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Category Archives: Sarah Jones MP
Commission chair: Refugee debate is run by ‘controversialists’
A widely respected former MP who is chairing a public commission on the integration of refugees yesterday hit out at the “highly contentious” nature of the current national debate about refugees and asylum seekers, saying it was being “led by … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Crime, Croydon Central, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Alex Carlile, asylum seekers, Chief Superintendent Andy Brittain, Commission on the Integration of Refugees, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Refugee Forum, Lord Alex Carlile, Lord Carlile, Lunar House, Metropolitan Police, Sarah Jones MP
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Ranulph Fiennes: Get your MP to vote for trophy hunting Bill
In a first for Inside Croydon, Sir RANULPH FIENNES, Britain’s best-known explorer, has written to this website to call on our readers to lobby all Croydon’s MPs to support a private Member’s Bill due to go before Parliament this month … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Environment, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Wildlife
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Henry Smith MP, Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Steve Reed OBE, Trophy hunting Bill
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‘Save Our Services’ call as unions join Council Tax protest
The Croydon Trades Council has joined the campaign to stop Mayor Jason Perry’s 15per cent Council Tax hike, and is encouraging council workers and members of all trades unions in the borough to attend tomorrow night’s protest outside the Town … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Croydon TUC, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, ASLEF, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Croydon Trades Council, Croydon TUC, CWU, FBU, GMB, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rachael Baylis, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Unison, Unite the Union
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MP Jones ‘shocked’ by Perry’s ‘unacceptable’ 15% tax hike
CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘Residents simply cannot afford this Council Tax rise’ says Labour parliamentary front-bencher. By STEVEN DOWNES Sarah Jones, the Labour MP for Croydon Central, has spoken out against the 15per cent Council Tax increase which the Tory Mayor, … Continue reading
Tory ministers must act on public safety over firefighters’ pay
Now the Fire Brigades Union are planning their first national strike action in 20 years, it puts Croydon Tory MP Chris Philp at the centre of the dispute. By ANDREW FISHER The worst cost-of-living crisis in decades is bringing an … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Fiona Twycross, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon South, FBU, Fiona Twycross, Fire Brigades Union, Labour, LFB, London Fire Brigade, Sarah Jones MP, Suella Braverman, Tory
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The ‘Croydon Factor’ could yet damage Labour MPs’ prospects
CROYDON IN CRISIS: With the party flying high in the polls nationally, Labour’s London region staged a conference over the weekend where the mood was bullish as the implosion of the Tory government and its tax dodgers continues. But for … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Ben Taylor, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jamie Audsley, Keir Starmer, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Val Shawcross, Waddon
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Voters looking for third parties’ assurance over reds and blues
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Opinion polls suggest that the Tories should have no chance of electoral success in this borough. But as WALTER CRONXITE outlines in this second part of a special report, ‘the Croydon effect’ of the Newman years has … Continue reading
Posted in Ben Taylor, Claire Bonham, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Section 114 notice, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross
Tagged Claire Bonham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Esther Sutton, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Ria Patel, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory
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Labour’s ‘toxic legacy’ in Croydon proving hard to shake off
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Around the country, the Tories are in retreat thanks to the failings of their three Prime Ministers. But not in Croydon, where they face a neutered opposition, as political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports In London and in … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, 2024 General Election, Alison Butler, Chris Clark, Chrishni Reshekaron, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Bonello, New Addington, New Addington North, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Croydon, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chrishni Reshekaron, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, David Evans, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Bonello, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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Tories welcome Taylor’s selection for Labour in Croydon South
A candidate with a record-breaking losing record has been selected as Labour’s parliamentary candidate – though not before party officials tried to interfere with the voting process, reports WALTER CRONXITE, political editor A freelance marketing consultant who lives on Coulsdon’s … Continue reading
Local Labour out of step as Streeting calls for outsourcing
Labour councillors in Croydon joined a union-organised march calling for Mayday Hospital’s ancillary jobs – porters, cleaners and food staff – to be brought back in-house and taken out of the hands of private outsourcing giant G4S, just as Keir … Continue reading
Higher energy bills, higher tax bills and worse public services
After the financial shockwaves caused by the omnishambles of the Tory Mini Budget, yesterday’s announcements by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt offer little hope of prosperity for the people of Croydon, writes ANDREW FISHER Buckle up. It’s going to be rough. Living … Continue reading
Commissioners set Reed and Jones a boundaries conundrum
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the layer-cake solution to the future of Croydon, and Lambeth’s, parliamentary constituencies It has been a standing joke on this website for a decade or so that former Lambeth council leader Steve Reed OBE … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Lambeth Council, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon East, Croydon North, Croydon South, Croydon West and South Norwood, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Norbury, Sutton, Tory
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Non-local mum wins Selsdon by-election with Greens second
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, sifts through the runes from the Selsdon Vale and Forestdale ward by-election Fatima Zaman retained the Selsdon Vale and Forestdale council seat for the Conservatives in yesterday’s by-election, as the reputational damage done to Labour locally … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Fatima Zaman, Peter Underwood, Sarah Jones MP, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fatima Zaman, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Underwood, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Tom Bowell, Tony Newman, Tory
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MP ‘alarmed’ to discover Chinese ‘police station’ on High Street
The Chinese Communist Party is operating a secret police station on Croydon High Street, part of a global network intended to control and intimidate former nationals who have made their homes outside China. Beijing claims that almost a quarter of … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Central, Fairfield, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Chinese police station, Croydon, Croydon Central, Fairfield, Sarah Jones MP
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Samaritans celebrate 60 years of ‘wonderful, life-saving work’
Samaritans of Croydon and Sutton has for 60 years been providing life-saving emotional support for people who are struggling to cope. To mark their anniversary, a celebration took place at the Braithwaite Hall on Saturday, attended by various dignitaries, the … Continue reading
#TheLabourFiles: It’s long past time to clean-up the Party
Former Labour staffer ANDREW FISHER reflects on what Al Jazeera’s series The Labour Files revealed about his former employers and the party of which he has been a member for 26 years “Poly-ticks”, according to Rowan Atkinson’s Edmund Blackadder, is … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Clive Fraser, Crime, Croydon Central, Croydon North, David Evans, David White, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP
Tagged #TheLabourFiles, Andrew Fisher, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, David Evans, David White, Forde Report, Jeremy Corbyn, Keir Starmer, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, The Labour Files
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33% Labour lead puts Tories on alert for Forestdale by-election
There is to be a council ward poll on November 3 – which will test voters’ devotion to Thick Lizzy and Croydon’s part-time Mayor Perry. By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE Croydon, or at least a small bit of its … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Badsha Quadir, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon South, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Kwasi Kwarteng, Labour, Liz Truss, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Thick Lizzy Truss, Tory
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Council’s latest cuts force mental health services to close
CROYDON IN CRISIS: MP says the latest round of funding cuts to services delivered by mental health charity are ‘devastating’. By STEVEN DOWNES Mind in Croydon is to close two of its support services for people living with complex, long-term … Continue reading
MP offers advice sessions to help cope with cost of living crisis
Sarah Jones, Croydon Central’s Labour MP, today begins a series of advice sessions to try to help her constituents through the cost of living crisis. The MP is holding eight advice sessions in locations across her constituency, where she will … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged cost of living crisis, Croydon, Croydon Central, Forestdale, Monks Hill, New Addington, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley
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River from Tory Philp’s constituency runs brown with sewage
Within a day of Thames Water imposing a hosepipe ban on London and the south-east, the company was caught pumping raw sewage into the River Wandle, and a Croydon MP wrote to the company accusing it of turning a parkland … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon parks, Croydon South, Environment, Health, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Sutton Council, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Farmlands, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon South, Feargal Sharkey, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Labour, River Wandle, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood Country Park, Thames Water, Tory, Wandle
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Council rejects private school’s planning scheme for Heathfield
A planning application from a private education business to make extensive alterations to Heathfield House, a listed building owned by Croydon Council, has been refused. As Inside Croydon reported in June, Cressey College has been renting the building from the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Education, Gardening, Heathfield House, Nicola Townsend, Planning, Property, Sarah Jones MP, Schools, Selsdon and Addington Village
Tagged Cressey College, Croydon, Croydon Council, Heathfield House, London Borough of Croydon, Sarah Jones MP
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MP joins objectors as Heathfield House plans get called in
A council official-backed proposal to convert Heathfield House into a special school, surrounding it with 9ft-high prison-style fencing, has been “called in” for consideration by the planning committee. Today is the final day for residents and interested bodies to lodge … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Heathfield House, Leila Ben-Hassel, Planning, Sarah Jones MP, Schools
Tagged Cressey College, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Heathfield House, Horizon Care and Education Group, Labour, Leila Ben-Hassel, Sarah Jones MP
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‘There’s no excuse for the force they used on a black boy’
Met Police’s ‘systemic’ failings, in particular over stop and search, have been highlighted by incident close to a Croydon tram stop last week Two dire episodes of policing, including one in Croydon which has shocked many television viewers, emphasise why … Continue reading
