Category Archives: Croydon 8/8

London Road still bypassed by aid, media and politicians

Posted on August 10, 2013 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The area worst-hit by arson and looting on the night of the riots has never been a priority, right from the moment the first petrol bombs were hurled on August 8, 2011, says PATRICK RATNARAJA London Road has … Continue reading →

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Two years on and who holds Croydon’s police to account?

Posted on August 9, 2013 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: With the demise of the MPA under Mayor Boris Johnson, police accountability in London is potentially worse now than in the rest of England and Wales. HAMIDA ALI says that the need to hold to account decisions on … Continue reading →

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The riots, an assertion of power and our self-serving council

Posted on August 8, 2013 by insidecroydon

It is two years to the day since the riots hit Croydon, and not only do many of those dispossessed and rendered homeless on that night of infamy remain waiting for government help and compensation, but we still do not … Continue reading →

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Croydon businesses yet to receive riot compensation

Posted on August 6, 2013 by insidecroydon

Two years since the 8/8 riots in Croydon, and nearly 50 businesses in the borough have yet to receive a penny in the compensation that they were promised by Prime Minister “Call Me Dave” Cameron and the London Mayor Boris … Continue reading →

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Steve Reed MP: Cameron must honour promises to riot victims

Posted on June 5, 2013 by insidecroydon

Most of the victims of the Croydon riots are still waiting for the help they were promised by David Cameron and Boris Johnson. STEVE REED MP, right, says it is long overdue to put this right It’s almost two years … Continue reading →

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Lawrence inquiry officer to chair council’s ethics committee

Posted on May 30, 2013 by insidecroydon

Local community leaders and politicians have reacted with disgust and anger at the news that the council’s ethics committee for the next year is to be chaired by David Osland, the former senior police officer who once advised colleagues in … Continue reading →

Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon Town, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, David Osland, Mike Fisher, Patricia Hay-Justice | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Countdown to council elections begins in Toy Town gowns

Posted on May 21, 2013 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: It is one year until the council elections, and for some, they have everything to lose, writes STEVEN DOWNES Last night’s instalment of a new Mayor of Croydon, Sanderstead councillor Yvette Hopley, marked the firing of the starter’s … Continue reading →

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Council’s Mr & Mrs act that defies proper declarations

Posted on May 8, 2013 by insidecroydon

The move by Croydon Council to take over the running of the Fairfield Halls has thrown a supertrouper spotlight on some of the interests, and potential conflicts of interest, of leading members of the borough’s Establishment. After all, with senior … Continue reading →

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Mary Portas’s TV company listed Croydon to get grant

Posted on May 7, 2013 by insidecroydon

Croydon received a £100,000 government grant last year after programme makers involved with tonight’s new Mary Portas Channel 4 series had named Surrey Street on a list of markets that they wanted included in the scheme. Mary Queen of the … Continue reading →

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£1.5m gym opens offering easy rates for exercise

Posted on May 6, 2013 by insidecroydon

Bit by bit, some things are coming together. Thus, opening on London Road, West Croydon, in the past couple of weeks, is easyGym, where £1.5 million has been spent on refurbishment and equipment at the site of the Fitness First … Continue reading →

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The riots in London: lecture offers historical perspective

Posted on April 23, 2013 by insidecroydon

The impact of a single night’s rioting in Croydon is still deeply felt, more than 18 months on from 8/8. The impact of week of rioting on the streets of the capital in 1780 would impact British society profoundly for … Continue reading →

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‘Calming our streets’: community meeting, Apr 10

Posted on April 6, 2013 by insidecroydon

South Croydon Community Association is organising a meeting next Wednesday, April 10, for the community to discuss “calming our streets”. The meeting will take place from 7pm at St George’s Church, Barrow Road, Waddon CR0 4EZ. “We are trying to … Continue reading →

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It’s a fair cop: we need more police officers on our streets

Posted on April 4, 2013 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Closing police stations would be fine if London Mayor Boris Johnson really did put the money saved and raised into officers on the streets, says DAVID CALLAM It’s a fair cop, Mr Mayor: time to come clean about … Continue reading →

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Boris’s latest lies on police and crime figures laid bare

Posted on April 3, 2013 by insidecroydon

It is a week now since London Mayor Boris Johnson published his police review which confirmed that Croydon, the capital’s most populated borough, is to have all but one of its police stations closed, and this barely 18 months since … Continue reading →

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Steve Reed MP: “I’m taking police cuts issue to the very top”

Posted on March 21, 2013 by insidecroydon

After his first 100 days as MP for Croydon North, STEVE REED is getting on with the job at Westminster, and in Croydon I’ve just finished my first 100 days since I was elected last November. As a new MP, … Continue reading →

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CVA accused of “takeover” at riot-hit community’s forum

Posted on March 20, 2013 by insidecroydon

A council-funded organisation that is supposed to assist voluntary groups across the borough is being accused of unseating the chairman of a community association in the area worst hit by the 2011 riots. Croydon Voluntary Action – or CVA – … Continue reading →

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The statement to West Croydon Community from Clive Locke

Posted on March 20, 2013 by insidecroydon

This is the unedited text of a statement prepared by Clive Locke, the founder chairman of the West Croydon Community Forum, for its meeting staged at CVA last week: Firstly, I would like to say thank you to, the community … Continue reading →

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“Truly shocking” 18% rise in muggings in Croydon

Posted on March 19, 2013 by insidecroydon

Figures released today show that muggings in Croydon have increased by 18 per cent in the past year, at a time when across London, the number of “robberies against a person” have fallen by 8 per cent, prompting the local … Continue reading →

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Council offers four days’ notice for Question Time event

Posted on March 2, 2013 by insidecroydon

Who dares say that Croydon Council has problems with its communications with Council Tax-payers? Who has the audacity to suggest that senior councillors from the Conservative group that runs the council are a bit slow in coming forward when it … Continue reading →

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Croydon among worst hit boroughs by police station closures

Posted on March 1, 2013 by insidecroydon

Croydon is one of the London boroughs worst affected by proposals from the Mayor of London Boris Johnson to close police stations. According to research conducted by the Green Party’s London Assembly Member Jenny Jones, an additional 107,774 people during … Continue reading →

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18 months on and little has been done for 8/8 riots victims

Posted on February 21, 2013 by insidecroydon

Channel 4’s Political Slot last Sunday used a brief film by Croydon North MP Steve Reed on the neglect that has been suffered by the real victims of the 8/8 riots in 2011: the people that lost their homes, their … Continue reading →

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Few takers for Croydon’s £1.1m post-riots rates scheme

Posted on February 7, 2013 by insidecroydon

Eighteen months after the Croydon riots, and a senior councillor has been forced to admit that a £1.1 million scheme that was to attract 2,000 jobs to  the worst affected areas of the borough has yet to get underway, mired … Continue reading →

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Steve Reed MP: Croydon people feel forgotten and abandoned

Posted on February 4, 2013 by insidecroydon

In the first column from the new MP for Croydon North, STEVE REED, pictured left, speaks of the frustration and betrayal felt by victims of the 2011 riots, and their fears over plans to close every police station in his … Continue reading →

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Budget consultation condemned as just “meaningless jargon”

Posted on January 16, 2013 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council’s “budget consultation” closed last night. Those residents who managed to find this under-publicised online exercise condemned it broadly for its use of impenetrable language and its many meaningless questions. Some complained to Eric Pickles, the local government minister. … Continue reading →

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Boris to close all but one police station in Croydon

Posted on January 9, 2013 by insidecroydon

If you still had any lingering doubt that our elected representatives are too often taking the public for a (very expensive) ride, then a brief exchange today between Steve “Three Jobs” O’Connell and a reporter from the Croydon Sadvertiser should … Continue reading →

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