Category Archives: Mayor of London

O’Connell’s 2020 vision is to stand down from City Hall role

Posted on September 12, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest decision by a Tory politician to jump before they get pushed by the electorate Steve O’Connell, the third-rate local politician with the first-rate public allowances income, has decided not to stand for re-election to … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 London elections, Crime, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve O'Connell | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Cyclists call on Mayor to apply his own policies at Purley Way

Posted on September 8, 2017 by

TfL wants to spend the thick-end of £100m on making one of Croydon’s busiest road junctions even more hostile for pedestrians and cyclists, all to satisfy developers Westfield. AUSTEN COOPER says the road plans are ‘a patchwork of good, poor … Continue reading →

Posted in Commuting, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Thornton Heath Poundland’s deadly shop window display

Posted on September 7, 2017 by

Croydon MP Sarah Jones made an important speech in parliament last night to call for a 10-year strategy to stem the rise of knife crime. And this morning, in the borough Jones represents, a retail store is flogging weapons in … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Croydon Central, Jeff Boothe, Knife crime, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Station closures reducing time Coulsdon police spend on patrol

Posted on August 31, 2017 by

The police in Coulsdon are having to pack up and stop working before 8pm each night – at least in part because it takes them so long to get back to their nearest police station to finalise their paperwork. That’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Crime, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, Steve O'Connell | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Butler’s all excited for her Big Night Out at The Hurlingham

Posted on August 23, 2017 by

KEN LEE reports on a raft of housing award nominations for a council-owned house-builder which has so far built the grand total of zero homes Council leader Tony Newman, his deputy Alison Butler, council chief exec Jo Negrini and loads … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Brick by Brick building no social rent homes with Mayor money

Posted on August 22, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on City Hall figures that show Croydon Council’s house-building strategy is letting the housing market take its course New figures from City Hall show that Brick by Brick, the private housing developer owned by Croydon … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Sadiq Khan | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Trams caught speeding 128 times since Sandilands crash

Posted on August 18, 2017 by

There were 128 speeding incidents recorded on the tram network little more than six months after the Sandilands derailment last November, according to official figures from City Hall. Seven people were killed and 58 injured when a tram, going faster … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Caroline Pidgeon, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Sandilands derailment, TfL, Tramlink, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment