Category Archives: Chris Philp MP

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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On planning issues, MP Philp wants to have his cake and eat it

Posted on February 29, 2020 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: As the debate over whether Croydon should have a directly elected mayor trundles on, DEREK THROWER suggests that some may have a hidden agenda If, as Chris Philp, the MP for Croydon South, claims (letter to Inside Croydon … Continue reading →

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Hundreds turn out to join campaign for directly elected mayor

Posted on February 15, 2020 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the mounting numbers behind a campaign seeking to change the way the council is run The patronage that keeps Croydon’s Town Hall troika of Tony Newman, Alison Butler and Paul Scott in power is looking … Continue reading →

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Croydon Tories in call for public inquiry into Brick by Brick

Posted on January 28, 2020 by

Croydon Tories have appealed to a government minister to hold an urgent inquiry into the running of Brick by Brick, the council’s in-house house-builders. The call was made public at last night’s meeting of the full council by Tim Pollard, … Continue reading →

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Petition for elected mayor hits 7,000 before campaign launch

Posted on January 23, 2020 by

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on how a campaign based on the premise that there is ‘a serious and urgent need for a better democracy in the way Croydon Council is run’, has already got half the signatures it needs … Continue reading →

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‘Time to close down Brick by Brick’ call by Croydon Tories

Posted on January 14, 2020 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports on the reaction to the latest shambles and scandal to emerge from the council’s failing house-building company Croydon Conservatives have today called for the Labour-run council to close down its loss-making in-house house-builder, Brick … Continue reading →

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