Category Archives: Andrew Stranack

Only five Croydon Tory councillors listed as ‘Backing Boris’

Posted on July 8, 2019 by

Croydon Town Hall’s Conservatives are not backing Boris. That’s according to a listing published today by the Boris Johnson leadership campaign which includes just five of Croydon’s 29 Tory councillors, from among 1,000 Conservative elected representatives at local authorities around … Continue reading →

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Mayday Hospital is already operating at 100% capacity

Posted on December 24, 2018 by

Our health correspondent, ALAN FINLAY, on the latest emerging crisis at the borough’s largest hospital, where there can be four-hour waits for emergency beds Mayday Hospital is already been operating at more than 100 per cent capacity for bed use, … 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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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 →

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Tory MP told to apologise after bad joke about road safety

Posted on December 17, 2017 by

A Tory MP was forced into an embarrassing U-turn last night, after an attempt to score petty party political points over road safety. Chris Philp, the Conservative MP for Croydon South, was widely criticised on social media after he tweeted … Continue reading →

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£180m Fairfield operator contract is called-in for scrutiny

Posted on April 19, 2017 by

Fifteen Conservative councillors signed official forms to call-in the decision to award the operator contract for the Fairfield Halls, a move which some fear might delay the appointment process, and others have described as petty political point-scoring. The matter will … Continue reading →

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Council hands Hunt final decision over cuts to IVF treatment

Posted on April 7, 2017 by

The Council’s health and social care scrutiny committee has thrown a curve ball to the Tory government over cuts in NHS provision by referring the decision to end the provision of IVF fertility treatment in Croydon to Jeremy Hunt, the … Continue reading →

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