Category Archives: Steve Reed MP

Councillors already busy working hard for their political parties

Posted on September 6, 2019 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports that the borough’s elected councillors are back to what they do best – delivering leaflets ahead of a General election. PLUS: we reveal ‘secret’ candidates in four local seats Croydon’s 70 councillors, Conservative as … Continue reading →

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Rent hikes force closure of Crystal Palace independent shops

Posted on August 21, 2019 by

It is not only in Croydon town centre that big business is contriving to destroy the fabric of the high street. As our retail correspondent MT WALLETTE reports, in Crystal Palace a precious corner of independent stores and old-style character … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Pat Ryan, Planning, Schools, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Mayor refuses to say if Barwell was questioned over Grenfell

Posted on July 26, 2019 by

Unlike most people when newly out of work, gaffe-prone Gavin Barwell didn’t spend his first day of unemployment looking for a new job. The £150,000 per year Downing Street chief of staff until Boris Johnson’s coronation on Wednesday, Barwell spent … Continue reading →

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MPs asked to declare as Labour goes on election footing

Posted on June 27, 2019 by

Sarah Jones and Steve Reed OBE have been given a fortnight to decide whether they want to be a parliamentary candidate at the next election and to inform Labour, as the party led by Jeremy Corbyn gets itself ready to … Continue reading →

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

Jobs for the gals! Newman hands £100,000 job to Blairite pal

Posted on June 21, 2019 by

It’s not what you know, but who you know when it comes to some top-level jobs at Croydon Council, as KEN LEE reports Tensions between Croydon Council’s senior paid officials and the Town Hall’s Labour leadership threaten to break out … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Jo Negrini, Julian Ellerby, Knife crime, Paula Murray, Sarah Hayward, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Did Barwell have his collar felt over the Grenfell fire tragedy?

Posted on June 21, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the continuing interrogation of senior Tory government figures over their inaction and incompetence Is it possible that Gavin Barwell, one of a string of Tory housing ministers who before the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy failed … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon North, Gavin Barwell, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Can Labour and Tories stop ‘The Peterborough Effect’ here?

Posted on June 2, 2019 by

After a week to let the dust settle and some of the implications of the voting sink in, our resident psephologist WALTER CRONXITE crunches more numbers from the European elections and discovers that two of the borough’s sitting MPs have … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 European elections, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments