Category Archives: Dean Shoesmith

Croydon’s rewards for failure laid bare in Town Hall Rich List

Posted on April 14, 2026 by insidecroydon

Katherine Kerswell, Croydon’s chief executive who issued three Section 114 notices of effective bankruptcy during her time in charge at the council, was taking home salary and pensions totalling £223,838 in the year before she left Fisher’s Folly. Yet Kerswell … Continue reading →

Posted in Annette McPartland, Bromley Council, Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Elaine Jackson, Helen Bailey, Jenny Rowlands, Katherine Kerswell, Lambeth Council, Outside Croydon, Richard Simpson, Southwark Council, Susmita Sen, Sutton Council | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

Council rushes through £200,000 finance job ahead of elections

Posted on April 13, 2026 by insidecroydon

Government-appointed Commissioners are pushing through the appointment of a new finance director at the Town Hall – regardless of who might become Croydon’s new Mayor. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council, which has debts of £1.4billion, is about to hire … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Future Croydon', 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Annette McPartland, Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Elaine Jackson, Jane West, Jenny Rowlands, Katherine Kerswell, Susmita Sen | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Housing staffer convicted after caught working for two councils

Posted on January 6, 2026 by insidecroydon

Council employees are not allowed to have second jobs, although part-time Perry, Croydon’s £84,000 per year ‘executive’ Mayor, holds three directorships with private companies A Croydon Council housing official has been given a 12-month suspended jail sentence and fined £10,000 … Continue reading →

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HR director’s suspension at Sutton raises serious questions

Posted on August 29, 2025 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: The six-figure-salaried council director ultimately responsible for hiring and firing staff arrived at Fisher’s Folly only after his own run-in over a disciplinary matter with another local authority, where he walked away with a pay-off of at least £90,000. … Continue reading →

Posted in Commissioners, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Stuart King | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

£204,000 per year CEO tells staff they’re getting 3.2% pay rise

Posted on August 12, 2025 by insidecroydon

Our Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the increasing inequalities in pay at the cash-strapped council Everyone can relax: Katherine Kerswell’s back! Croydon Council’s chief executive announced her return from holiday with her regular, condescending “Weekly Waffle” internal email to … Continue reading →

Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Katherine Kerswell | Tagged , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Council chief made mates’ rates payments at £726 per hour

Posted on July 9, 2025 by insidecroydon

Lack of proper governance over payments and ‘interims’ working at the council for up to five years raise further questions over ‘runaway’ spending for chief exec Kerswell and Mayor Jason Perry. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council’s chief executive Katherine … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Future Croydon', Alasdair Stewart, Business, Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, General Purposes and Audit Committee, Improvement Board, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Section 114 notice, Stabilisation Plan | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Agency spend scandal: Perry blasted for ‘ridiculous shambles’

Posted on July 5, 2025 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Rowenna Davis, the Labour Party’s candidate for Croydon Mayor, has described the cash-strapped council’s “runaway” spending on agency staff as “disgusting” and “unforgivable”. “It’s a ridiculous shambles,” Davis said. Davis, a councillor for Waddon ward and, … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Future Croydon', Business, Children's Services, Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Improvement Board, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Section 114 notice, Stabilisation Plan, Tony McArdle, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Council accused of cover-up over multi-million agency spend

Posted on July 3, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: LibDems’ election candidate has examined expenditure accounts and confirms that spending on temporary staff has risen to £53m per year under Tory Mayor. By STEVEN DOWNES  Richard Howard, the Liberal Democrat candidate standing for Croydon Mayor next … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Future Croydon', Children's Services, Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, General Purposes and Audit Committee, Improvement Board, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Richard Howard, Section 114 notice, Stabilisation Plan | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Council’s agency staff bill includes £726 per hour consultant

Posted on July 2, 2025 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Council’s spending on agency staff has quadrupled under Tory Mayor Jason Perry One ‘transformation’ consultant is paid £726 PER HOUR Adecco employee allowed to sign off hundreds of thousands of pounds in Croydon Council payments to… … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Future Croydon', Business, Children's Services, Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, General Purposes and Audit Committee, Improvement Board, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Section 114 notice, Stabilisation Plan, Tony McArdle | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Council’s temps forced to take 6 days’ unpaid Christmas leave

Posted on December 18, 2023 by insidecroydon

Agency workers claim they have been ‘cheated’ out of pay rises, despite often carrying out exactly the same jobs as their permanent staff colleagues. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Scrooge-like Croydon Council is taking the Ho, Ho, Ho … Continue reading →

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Council’s striking homelessness staff take their fight to Gove

Posted on July 28, 2023 by insidecroydon

Senior officials have been accused of deliberately sending in false data on homelessness, potentially costing Croydon as much as £3m per year. By our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE Council staff working in Croydon’s housing and homelessness department have today … Continue reading →

Posted in Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Housing, Improvement Board, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Susmita Sen, Tony McArdle | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Hibberd handed key economic job as exec hiring continues

Posted on February 11, 2022 by insidecroydon

One of the directors recruited at Croydon this week has a track record that saw him blamed by the trades unions in Brighton for his part in causing a damaging bins strike last year While most of what’s left of … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Dean Shoesmith, Hamida Ali, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Nick Hibberd, Shifa Mustafa | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments