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Category Archives: Simon Hall
Victory for Friends’ group as council abandons park land sale
Thousands of objections from residents have forced Croydon Council into a U-turn on its scheme to flog off a Victorian park lodge and a strip of Grangewood Park. But as our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, has discovered, despite declaring … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Callton Young, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Grangewood Park, Karen Jewitt, Pat Clouder, Property, Simon Hall, Thornton Heath
Tagged Callton Young, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Friends of Grangewood Park, Grangewood Park, Karen Jewitt, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Pat Clouder, Thornton Heath
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Governance review costs soar as Newman nobbles the panel
A report on the way in which Croydon Council is governed, already three months late, will now not be finished until the end of the year, and is costing four times its original budget. The Croydon governance review – a … Continue reading
Council tries a cover-up over £41m spent on Fairfield Halls
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest attempt by council officials to disguise blundering that is costing the borough millions The increasingly secretive Croydon Council has taken to hiding behind its wholly owned building firm, Brick by Brick, as it tries … Continue reading
Councillor employed by Oasis charity makes grant to Oasis
Inside Croydon has discovered that Conservative councillor Gareth Streeter managed to oversee a £1,500 donation from council funds towards a group from the Oasis academy chain – the very same Oasis chain which is associated with the Oasis charity where … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Gareth Streeter, Oasis Academy, Oasis Academy Shirley Park, Richard Chatterjee, Schools, Shirley, Simon Hall
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Gareth Streeter, London Borough of Croydon, Oasis Arena Academy, Oasis Shirley Park, Richard Chatterjee, Shirley, Shirley North, Tory
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Times are tough, as council struggles to make ends meet
Just how can a council such as Croydon keep going when its government grant has been cut by 76 per cent? WALTER CRONXITE reports Times are tough in local government. Local government has been hit especially hard by Tory austerity, … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Services, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Simon Hall
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Simon Hall, Tory
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BINMAGEDDON!: Rubbish piled high in our winter of discontent
If you thought that the images of over-flowing wheelie bins around the borough, after numerous missed collections by Croydon’s rubbish contractors, Veolia, were bad enough, this scene (above), at Forestdale should be very troubling indeed. The photograph was taken before … Continue reading
Posted in Fieldway, Fly tipping, Refuse collection, Simon Hall, Veolia
Tagged Croydon Council, Fieldway, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Simon Hall, Veolia
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Councils’ property deals are ‘gambling with public money’
Councils across England – including Croydon and Sutton – have between them borrowed billions of pounds of public money to finance the purchase of real estate and commercial properties, a policy which could place some at risk of financial collapse, … Continue reading
