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Category Archives: Steve Reed MP
Five postcodes affected by burst water main in Mitcham
A burst water main in Mitcham this morning disrupted water supplies to households across five postcodes in Croydon and Streatham. Croydon Council described the burst main as “a major incident”. The water main burst was on Commonside East, near Mitcham … Continue reading
Vote for these benefit cuts and you deserve to lose your seat
More than 22,000 people in Croydon claim PIP or the health element of Universal Credit. So why aren’t Croydon’s MPs opposing the government cuts? ANDREW FISHER, right, looks at the storm gathering at Westminster for the Prime Minister Politics is … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Croydon East, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Blackadder, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon West, Keir Starmer, Natasha Irons MP, Personal Independence Payments, PIP, Sarah Jones MP, Sir Keir Starmer, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Universal Credit
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Labour figures accuse wasteful Perry of ‘serious incompetence’
‘Once again, the people of Croydon are paying the price for the failure of politicians who don’t have our community’s interests at heart’, according to 2026 Mayoral candidate Rowenna Davis Labour’s candidate for Mayor of Croydon, Rowenna Davis, has accused … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Commissioners, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Elaine Jackson, Improvement Board, Jane West, Katherine Kerswell, Marie Snelling, Mayor Jason Perry, Natasha Irons, Richard Howard, Rowenna Davis, Sarah Jones MP, Section 114 notice, Stabilisation Plan, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony McArdle
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Claire Bonham, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Commissioners, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, Government, Government Commissioners, Improvement and Assurance Panel, Improvement Board, Jim McMahon, Katherine Kerswell, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Natasha Irons MP, Sarah Jones MP, Section 114, Section 114 Notice, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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MP Reed shown a yellow card for cosying up to water lobbyists
It appears that Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Streatham (and can’t be arsed with Croydon North), is not as big a football fan as he has tried to make out. Reed, now the environment secretary in Keir Starmer’s Labour … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crystal Palace FC, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
Tagged Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Labour, Northumbrian Water, Selhurst Park, Steve Reed OBE, Thames Water, We Own It
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Labour Party ends suspension of ex-council leader Newman
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After more than four years, the two men who presided over what at the time was the biggest financial collapse in the history of local authorities in England have been allowed back into their political party. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, David Evans, Fieldway, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Rowenna Davis, Section 114 notice, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, Fieldway, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lord Evans of Penge, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, Woodside
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Labour polling shows MP Reed more unpopular than Starmer
A survey published this week shows that the Streatham and Croydon North MP is one of the least popular figures in the government – and that’s among his own party’s supporters. By WALTER CRONXITE, Political Editor Bad news for Steve … Continue reading
By appointment only: council’s been breaking the law for years
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council made its public ‘access’ area at Fisher’s Folly appointment-only today. But as DON WHITE found out, even before the covid pandemic, our local authority has been most selective about how it fulfils its legal responsibilitiess at … Continue reading
Croydon’s ‘townie’ MP Reed shouted down by angry farmers
Steve Reed OBE, the “townie” environment minister, was exposed as being out of his depth once again when he tried to give a speech to the annual conference of the National Farmers’ Union held in Westminster yesterday. The Labour MP … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, Inheritance Tax, James Dyson, Jeremy Clarkson, Labour, National Farmers' Union, NFU, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water, Water pollution
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‘Environmental disaster’ on Wandle after diesel spills into river
A Sutton MP has called the latest pollution spill into the River Wandle an “environmental disaster”, after an estimated 4,000 litres of diesel was released into the rare chalk stream yesterday. Officials from Merton Council, crews from the London Fire … Continue reading
Labour’s letting water companies take the pee with rising bills
ANDREW FISHER on the contradictions, ironies and utter inadequacy of the government’s approach to the water company polluters; plus even more Council Tax rip-offs coming our way At the end of January, the government passed the Water (Special Measures) Bill … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Business, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water
Tagged Andrew Fisher, Clive Lewis MP, Council Tax, Croydon, DEFRA, Department of Environment Farming and Rural Affairs, Labour, Lord Prem Sikka, Margaret Thatcher, Prem Sikka, Southern Water, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Thames Water, Tory, Water (Special Measures) Bill, Water bills, Water companies, Water privatisation
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Yes we CAN? Four MPs lobbied to support vital climate Bill
Residents who have become increasingly concerned about the climate emergency have taken their protests to the doorsteps of Croydon’s four MPs. Campaigners from the Croydon Green Network rounded off their lobbying by meeting Croydon East MP Natasha Irons, ahead of … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged CAN Bill, Chris Philp MP, Climate and Nature Bill, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon Green Network, Croydon South, Croydon West, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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Private tenant takes Lambeth to High Court over S21 eviction
Labour-controlled Lambeth Council is being taken to the High Court accused of unlawfully renting homes in the private sector under insecure assured shorthold tenancies and of having made a decision which will see these tenants made homeless – using the … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Brick by Brick, Central Hill, Central Hill estate, HfL, High Court, Homes for Lambeth, Judicial Review, Lambeth, Lambeth council, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North
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South Norwood councillor quits as special advisor at DEFRA
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Louis Carserides is a third councillor forced to alter their register of interests after questioning from Inside Croydon, as the long-time aide of MP Steve Reed quits his government job. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES An Inside Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Louis Carserides, Scott Roche, Shirley South, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Clive Fraser, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Louis Carserides, Paul Scully MP, Scott Roche, Shirley, Shirley South, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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MP Reed claims those who left borough broke ‘have now gone’
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, checks the ‘facts’ where other local news outlets dare not look Steve Reed OBE, the MP who was Labour’s front bench spokesperson on local government at the time that the council for the area he is … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Callton Young, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon North, David Evans, Environment, Fairfield Halls, Lambeth Council, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Sean Fitzsimons, Section 114 notice, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Clive Fraser, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon Park Hotel, David Evans, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
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Reed’s government shelves plans to help protect River Wandle
‘Townie’ MP Steve Reed, having angered Jeremy Clarkson and the farming lobby, now seems set for a row with Feargal Sharkey over the fate of England’s under-threat chalk streams Government officials have abandoned proposals to protect and clean up the … Continue reading
Lord Evans of Penge completes clique’s stranglehold of Labour
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE gives his crystal ball a polish after one of his easier predictions came to pass Friday’s announcement of another raft of political peerages was the latest move to consolidate a takeover of the Labour Party by … Continue reading
Posted in David Evans, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, House of Lords, Imogen Walker, Keir Starmer, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Morgan McSweeney, Simon Hall, Steve Reed OBE, Sue Gray, The Campaign Company, Tony Newman
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Just 2% of Croydon voters join petition call for another election
Tax-avoiding millionaires and newspaper owners are getting all excited about calls for another election. The same people who have said it’s too soon for another vote on Brexit, reports WALTER CRONXITE, political editor A petition raised by a publican in … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, Natasha Irons, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Brexit, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon East, Croydon South, Croydon West, General Election petition, Keir Starmr, Labour, Natasha Irons MP, Nigel Farage, Prime Minister, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Tory
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‘Turnip’ Steve Reed becomes the target for farmers’ tax protest
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on a new unwitting subject for a sharp parliamentary pen The last time a national newspaper dismissed a public figure as a “turnip”, Graham Taylor’s days as England football manager were numbered. Yesterday, it was Steve … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon North, Croydon South, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Croydon, Croydon North, Croydon South, Farmers' protest, Inheritance Tax, John Crace, National Farmers' Union, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, The Guardian
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Council-run Norwood Grove placed on heritage at risk register
CROYDON IN CRISIS: A listed building, and surrounding parkland that was bought by public subscription 100 years ago, has been declared by government agency Historic England to be at risk of neglect, decay or inappropriate development. By STEVEN DOWNES Tory … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Lloyd Park, History, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Norbury Park, Norwood Grove, Property, Steve Reed MP, Streatham and Croydon North
Tagged Buildings at risk register, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Friends of Lloyd Park, Historic England, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Norwood Grange, Steve Reed OBE, Streatham and Croydon North, Streatham Common, Streatham Rookery, Tory
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Minister Reed attended unminuted meetings with water bosses
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, reports on how the tide of support for one local MP in government is going out very quickly Steve Reed, the Croydon MP promoted to environment secretary in Keir Starmer’s government, is rapidly finding himself … Continue reading
Our four MPs are doing nothing to try to stop carnage in Gaza
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Are our borough’s four MPs doing the ‘right thing’? DAVID WHITE doesn’t think so “Israel has been genociding the Palestinians for months now. The point is why no one stops the carnage. This is the question” These words … Continue reading →
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