Category Archives: Steve Reed MP

Hancock’s half-hour at Mayday prompts politicians’ squabble

Posted on May 21, 2019 by

Our elected representatives had a busy Monday. As well as the borough’s three MPs and short-attention-span councillors turning out at the Town Hall for the Mayor-making in the evening, earlier in the day many of them were in attendance for … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Health, Helen Redfern, Jane Avis, Louisa Woodley, Mayday Hospital, Ola Kolade, Purley Hospital, Sarah Jones MP, St Helier Hospital, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Barwell’s parliamentary credit card was suspended 3 times

Posted on May 8, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the perfectly reasonable suggestion that ‘if MPs can’t deal with this rather narrow sphere of finances, why should we trust them in dealing with the nation’s finances?’ An already bleak week for Gavin Barwell … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Council’s secret deal on Queen’s Hotel sways inspector’s ruling

Posted on May 1, 2019 by

Our Crystal Palace correspondent, JOE PAXTON, on a predictable, if disappointing, outcome to a three-year planning battle Having twice won the arguments at the council’s planning committees, residents, councillors and even the local MP were today trumped by the developer-friendly … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Planning, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Planning inspector expected to rule on Queen’s Hotel this week

Posted on April 27, 2019 by

A decision on the expansion plans for the Queen’s Hotel at Crystal Palace is expected this week. Croydon Council’s planning committee has twice refused planning permission for the owners Euro Hotels’ £10million expansion scheme, which prompted the appeal to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, Planning, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Soweto Kinch gives concert to help Wadsworth campaign

Posted on April 18, 2019 by

Multi-award-winning musician Soweto Kinch is doing a fundraising gig on Saturday at top London music studios for a Croydon black activist expelled from the Labour Party. Anti-racism campaigner Marc Wadsworth has been doing a national speaking tour in a campaign … Continue reading →

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Labour names Euro candidates as City Hall selection undecided

Posted on April 18, 2019 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports on the glacial progress in Labour choosing its candidates for London elections which are now barely 12 months away The Labour Party thought they had sorted a major selection dilemma last night when they … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 European elections, 2020 London elections, Andrew Dismore, Fiona Twycross, Jamie Audsley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor of London, Patsy Cummings, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

MPs warn Palace of ‘racism and violence’ of Lads Alliance

Posted on April 4, 2019 by

In an extraordinary demonstration of cross-party action (for Croydon, at any rate), all three of the borough’s MPs, plus the council leader and councillors, have written to Crystal Palace Football Club to ask them to distance themselves publicly from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Clark, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace FC, Fairfield, Football, Sarah Jones MP, Sport, Steve Parish, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment