Category Archives: Jo Negrini

Controversial chair of planning Scott gets promoted to cabinet

Posted on May 22, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest egregious example of Town Hall patronage, and all done at your expense – including one of ‘Tony’s Cronies’ getting £6,000 per committee meeting Despite managing to bring together 17 residents’ groups in opposition to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, Jane Avis, Louisa Woodley, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mark Watson, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Planning, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Council kills off the crap app – after wasting up to £500,000

Posted on May 19, 2018 by

For five years, this website has reported on the failings of the council’s procurement and operation of MyCroydon, including paying £787 per day to the ‘mastermind’ behind the smartphone app. STEVEN DOWNES reports, the council has now finally binned the … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Graham Cadle, Jo Negrini | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Council hires children’s exec with Ofsted failure at previous job

Posted on May 16, 2018 by

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how Croydon’s replacement as the head of its failed Children’s Services department is someone who last year presided over another very troubling inspectors’ report Jo Negrini, Croydon’s chief executive, has announced today that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara Peacock, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Eleni Ioannides, Jo Negrini | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Negrini faces challenges over ‘shambolic’ election count

Posted on May 15, 2018 by

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the suggestion that the £200,000 per year council CEO couldn’t organise a rowdy drink-up in a brewery The competence, or lack of it, of the council’s chief executive, Jo Negrini, is being called into … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Scott Roache, Shirley South | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Children’s Services placed in special measures until 2020

Posted on May 9, 2018 by

Ofsted inspectors have ruled that Croydon Council cannot be trusted to run its own Children’s Services department without outside supervision for at least another two years. The decision has been announced following the second review visit from Ofsted which was … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara Peacock, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Leaflets target Labour leaders to halt Brick by Brick schemes

Posted on May 2, 2018 by

Guerilla leafleting has been carried out across three south London boroughs in protest against the councils’ leaderships, and in one case the police have been called in. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports Residents’ groups have been flyering their neighbourhoods to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Brick by Brick, Housing, Local media, Merton, Outside Croydon, Paul Scott, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Labour councillors angry over Negrini’s pre-election leak

Posted on May 2, 2018 by

KEN LEE reports on the fall-out from yesterday’s announcement that one of Croydon Council’s most senior executives is leaving her job Labour councillors, including some at cabinet level, are demanding to know why the council chief executive authorised the release … Continue reading →

Posted in Barbara Peacock, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments