Category Archives: Lisa Taylor

Consultant gives 75 reasons for council’s financial mess

Posted on October 12, 2020 by

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Tony Newman goes into tonight’s council meeting without the cabinet member for finance who has been at his side for a decade, and confronted with a report that shows his administration failed to listen to the warnings … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s rescue plan placed ‘at risk’ over £8m covid grant

Posted on October 2, 2020 by

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The cash-strapped council is struggling to make its sums add up, reports WALTER CRONXITE The £22.4million gap in the council budget could yet get worse, with the status of £8million of government grant made before the end … Continue reading →

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Newman wins vote but consigns Labour to election misery

Posted on September 29, 2020 by

TOWN HALL SKETCH: The borough is in the middle of two crises – the coronavirus pandemic and its own financial mess. Yet last night saw the first full meeting of Croydon Council in almost three months, an ’emergency’ meeting only … Continue reading →

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Is the end nigh? Newman facing cash crisis triple whammy

Posted on September 3, 2020 by

76% of readers think Tony Newman is not fit to be council leader 21,000 residents sign petition calling for a democratically elected mayor Whitehall bail-out for cash-strapped council to carry onerous conditions Tony Newman might be wishing he never came … Continue reading →

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Newman bypassed cabinet and colleagues on CEO decisions

Posted on August 28, 2020 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the latest decision by decree from the council leader, and with a profile of the interim CEO who had a chequered career before joining Croydon Before she was announced yesterday as the interim replacement … Continue reading →

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‘I can’t guarantee we won’t issue a Section 114 notice’

Posted on August 26, 2020 by

After weeks of repeated denials from Town Hall chiefs that the council is broke, last night there was a refreshing outbreak of frankness by an official. KEN LEE reports One of the council’s most senior officials last night admitted: “I … Continue reading →

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Town Hall finances under urgent review by Southwark treasurer

Posted on June 4, 2020 by

Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on how Croydon has had to call in experts from across London to help them out of their financial hole In the closest thing to an admission of her absolute failure in her job … Continue reading →

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£83m: Council counts the cost of coronavirus emergency

Posted on May 29, 2020 by

The Town Hall borrowing millions of pounds more, only 1 in 5 council staff able to work in Fisher’s Folly, local businesses ‘on their knees’, and a ‘tsunami’ of mental health cases presenting at GP surgeries are just some of … Continue reading →

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