Category Archives: Steve O’Connell

Tory O’Connell lets slip he’s retiring to Dorset, two years early

Posted on May 30, 2019 by

Silent Steve O’Connell, once the country’s most overpaid councillor, has revealed that he intends to retire to Dorset next year, two years before he completes his full term as an elected member of Croydon Council for Kenley ward. But in … Continue reading →

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Creatura’s Town Hall promotion could signal early end of May

Posted on May 14, 2019 by

The next full meeting of our council is Monday’s anachronistic annual ‘mayor-making’ ceremony in the Town Hall chamber. Ahead of it, the council’s two political groups have been tinkering with their line-ups. Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, reports that one … Continue reading →

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Newman sends out distress signals over Westfield scheme

Posted on March 25, 2019 by

Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on the latest non-statement on lack of progress from the council leader Is Tony Newman, the leader of Croydon Council, panicked by the lack of progress over Westfield’s long-promised £1.4billion redevelopment of the town centre? … Continue reading →

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Councillor’s £1,000 grant to football club outside the borough

Posted on March 19, 2019 by

One of Croydon’s football crazy Conservative councillors has been doling out council cash to a sports club that is based outside the borough. Croydon Council has allocated £560,000 per year to what it calls its ward budget scheme. Under the … Continue reading →

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Twycross hits out at Tory Government’s ‘reckless’ police cuts

Posted on February 26, 2019 by

Fiona Twycross has hit out at the Conservative Government for its continuing cuts to police funding in London, saying that the budget cuts – begun when Theresa Mayhem was the Home Secretary – and the “reckless austerity agenda” is risking … Continue reading →

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Tories’ male, stale and, mainly, pale shortlist for selection

Posted on February 25, 2019 by

Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE reveals the Conservative shortlist for the candidate to stand in next year’s London Assembly elections in Croydon and Sutton The local Tory Party, which has held the Sutton and Croydon constituency at the London Assembly … Continue reading →

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Cummings goes public with bid for London Assembly selection

Posted on January 3, 2019 by

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on an email to Croydon Labour group from a South Norwood councillor that seems to suggest she has the backing of Tony Newman Patsy Cummings wasted little time after the Christmas holidays to confirm … Continue reading →

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