Category Archives: Heathfield

Council gets more secretive over its councillors’ declarations

Posted on July 16, 2018 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on a strange reversal of previous open and transparent Town Hall policy, which is deliberately keeping cabinet members’ interests under cover The Labour group which is running Croydon Council is becoming more secretive by the … Continue reading →

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Council cancels meeting that clashes with England match

Posted on July 3, 2018 by

A key council committee meeting to be held tonight has been cancelled. The health and social care scrutiny meeting was due to take place from 6.30pm – just as Harry Kane and the England team will have been finishing their … Continue reading →

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Negrini faces challenges over ‘shambolic’ election count

Posted on May 15, 2018 by

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the suggestion that the £200,000 per year council CEO couldn’t organise a rowdy drink-up in a brewery The competence, or lack of it, of the council’s chief executive, Jo Negrini, is being called into … Continue reading →

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Now Guido Fawkes is catching up with Barwell’s cronies

Posted on April 15, 2018 by

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how Westminster political blog Guido Fawkes is following up on Croydon news – six months after it was first published on Inside Croydon On the morning after his boss had taken the nation to … Continue reading →

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Tories accused of breaking their own rules over selections

Posted on February 9, 2018 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on complaints of undemocratic interference in the candidate selection process, and too much influence from the local party leader in those allowed to stand in May’s Town Hall elections At least four of Croydon’s longest serving … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Chris Wright, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Donald Speakman, Fairfield, Helen Pollard, Ian Parker, Mike Fisher, Purley, Shirley, Steve Hollands, Sue Winborn, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Cabinet member accuses Tory councillor of ‘stalking’ her

Posted on February 1, 2018 by

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on a heated debate in the chamber this week The first full council meeting of 2018 descended into acrimony and insults, as shocking details continue to emerge regarding Croydon’s failing children services department, with one … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Alisa Flemming, Andrew Stranack, Children's Services, Heathfield, John Wentworth, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Third Croydon councillor lands plum job with the Tories

Posted on January 3, 2018 by

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the latest instance of jobs for the boys and girls So this is how the Tories fix the unemployment figures: they hand out jobs for the boys (and girls) to their old mates. Jason … Continue reading →

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