Category Archives: Jo Negrini

Brick by Brick CEO says company has sold 6 houses. Or is it 5?

Posted on March 27, 2020 by

Our overdevelopment correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, reports on the latest admission of incompetence from Croydon Council’s loss-making house-builders Five. Or it might be six. Colm Lacey, the former council employee who has been promoted way beyond his skills and abilities to … Continue reading →

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Powers to be delegated as council cancels planning meetings

Posted on March 25, 2020 by

Croydon Council has finally caught up with the advice from the government and public health organisations over the coronavirus pandemic and cancelled all Town Hall public meetings “until further notice”. Even at the start of this week, Jo “We’re Not … Continue reading →

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Council finally decides to cancel cabinet and Town Hall meeting

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

Croydon Council has cancelled tonight’s planned cabinet meeting at the Town Hall and has scrapped the full meeting of the borough’s 70 councillors that was due to be held in the chamber next Monday, as council execs slowly get round … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Council, Cycling, Jo Negrini, Planning, Transport | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Community housing trust awards pupils prizes for new logo

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

Back in the good old days – you may remember them when kids went to school, adults went down the pub, and you could buy an almost inexhaustible supply of bog roll in the shops – some people were making … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Housing, Schools, Stephen Mann | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

‘Business as usual’ at Town Hall as four councillors self-isolate

Posted on March 22, 2020 by

KEN LEE reports – from a safe distance – on the mixed messages put out by Newman and Negrini over the covid-19 pandemic At least four of Croydon’s elected councillors have quarantined themselves after displaying symptoms or being in contact … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Health, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Toni Letts, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Institute member Townsend promoted as new chief planner

Posted on March 21, 2020 by

Nicola Townsend is the council’s new chief planner. Except she’s not. She’s been appointed as something which is described in council papers as Croydon’s “director of homes and social investment”. The council opted for an internal promotion to replace the … Continue reading →

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TV expert slams ‘tricky art dealer’ and ‘gullible’ council leader

Posted on March 20, 2020 by

Our arts correspondent, BELLA BARTOCK, on some withering criticism of the borough’s street art from a leading social commentator Jonathan Meades, the widely respected commentator, has called Croydon Council leader Tony Newman “laughably gullible” and described the street art which … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Business, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Rise Gallery, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments