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Croydon launches big-money game show: Spot The Plot!
Richard Osman, the brains behind BBC quiz show Pointless, is rumoured to have been spotted on Katharine Street this week carrying a briefcase stuffed with production company Endemol’s money, looking to offer Croydon Council a shed-load of cash for a … Continue reading
Council garages flogged off in latest Brick by Brick giveaway
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the half-truths and blank maps that came with the latest batch of 60 sites being handed over for development After flogging off public green spaces and kids’ playgrounds for the in-house house-builder to build … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jo Negrini, Labour, New Addington, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Waddon
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‘I think the council was right to give Brick by Brick a try’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Not everyone thinks that the council-owned house-builder is doing a bad job. Here DAVID WHITE puts the case in favour of Brick by Brick The housing crisis is getting worse because of Tory government policies, not because of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David White, Housing
Tagged Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, David White, Labour
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Library closures: Lewis forced to issue statement on plans
The Labour cabinet member who told the scrutiny committee that he ‘absolutely’ has plans to build more flats on the borough’s public libraries now says the council ‘currently’ has no plans to close libraries. Our bookish gyms correspondent, GENE BRODIE, … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Carillion, GLL - Better, Libraries, Oliver Lewis, Sanderstead, Shirley, South Norwood, Tony Newman
Tagged Bradmore Green, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Oliver Lewis, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Sarah Jones MP, Shirley, Shirley Library, South Norwood, Tory
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Scott of the Architects unleashes his bile on residents
KEN LEE has obtained a copy of a letter from one of the Town Hall’s most senior and powerful councillors which shows exactly how he regards the residents who fund his generous council allowances Those who have been spared the … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Housing, Paul Scott, Planning
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Labour, Paul Scott, Planning, Woodside
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Negrini’s council tells public to ‘FoI off’ over any scrutiny
As Brick by Brick makes it into Private Eye again, a report from the Campaign for Freedom of Information shows that Croydon Council is anything but open and transparent, as WALTER CRONXITE reports Croydon Council has been criticised as one … Continue reading
Negrini’s gone silent over secret subsidies to Brick by Brick
Questions have been asked in the House of Commons about the legality of Croydon Council’s land sales to Brick by Brick, and the answers make for uncomfortable reading for the Town Hall leadership, as KEN LEE reports Croydon Council may … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, BxB, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Kit Malthouse, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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