Category Archives: Croydon North

Justice junior minister tests data law in call for volunteers

Posted on March 23, 2020 by

Chris Philp, the Tory MP for Croydon South, sent out a pandemic emergency email to his constituents last week which provided contradictory advice and bends data protection laws to breaking point, as PEARL LEE reports Chris Philp, the MP for … Continue reading →

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Labour MPs step in to help co-ordinate emergency volunteering

Posted on March 20, 2020 by

Croydon’s Labour MPs are working with council agency Croydon Voluntary Action to help recruit volunteers, collect donations for food banks and offer support to those that need it during the coronavirus emergency. With the sudden emergence of a wide range … Continue reading →

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Wot? No eggs? War-time rationing hits Addiscombe’s stores

Posted on March 19, 2020 by

“Armageddon! Ahm a getting outta here!” was once a gag in a Carry On film. But KEN TOWL, right, has opted to keep calm and carry on as he shopped around Addiscombe as the coronavirus shut-down begins to bite The … Continue reading →

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Labour MP questions conflicts over Brick by Brick planning

Posted on March 17, 2020 by

Our overdevelopment correspondent BARRATT HOLMES on how the council’s loss-making home-builders are receiving criticism from an unlikely source Steve Reed, the Labour MP for Croydon North, has joined the growing number of voices critical of the council-owned, loss-making developer Brick … Continue reading →

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Starmer, Long-Bailey or Nandy: could they win an election?

Posted on March 10, 2020 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The ballot emails have gone out (or at least most of them seem to have done), and now Labour Party members have a choice to make. For RORY KELLY, a ‘millennial leftie’, the only trouble is that it … Continue reading →

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Police opt to not investigate allegations against SPAC Nation

Posted on February 11, 2020 by

The Metropolitan Police has decided not to continue with its investigation into the controversial SPAC Nation, the “Church of Bling” which has been closely associated with the Conservative Party, particularly in Croydon. Yet according to a Croydon MP, former members … Continue reading →

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Central’s Starmer-Rayner choice hints at shift from Corbyn

Posted on February 7, 2020 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the outcome of local Labour meetings and how their leadership nominations might reflect the direction of the party There’s more than a touch of EuroVision about it. “And the decision of the Croydon Central … Continue reading →

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