Category Archives: Luke Shortland

Rubbish councillor Roche finally sacked from Mayor’s cabinet

Posted on May 19, 2026 by insidecroydon

Jason Perry’s ‘top team’ for his second term in charge of the Town Hall sees a belated call-up for a 76-year-old pensioner, and an overdue axing for a work-shy colleague. KEN LEE reports Scott Roche, the Conservative councillor for Shirley … Continue reading →

Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fly tipping, Housing, Jason Cummings, Jeet Bains, Luke Shortland, Lynne Hale, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Ola Kolade, Refuse collection, Richard Chatterjee, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Robert Ward, Scott Roche, Selsdon and Addington Village, Shirley South, Simon Brew, Veolia, Yvette Hopley | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Council director took ‘delegated’ decision to lease out CALAT

Posted on November 11, 2024 by insidecroydon

Cash-strapped council admits it leased out the site for a long-promised medical centre in Coulsdon without any reference to councillors, while ‘the NHS is yet to confirm the latest forecast completion date for the project’ Croydon Council has admitted that … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, CALAT, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Medical Centre, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, Croydon NHS Trust, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Health, Heather Cheesbrough, Ian Parker, Luke Shortland, Mario Creatura, Matthew Kershaw, Old Coulsdon, Parking | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments

‘Underhand’ Tories blame residents for medical centre delays

Posted on March 6, 2024 by insidecroydon

The almighty row in Coulsdon over a long-promised medical centre has seen the local Tories panicked into issuing multiple press releases to stake claim to some kind of “victory”, after the Tory-led council broke its promises to residents by putting … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Medical Centre, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, Croydon NHS Trust, Croydon South, Health, Ian Parker, Luke Shortland, Mario Creatura, Matthew Kershaw | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Unpopular Croydon politician resigns from his council non-job

Posted on October 16, 2023 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE has been documenting wannabe MP Mario Creatura’s career for more than a decade, and now may be writing one of its final chapters Mario Creatura’s inexorable drift into political obscurity looked to take one of its … Continue reading →

Posted in Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Luke Shortland, Mario Creatura | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments