Category Archives: Jacqueline Harris-Baker

Negrini blocks Town Hall question on her jaunt to MIPIM

Posted on April 18, 2018 by

Jo Negrini’s sensitivities over questions about her jaunt to the South of France last month, where she attended the champagne-soaked MIPIM conference with international property developers, has seen the council’s unaccountable CEO not only refuse to answer letters from residents, … Continue reading →

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Newman approved council’s £17,000 trip to Cannes ‘junket’

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on how Croydon’s unaccountable chief executive refuses to answer enquiries from Council Tax-payers, while the council leader ignores uncomfortable questions from voters The trip to the South of France last month to a property speculators’ conference taken … Continue reading →

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Councillor to report Croydon’s ‘Godfather Affair’ to police

Posted on February 8, 2018 by

STEVEN DOWNES on the backlash from senior figures at the Town Hall to the secrecy and cover-up over the sudden departure of a council director Senior councillors in Croydon have expressed mounting anger over the council’s “Godfather Affair”, where executive … Continue reading →

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‘The Godfather’ who paid mate £787 per day has left council

Posted on January 18, 2018 by

STEVEN DOWNES reports on the apparent departure from Fisher’s Folly of a council assistant chief executive who handed out £787.36-a-day to a family friend Graham Cadle, “The Godfather” of Croydon Council, has tonight cleared his desk for a final time. … Continue reading →

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Croydon makes ‘Rotten Boroughs’ over £700k IT overspend

Posted on December 1, 2017 by

Nearly two months since a formal Town Hall investigation was begun into how one of the council’s most senior executives could hire a family friend on £787 per day without declaring their relationship, and the Borough Solicitor is still to … Continue reading →

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Private Eye makes a 999 police call over ‘The Godfather’

Posted on November 1, 2017 by

Inspector Knacker, the satirical fortnightly’s nickname for the police, should “log in and feel some digital collars” at Croydon Council, according to the latest edition of Private Eye magazine. The Godfather scandal at Fisher’s Folly, where assistant chief executive Graham … Continue reading →

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The Godfather: Croydon official hired friend on £787 per day

Posted on October 24, 2017 by

A two-month investigation into Croydon Council’s IT operation has uncovered major concerns over procurement and payments. STEVEN DOWNES reports Croydon Council is undertaking its second internal investigation this year into the conduct of its assistant chief executive. Graham Cadle is … Continue reading →

Posted in Capita, Croydon Council, Graham Cadle, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments