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‘Beyond farce’ as Labour purges veteran Croydon official
STEVEN DOWNES reports on the latest, and predictable, move by the Labour leadership in what is being called ‘a witch hunt’ against the left David White, one of the longest-serving Labour officials in Croydon, has been “administratively suspended” by the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, David Evans, David White
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, David Evans, David White, John McDonnell MP, Labour, Sir Keir Starmer
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Reed group fined for slow declaration of £800,000 donations
Pro-Starmer ‘party within a party’ which has Croydon North MP on its board and links to ‘campaign guru’ David Evans somehow overlooked huge payments from a businessman and a Mayfair hedge fund manager An influential Labour Party group which has … Continue reading
Starmer and Evans face impossible task with Croydon South
To win the next General Election, Labour needs to gain 124 seats. And Number 122 on the list of Labour target seats is Tory Chris Philp’s Croydon South constituency. Our sarf of the borough correspondent, PEARL LEE, looks at the … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, 2021 Mayor Referendum, 2022 council elections, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, David Evans, Hamida Ali, Jennifer Brathwaite, London-wide issues, Olga Fitzroy, Sarah Jones MP, Stuart King, Tony Newman
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, David Evans, Keir Starmer, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Sarah Jones MP, South Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory
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Councillors were warned of financial crisis months in advance
CROYDON IN CRISIS: All but one of the borough’s Labour councillors voted that they had ‘confidence’ in Tony Newman and Simon Hall last year – just weeks after they had received a briefing note that told of an £85m budget … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, David Evans, Jo Negrini, Report in the Public Interest, Section 114 notice, Simon Hall, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Report in the Public Interest, Section 114, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Tory
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Starmer’s Labour is ‘losing members, losing funds, losing staff’
Former Corbyn adviser warns that if the opposition leader can’t improve the fortunes of Labour, ‘then he has to go’, as it emerges that Croydon-based firm has been doing consultancy work as the party is making dozens of staff redundant. … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Fisher, David Evans, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Fisher, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, Labour, Sir Keir Starmer, Tony Newman
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Voting chaos sees Labour meeting stretch into second day
The annual meeting of a local Labour Party last night had to be left incomplete and with unfinished business because the online voting system used could not cope with the demands of the various ballots to be held. Party officials … Continue reading
Questions asked over Town Hall Mayor’s business deal
Controversial online voting system was bought by Labour Party without any competitive tendering An online voting system used by the Labour Party was bought from a Croydon-based business with no proper tendering process, it is alleged. “Anonyvoter” has been subject … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Business, David Evans, Maddie Henson, Tony Newman
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, Labour, Maddie Henson, Mayor, Tony Newman
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Newman supporters stage takeover of local Labour party
The ‘Starmerisation’ of the Labour Party last week saw supporters of Croydon’s disgraced former council leader rally to his cause. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Friends and supporters of Tony Newman staged a takeover of his local Labour Party last … Continue reading
Posted in Carole Bonner, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Evans, David White, Fairfield, Hamida Ali, Jose Joseph, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Alison Butler, Carole Bonner, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Labour, New Addington, Paul Scott, Rob Elliott, Sarah Jones MP, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Viscount Stansgate
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MP Reed is all together in Electoral Commission funds probe
An influential Labour group, which has Croydon North MP Steve Reed OBE among its directors, is under investigation by the Electoral Commission after failing to declare more than £800,000 in donations within the time required by law. Business Insider has … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon North, David Evans, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon, Croydon North, David Evans, Labour, Labour Together, Morgan McSweeney, Steve Reed OBE, The Campaign Company
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UnFairbnb: Council has nothing to show for £200,000 spend
EXCLUSIVE: Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, provides a reminder of another significant amount of council cash that was poorly spent – but helped line the pockets of ‘friends and family’ of the Town Hall’s Labour leadership Do you remember … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bishop of Croydon, Business, Charity, Croydon Council, David Evans, Fairness Commission, Hannah Miller, Housing, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Bishop Jonathan Clark, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairbnb, Fairness Commission, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman
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Evans appointment to Labour top job ‘could tear party apart’
David Evans, the Croydon-based political consultant, was last night named as the new general secretary of the Labour Party. The outcome of the vote of the National Executive Committee is seen as another success for party leader Sir Keir Starmer, … Continue reading
