston Council, Merton Council, Muhammad Ali, Nick Mattey, Nina Degrads, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Scott and Butler sacked from cabinet as Tories get their way
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on what passed for a ‘night of the long knives’ at the council’s extraordinary meeting Hamida Ali’s first act as the leader of the council last night was to sack three of the … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Callton Young, Croydon Council, David Wood, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Jason Perry, Muhammad Ali, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Wood, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Muhammad Ali, Paul Scott, Stuart Collins, STUART KING, Tony Newman, Tory
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Broad Green roads to become a Low Traffic Neighbourhood
Four streets in Broad Green, close to West Croydon Station and bus garage, are to have traffic restrictions installed at the end of this month in the latest phase of the government-funded Streetspace scheme. The council announced today that it … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, Muhammad Ali, TfL, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTN, Muhammad Ali, TfL, Transport for London, West Croydon, West Croydon Bus Station, West Croydon station
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‘A once in a generation opportunity to shape a new Croydon’
We’ve had red Labour. There’s been “Blue Labour”. Now, a handful of councillors from the north of the borough want to see a truly “Green” Labour in Croydon. Learning from many of the environmental benefits of the coronavirus lockdown, and … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Environment, Health, Jamie Audsley, Muhammad Ali, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Climate Crisis Commission, Croydon BME Forum, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Croydon XR, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Transition Town, Green Recovery Plan, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Muhammad Ali
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‘Green Labour’ letter throws down challenge to leader Newman
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the first signs of revolt against the leadership among unhappy Labour councillors In what appears to be a barely-disguised challenge to the authority of the council leader, five Labour councillors have today signed … Continue reading
