Category Archives: ‘Future Croydon’

Council begins trial with AI system which is only 80% accurate

Posted on April 23, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Without any advance notice, the borough’s bureaucrats have unleashed on the public an imperfect system to handle Council Tax enquiries. EXCLUSIVE by KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter The robots have started their takeover of Croydon Council. And … Continue reading →

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Mayor Perry lied over access to services at other councils

Posted on March 29, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Claims made by the chief executive and executive Mayor over how other London boroughs manage their appointments systems have been found to be exaggerated and simply untrue EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Jason Perry has deliberately misled residents … Continue reading →

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No Access Croydon: council moves to Bernard Wetherill House

Posted on March 25, 2025 by insidecroydon

Your Council Tax goes up next week, to record levels, and chief exec Katherine Kerswell’s salary has now risen to £204,000 at the cash-strapped council. But as Kerswell wields the axe to more jobs in her drive for a “Digital … Continue reading →

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Kerswell issues warning to staff over ‘verbal abuse’ at council

Posted on March 12, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Flashpoints between security guards and council staff after just two days of the new appointments-only system at Fisher’s Folly have seen workers told ‘we will not tolerate abuse of any form’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Within two … Continue reading →

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No Access Croydon: Kerswell closes off Fisher’s Folly to public

Posted on March 7, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: At short notice, the council has announced that there will be no public access to the its offices without an appointment, in the latest cut in services under Mayor Jason Perry. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The council’s … Continue reading →

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They voted to raise your Council Tax, then to increase their pay

Posted on February 27, 2025 by insidecroydon

TOWN HALL SKETCH: Things don’t sound too good in the Chamber these days, and it is not just because the council has hired a cheaper contractor for its audio system. As tempers frayed at the most important meeting of the … Continue reading →

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Cash-strapped council has spent £6.4m… to make more cuts

Posted on November 19, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: After cuts to services of £137m in four years and with this year’s council budget out of control, official figures show that the council is spending millions more to find out how to save money. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading →

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Council consultants take six months to discover the obvious

Posted on October 1, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: It has taken external consultants almost six months to discover that the council’s website is ‘jargon-heavy’, ‘corporate’ and ‘difficult’ to use. Those findings have cost the cash-strapped council at least £1m. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES After being … Continue reading →

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Council’s multi-million consultant deals to make more cuts

Posted on June 25, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Staff in Fisher’s Folly have already dubbed the plan ‘No Future Croydon’. After cuts of £100m from council budgets in four years, now the chief exec is forking out public money to find more ways of axing … Continue reading →

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Perry plans £100m more cuts in country’s first AI-driven council

Posted on March 23, 2024 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: ‘Transformation’ project is set to be rubber-stamped at this week’s cabinet meeting (it will be approved without anything resembling a debate). But according to council insiders, it is ‘rushed’, ‘full of risks’ and just a ‘Trojan horse’ … Continue reading →

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