Category Archives: Council Tax

Times are tough, as council struggles to make ends meet

Posted on March 7, 2019 by

Just how can a council such as Croydon keep going when its government grant has been cut by 76 per cent? WALTER CRONXITE reports Times are tough in local government. Local government has been hit especially hard by Tory austerity, … Continue reading →

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4.88% Council Tax increase gets backing from Croydon Tories

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on how the opposition group last night supported tax increases in the ‘last Blairite council in London’ The Conservative “opposition” group on Croydon Council last night voted with the majority Labour councillors to see Council … Continue reading →

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Council threatens to quadruple Council Tax bills on empty flats

Posted on February 19, 2019 by

Our housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES on the slow introduction of increased local taxes in an effort to deter the borough’s ‘executive apartments’ being used as investment vehicles and not as homes Absentee landlords with homes deliberately left vacant could face … Continue reading →

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Town Hall meeting told to expect 4% Council Tax increase

Posted on September 26, 2018 by

Our political editor WALTER CONXITE on an admission from the council’s finance chief that they have little idea how to plan the borough’s budgets A Town Hall meeting has been told to expect a 4 per cent hike in Council … Continue reading →

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Negrini’s council has 20 execs paid more than £100,000

Posted on April 12, 2018 by

Jo Negrini’s empire-building at Fisher’s Folly has seen Croydon’s unaccountable chief exec increase the number of council employees paid £100,000, while her own pay package has soared to more than £200,000. The figures are based on research conducted by The … Continue reading →

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What a relief! Boxpark traders get helping hand from council

Posted on March 23, 2018 by

Boxpark, the booze and food outlet in a collection of old shipping containers next to East Croydon Station, has been given yet more help from the council in an attempt to staunch its exodus of tenants. Boxpark’s dwindling number of … Continue reading →

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Council Tax lottery offer that is for the few, not the many

Posted on March 23, 2018 by

Would you trust your personal data to a bunch less competent than Cambridge Analytica? Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the latest wizard wheeze to promote the council’s crap app In Blairite-run Croydon, it’s a case of “For the two, … Continue reading →

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