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Reed calls for proper funding for Upper Norwood Library
The chairman of the Upper Norwood Library Trust yesterday told how he wept when the doors to the library were closed for the first time as a result of funding cuts imposed by Croydon Council. Robert Gibson was speaking to … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Alisa Flemming, Carillion, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, John Laing Integrated Services, John Wentworth, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Matthew Bennett, Pat Ryan, Steve Reed MP, Transition Town, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Pat Ryan, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Library campaigners: ‘Broken promises will be on our minds’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: ALUN and BARBARA THOMAS have sent an open letter to their local councillors, decrying the decision of Lambeth and Croydon councils to cut funding for Upper Norwood Library We are concerned at the latest developments concerning the funding … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, John Wentworth, Libraries, Pat Ryan, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Conservative, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory, UNJL, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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Library closure would be ‘disaster’ warns Society chairman
The chairman of the Norwood Society has sent an open letter to the Croydon councillors who represent Upper Norwood, and to the MP for Lambeth South, Steve Reed OBE, to appeal for help in raising more funds for Upper Norwood … Continue reading
MP Reed ‘guaranteed’ library’s ‘future’ for just nine months
How long is the “future”? How reliable is a “guarantee”? We only ask because it is barely a year since Steve Reed OBE, the MP for Lambeth South, got together with Tony Newman, the leader of the Labour group on … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, John Wentworth, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Matthew Bennett, Pat Ryan, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Joint Library
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Godfrey ensures council sticks to funding pledge for library
Croydon Council’s new leadership has honoured a promise to increase funding to Upper Norwood Library, matching that provided by Lambeth. Labour’s arts and culture spokesman, Timothy Godfrey, has pledged an additional £47,500 this year, reinstating funding cut two years ago … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, John Wentworth, Libraries, Norwood Society, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood Joint Library
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Secret meeting to dole out council’s Trumpton-esque honours
There’s another example of just how “open and transparent” the business of the council has become since Labour took control of the Town Hall after the local elections. Tonight, before the main business of the cabinet meeting, there is another … Continue reading
Crystal Palace to hold multi-borough hustings, May 7
Crystal Palace is getting “ready to rumble” on May 7 at the Queen’s Hotel with a packed Election Question Time cross-borough panel debate. With Town Hall elections on May 22 across Croydon and in the neighbouring London boroughs which converge … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Bromley Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Darren Johnson, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Pat Ryan, Southwark Council, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed MP, Tramlink
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Green Party, Labour, LibDems, Liberal Democrats, Steve O'Connell, Tory
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Norwood down to its last SNT police sergeant, Labour claims
The Labour group on the council says it is “disgusted” over a “behind closed doors” decision that leaves two Croydon wards, Upper Norwood and South Norwood, with just a single safer neighbourhood team police sergeant between them, down from three, … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Pat Ryan, Policing, Shirley North, South Norwood, Steve O'Connell
Tagged Conservatives, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Gipsy Hill, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, South Norwood
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Hollands’ contempt for public is Croydon’s “pleb” moment
Our man in the public gallery, WALTER CONXITE, found little evidence of Croydon’s “Proud to Serve” slogan being put into practice at a Town Hall meeting last week The truly depressing thing about the way in which our council is … Continue reading
South Vale Play Street rejected – there’s a park on the doorstep
Calls to trial a Play Street scheme in South Vale, Upper Norwood, have been rejected by Croydon Council – because there is a large park close to the street. The council has stated that it is not opposed to street … Continue reading
