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Category Archives: Jon Rouse
Davis House’s £5m losses and council’s secret £1m loan
Croydon Council last year was forced to make a near-£1 million loan to a private operating company which it owns jointly with John Laing, to avoid an office building used by its own staff being repossessed by the banks. In … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Tim Pollard, URV
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, John Laing, John Laing plc, London Borough of Croydon
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Croydon, Christmas 2012: council’s foodbank appeal
The following internal message, sent by Croydon Council‘s chief executive Jon Rouse to all staff last Thursday, shows just how difficult life has become for many local residents, including some of the thousands of people who have lost their jobs … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, England, Jon Rouse, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Rouse
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Croydon in a Pickles again over its rubbish service
Croydon could be penalised by having its public grant cut significantly over the move made by its Conservative-run council to move to fortnightly bin collections. “Weekly bin collections are one of the most visible frontline services and there is no … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher
Tagged Conservatives, Croydon, Eric Pickles, Labour, Local government, Mike Fisher, Northcliffe Media, Tory
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Secrets and libraries: Croydon adds to shabby reputation
And so a decision to spend £30 million of public money was taken at Croydon Town Hall last night by the Conservatives who control the council. But because of council leader Mike Fisher’s group’s aversion to openness and transparency, the … Continue reading
Croydon awards £30m library deal to most expensive bidder
Croydon’s Conservative-run council will announce next week that it has decided to award an eight year contract, estimated to be worth £30 million, to run the borough’s libraries to the company which finished bottom in a competitive tendering process. It … Continue reading
Mind the gap: Addiscombe gets its missing “link”
Nil carborundum illegitimi* In dealing with the often obdurate and regularly crass management of our local council, sometimes people have to take satisfaction over the little victories, the minor successes. These are usually achieved against the corporate brick wall of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Boris Johnson, Business, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Jon Rouse, Mayor of London, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Sean Fitzsimons, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, East Croydon station, Jobcentre Plus, London, London Borough of Croydon, Network Rail, Taberner House
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Newman: “Plan is too little, too late to help economy”
After five years saying that they would not intervene in the local economy, the Conservatives who run Croydon Council are about to launch an economic plan. For TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the Labour opposition group, this is an admission … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Bank of America, Croydon, Hammerson, Labour, Labour Council, London, Tory
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Council faces massive legal bill over discrimination claims
Croydon Council is facing claims potentially running into hundreds of thousands of pounds, and legal bills of much more, over claims of discrimination in the workplace from 50 former employees, all but one of them women. The claims over missed … Continue reading
Car park failure is dire warning for Croydon’s casino economics
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Another week, another multi-million pound company goes into administration. ANDREW PELLING says that the collapse of financial scheme behind a car park operator will have lasting repercussions for Croydon There’s been a lot of action this week that … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Andrew Pelling, Business, Centrale, Commuting, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, Parking, Property, South Croydon, Transport, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged BBC, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, London, London Borough of Croydon, Royal Bank of Scotland, Westfield
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Flawed council plan puts flats too close to Fairfield Halls
The public consultation for the latest Croydon Council pipe dream, the “Fair Field Masterplan”, closes today. Extraordinarily, even by Croydon’s standards for bungling, this latest masterplan has managed to antagonise the centrepiece upon which many of the proposals depend: the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon College, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Housing, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Tramlink, Transport, URV, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, East Croydon station, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, London, Park Lane, Taberner House
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Don’t panic! Mead’s benefits U-turn shows council in crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Something strange is happening at the Town Hall. Commonsense is prevailing over political dogma. Some highly placed people’s jobs must be at stake, says Inside Croydon editor STEVEN DOWNES Don’t panic! Croydon’s Captain Mainwaring is in charge! Something … Continue reading
Posted in Allders, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Jon Rouse, Margaret Mead, Menta Tower, Mike Fisher, Planning, Schools, URV
Tagged BBC, Conservative, Croydon, Eric Pickles, London, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House
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Croydon’s B&B nightmare: “an indictment of modern Britain”
The BBC’s Newsnight programme has taken Croydon Council’s emergency housing “policy” apart, exposing them as breaking the law twice over, while failing the borough’s homeless, many of them young children, who are forced to stay in squalid, overcrowded and unsuitable … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Health, Housing, Jon Rouse, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Tony Newman
Tagged BBC, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Newsnight, Rouse, Tony Newman
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Council wields axe with 35% job cuts in customer services
The provision of services for residents in Croydon looks like being cut back even further, with 35 per cent of frontline staff in the customer service department being told on Wednesday that they are to be axed. The cuts are … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jedward, London, London Borough of Croydon
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Bricking it: Council refuses to rebuild wall to “save” £50,000
Party walls are among the most common causes of disputes between neighbours. Just hope that you never share a boundary with Croydon Council as your neighbours Seven years after first being warned about the possible collapse of a boundary wall … Continue reading
Croydon gets ready for a royal visit from the Queen of Shops
Croydon is readying itself for a royal visit today: Mary Queen of Shops may be heading into town. This is not to be confused with Kate Middleton’s in-laws pressing the flesh along London Road, back 13 months after last year’s … Continue reading
The council by numbers: hiding the real costs of failure
Croydon councillors are paid some of the highest allowances in the country. That does not stop them also enjoying a very long summer recess from Town Hall business, though. Next Monday, that summer break is finally over, marked by a … Continue reading
