Category Archives: Katherine Kerswell

Luton Airport offers hope that Croydon’s rescue scheme will fly

Posted on September 23, 2020 by

Croydon is one of six local authorities who have been forced to go cap-in-hand to the government to ask them to ease the rules on council borrowing, the Local Government Chronicle has reported today. The city councils in Peterborough, Birmingham … Continue reading →

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400 job cuts – but council is recruiting exec on £800 PER DAY

Posted on September 22, 2020 by

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Simmering anger among staff who fear they may lose their jobs is likely to turn to fury when they realise that the council’s top-down cuts are leaving the executive floors barely touched. Exclusive by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon … Continue reading →

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Can you help? Tony, Alison, Paul and Simon want your ideas

Posted on September 21, 2020 by

Croydon Council, the local authority whose leader is afraid of staging a borough-wide referendum, now says it wants the public’s help to sort out its financial mess. WALTER CRONXITE on the inherent contradictions contained within the Croydon Renewal Plan being … Continue reading →

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‘I want staff to be at the heart of all this,’ says CEO Kerswell

Posted on September 21, 2020 by

Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on how the interim CEO has launched an immediate charm offensive on the council’s hard-pressed staff Katherine Kerswell, less than a week into her new job as the council’s interim chief executive, wrote to … Continue reading →

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Brick by Brick under ‘review’ in council emergency budget

Posted on September 19, 2020 by

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports on the publication of a 24-page document which is an admission of six years of failure, and which comes ahead of ‘the most difficult few months the council has seen’ Brick … Continue reading →

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Croydon in crisis: Emergency budget cuts may not be enough

Posted on September 17, 2020 by

EXCLUSIVE: There’s simmering discontent among the Town Hall’s ruling Labour group over their leadership’s inconsistent messaging, secretiveness and bungling, while the council’s new chief exec has made a good first impression. By STEVEN DOWNES “It’s like a fresh breeze through … Continue reading →

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Newman excludes councillors from emergency budget details

Posted on September 14, 2020 by

20% budget cuts expected to be announced Jo Negrini’s pay-off figure confirmed as £440,000 Redundancy process for 400 council workers enters final two weeks Katherine Kerswell begins work as interim chief exec Tony Newman and Simon Hall will be presenting … Continue reading →

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Croydon in crisis: Whitehall imposes new chief exec on council

Posted on September 10, 2020 by

EXCLUSIVE: Borough to get its third CEO in two weeks, as government parachutes in a ‘safe pair of hands’ on Newman’s Croydon clique. By STEVEN DOWNES A hastily arranged meeting of Croydon Council’s appointments committee will convene this morning to … Continue reading →

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