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Double your money! CVA appeal to fund homelessness shelter
Croydon Voluntary Action is appealing for donations to help fund its winter homelessness shelter – with all donations made between now and October 12 to be doubled. The Croydon Together Shelter supports men and women experiencing homelessness with communal bed … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, CVA
Tagged Croydon Together Shelter, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, London Road, West Croydon
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Parish admits Palace don’t have funding for £200m new stand
Plans could be altered to reduce costs on the long-delayed project, and that could even require another renewal of planning permission from Croydon Council, according to club chairman Crystal Palace has yet to secure the funding necessary for its £200million-plus … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, John Textor, Planning, Property, Selhurst, Steve Parish, Woody Johnson
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, John Textor, Lendlease, Selhurst Park, Selhurst Park redevelopment, Steve Parish, Wooderson Close, Woody Johnson
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‘We will remember them’: civic mayor pays respects at Arnhem
Croydon’s ceremonial mayor, Councillor Mohammed Islam, was on duty representing the borough in the Netherlands this week, marking Croydon’s historic twinning with the Dutch town of Arnhem. Councillor Islam was attending the annual commemorations of the Battle of Arnhem, which … Continue reading
Tories’ unlawful conduct putting Croydon on highway to hell
It’s not just failed Mayor Jason Perry who has been found to have acted unlawfully, as other Croydon Conservatives show a casual disregard for the law which is costing residents millions of pounds, and putting cyclists’ lives at risk. By … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Brighton Road, Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycle lanes, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Road, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Will Norman
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Outsourcing children’s home has proved costly and high risk
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The collapse of a multi-million-pound contract to manage a children’s home in the borough has exposed the flaws in the procurement process and sunk Mayor Perry’s claims of running a ‘more efficient’ council. Green Party councillor NATALIE VESTY, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Natalie Vesty, Sanderstead, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart Collins
Tagged Care Homes, Children's homes, Children's Services, Cllr Natalie Vesty, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, St Christopher's Fellowship, Tory
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Mystery after Grade II-listed Leslie Arms is pulled from auction
Auctioneer Swindells claims the landmark pub was never in his company’s catalogue, as Ansari-linked property fails to sell for third time in as many months. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Leslie Arms, the Grade II-listed Victorian landmark building in Addiscombe … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, Edward Swindells, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lower Addiscombe Road, The Victorian Society, Tim Martin, Turkish Kangal, Wetherspoons
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‘Appalled’ Labour call for inquiry into children’s home contract
Council opposition makes call for investigation into the collapse of multi-million-pound contract, as charity placed in charge of home says council report does not ‘accurately reflect’ events. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Labour opposition group at Croydon Town Hall has … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Sanderstead, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart Collins, Stuart King
Tagged Care Homes, Children's homes, Children's Services, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, St Christopher's Fellowship, Tory
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Charity ‘strongly disputes’ council report on children’s home
Inside Croydon broke the news of how a £8.6m contract to run a children’s home was cancelled by the council in less than six months. Here is the response of the St Christopher’s Fellowship in full: St Christopher’s Fellowship strongly … Continue reading
Councillors in plea to Wetherspoons: Dear Tim, buy our pub!
For sale: one long-neglected, heritage-listed Victorian boozer, likely to require millions of pounds to put right. For the third time in four months, the Leslie Arms is up for auction. And Labour councillors have appealed to pub chains to show … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Nick Beall, Patricia Hay-Justice, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sean Fitzsimons
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lower Addiscombe Road, Nick Beall, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sean Fitzsimons, The Victorian Society, Tim Martin, Turkish Kangal, Wetherspoons
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Council cancels £8.6m children’s home contract after 6 months
‘Hospital admissions’ of children in care are among serious concerns over the management of a home which was only registered in March. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council has served notice on a contract for managing a children’s home less … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Sanderstead, Stabilisation Plan, Stuart Collins
Tagged Children's home, Children's Services, Cllr Andy Stranack, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Debbie Jones, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, St Christopher's Fellowship, Stuart Collins, Tory
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Perry advertises for office manager to be paid £43 PER HOUR
CROYDON IN CRISIS: No expense spared for Tory Mayor as he uses tens of thousands of pounds of public money to hire a political adviser and handler. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, is looking to spend … Continue reading
Addiscombe locals suspicious as fire destroys heritage house
“Owners and developers should be held responsible when something like this happens.” That was the quick take of one concerned resident yesterday, which was typical of the angry and saddened reactions of many, as firefighters continued to damp down the … Continue reading
Borough’s motorists will be forced to pay for Perry’s mistakes
CROYDON IN CRISIS: An above-inflation hike for resident parking permits, parking fees and penalties is being lined up to help plug the hole in the council budgets caused by the Mayor opening his big mouth. By our transport correspondent, JEREMY … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Conrad Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fine refunds, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTN fine refunds, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, PCNs, Penalty Charge Notices, Resident Parking Permits, Royal Courts of Justice, Tory
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Fly-tips? It’s all your fault for reporting it, says Perry’s puppet
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Having failed to get rubbish contractors Veolia to do their job, the council’s struggles to deal with the borough’s litter-strewn streets are, according to shameless Tory councillors, because residents have been doing what they were asked to … Continue reading
Posted in Bensham Manor, Community associations, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Graham Mitchell, Litter Free Norbury, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Norbury Park, Refuse collection, Tony Hooker, Veolia
Tagged Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Conservative, CrapApp, Croydon, Croydon Council, Graham Mitchell, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Love Clean Streets, Norbury, Norbury Park, Purley and Riddlesdown, Simon Fox, Tony Hooker, Tory, Waddon
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Firm behind £60m Purley Pool project goes into administration
In the latest embarrassment for Croydon’s failed Mayor, the offshore-registered parent company behind the £60m redevelopment of the Purley Pool has gone into administration. There are other problems with the long overdue project, too. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Polaska Assets … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Purley Pool
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Tory
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MP and union join calls to save CALAT from Perry’s cutbacks
Opposition is mounting to the Croydon Mayor’s scheme to outsource the council’s adult education service, with a public petition describing any plans to undermine CALAT as ‘vandalism’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon East MP Natasha Irons and the University and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, CALAT, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Education, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons
Tagged adult education, CALAT, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Adult Learning and Training, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Jo Grady, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons MP, Tory, UCU, University and College Union
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Voluntary groups to open homeless day centre next month
New partnership of faith, charity and volunteer groups is working together to provide assistance for the homeless from the CVA Resource Centre and West Croydon Baptist Church, following the Prime Minister’s pledge to eliminate rough sleeping The first instruction that … Continue reading
Posted in CAYSH, Charity, Church and religions, CVA, West Croydon
Tagged Andy Burnham MP, CAYSH, Croydon CVA, Croydon Voluntary Action, CVA, Homelessness, Housing, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Spires, West Croydon Baptist Church
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Shaping Croydon’s light-touch exhibit offers clues to the future
An exhibition, “Shaping Croydon – Architecture and Ambition”, has opened this week at the Museum of Croydon, just in time for this weekend’s celebration of the capital’s architecture with the Open House festival. The exhibition is attractively bright and light-touch. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Activities, Art, Croydon Council, Environment, History, Museum of Croydon, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged 1956 Croydon Corporation Act, Brutalism, Croydon, Croydon Flyover, London, Mini Manhattan, Museum of Croydon, Shaping Croydon - Architecture and Ambition, TfL, Transport for London
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Adderley suspension lifted by Greens after six-month wait
Husband of TV personality Nadia Sawalha is finally allowed to sit at Croydon Town Hall as an official Green Party councillor. WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor, reports Croydon Council, as of this morning, now has eight councillors from the Green Party, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Mark Adderley, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged antisemitism, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Daily Mail, Labour, Mark Adderley, Metro, Nadia Sawalha, Steve Reed MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, The Green Party, Zack Polanski, Zionism
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Council bosses critical of Perry’s costly ‘transformation’ plan
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how even insiders have been forced to admit that the Mayor’s plan to ‘fix the finances’ has flopped The council and the government-appointed Commissioners are “concerned with transformation pace, focus and outcomes” related to … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioners, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Section 114 notice, Stabilisation Plan
Tagged Boston Consulting Group, Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Council transformation, Croydon, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Jackson, Newton, The Municipal Journal, Tory, Transformation director, Transformation plan
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MP Philp’s Green Belt petition slammed as ‘scaremongering’
‘Croydon’s Green Belt under threat!’ was the deliberately alarmist headline on a mass email from the Croydon South MP last week. Some have described it as ‘reckless scaremongering’. Others have called it ‘outright lies’. BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent, puts down … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addington Hills, Addiscombe West, Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Croydon South, East Croydon, Environment, Housing, Lloyd Park, London Councils, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, New Addington North, New Addington South, Park Hill and Whitgift, Park Hill Recreation Ground, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon and Addington Village, South Croydon, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Addington Hills, Addiscombe, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon tram stop, Green Belt, Housing, Labour, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, London Mayor, Lord Sadiq Khan, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, New Addington, South Croydon, The Local Plan, The London Plan, Tory
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Perry finally forced to admit his scheme for CALAT closure
Croydon’s failed Mayor, embarrassed by having his secret plans to axe the council’s adult education programme exposed, has issued a belated explanation to councillors. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES After months of secrecy and suspicion, Jason Perry, Croydon’s failed Mayor, has … Continue reading
That’s ACE! Gaskell the latest to join council’s growing 200 club
Cash-strapped Croydon now has at least three execs, two of them interims, being paid at rates of £200,000 per year or more. But someone in Mayor Jason Perry’s council is trying to keep the latest appointment a secret. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Elaine Jackson, Jenny Rowlands, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Jackson, Section 114 notice, Stephen Gaskell
Tagged Camden Council, Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Elaine Jackson, Ged Curran, Interim assistant chief executive, Interims, Jenny Rowlands, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Jackson, Tory
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After closing libraries, now Philistine Perry takes axe to CALAT
Council briefing document says Mayor wants to outsource borough’s widely admired adult education service as his latest cost-cutting wheeze. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES CALAT, the council-run Croydon Adult Learning and Training organisation, has effectively been evicted from its home in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Brigitte Graham, Business, CALAT, Croydon Council, Education, Greenwich Leisure, Libraries, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged adult education, CALAT, Cllr Brigitte Graham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Adult Learning and Training, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon Council, Croydon Town Hall, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry
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Perry’s ‘comedy’ video claims are leaving the joke on Croydon
The borough’s Conservative Mayor, rendered impotent by the presence of government Commissioners, has spent much of the summer conducting some personal political campaigning, all paid for by tax-payers, that is often deliberately misleading, that sometimes gaslights residents and, very often, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Fisher, BH Group, Business, Commissioners, Council Tax, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Fly tipping, Live Facial Recognition cameras, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Planning, Policing, Refuse collection, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon Park Hotel, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Labour, Live Facial Recognition, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Shop lifter tagging, Tory, URW, Westfield
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