Category Archives: London-wide issues

Tory Creatura and Croydon’s nightmare before Christmas

Posted on December 10, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on signs that at least one political party in the borough is gearing itself up for a General Election (yep, another one) Members of Croydon’s Conservative Party will meet tonight to choose a candidate to contest the … Continue reading →

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‘Hostile environment’ charity linked with homes scheme

Posted on December 8, 2018 by

A council scheme to get vulnerable rough sleepers off the streets and into the warmth and security of somewhere they can call “home” has signed up its first of 10 properties. But none of the homes will be available to … Continue reading →

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Planning chair prejudices position with speech for developers

Posted on December 7, 2018 by

The charge that Croydon’s Blairite council leadership is too cosy with property developers and their architect chums has been given even greater weight, after the chair of the borough’s planning committee gave a rousing speech at a launch event for … Continue reading →

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Shelter warns of housing ‘black hole’ over conversion schemes

Posted on December 6, 2018 by

Affordable housing in Croydon may be under threat from a government proposal which risks “supercharging” a social housing get-out clause, according to the housing charity Shelter. Currently developers do not have to pay contributions to the council for social housing … Continue reading →

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Guildford-based Sadvertiser to merge into London website

Posted on December 5, 2018 by

The Guildford-based Croydon Sadvertiser is about to dump its own dedicated website. In the latest move in the slow, painful and largely self-inflicted demise of the borough’s own local newspaper, it is being  reported that the newspaper’s publishers are to … Continue reading →

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Leon House given new purpose as its flats go up for sale

Posted on December 4, 2018 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, goes to the top of a Croydon landmark and finds some merit in conversions Even on a day when a winter storm is scudding through just above our heads, from the 22nd floor roof garden … Continue reading →

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Council continues in its cover-up of Ombudsman’s rulings

Posted on November 28, 2018 by

Here’s something else you won’t read on Croydon Council’s website. The council press office – funded with an annual budget of at least £500,000 of public money – today issued at least its second press release  to publicise the attention-seeking … Continue reading →

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