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Category Archives: Boris Johnson
Altitude 25 looks to off-load unsold flats as short-term lets
A new planning application for the Altitude 25 development at East Croydon, seeking to allow short-term, serviced lets of some of the unsold apartments, has cast further doubts on the council’s grand plans to build a city in the sky. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Boris Johnson, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, IYLO, London Assembly, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Steve O'Connell
Tagged Altitude 25, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Ken Livingstone, London, Steve O'Connell
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Split edition Sadvertiser hit by 44% circulation crash
Circulation of the Croydon Advertiser has nose-dived by more than 40 per cent in just 12 months, according to independently audited figures published today. The paper’s sales bill last week said “Free cup of coffee for every reader”. Judging by … Continue reading
Croydon clubs get £95,000 from Mayor’s sports fund
As the Olympic Torch enters Croydon, locals had another 95,000 sporting reasons to celebrate, with three projects in the borough benefiting in hard cash from the latest round of grants from the Mayor of London’s sports fund. Streatham and Croydon … Continue reading
Labour targets tough-nut Croydon for 2014 borough elections
Tony Newman, the leader of the Labour opposition at Croydon Town Hall, was clearly enthused yesterday when he reported the positive response from his party’s members seeking to be candidates at the next borough elections in 2014. As many as … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, New Addington South, Simon Hoar, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson, URV, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Labour, LibDem, Liberal Democrat, London, Lynton Crosby, Tony Newman
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Lives Not Knives takes the campaign on to the stage
Lives Not Knives, the campaigning inspiration of Croydon teenager Eliza Rebeiro, stages kim cos tim this Sunday at 5pm at the Croydon Conference Centre, upstairs at 5-9 Surrey Street. Written with the help of script writer Alan Charles, the show … Continue reading
Unconnected Croydon and the £20m footbridge to nowhere
The incompetence of Croydon’s planners and politicians means that our council has been turned over by developers once more, hoodwinked into spending about £20 million of public money on what an official report this week concedes could become “a walkway … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Boris Johnson, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Transport, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, London, London Borough of Croydon, Network Rail, Ruskin Square
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Boris called to answer for 22% rise in cyclists’ deaths
There were 571 cyclists killed or seriously injured in London in the past year, a 22 per cent increase over 2010, leading to one senior London Assembly Member to blame Boris Johnson, the capital’s “cycling mayor”, for policies applied through … Continue reading
Here’s an election pledge that Boris now dare not break
Boris Johnson, who four years ago scrapped a costed and funded scheme to build a Tramlink extension to Crystal Palace, this morning paid a flying visit to East Croydon station to have his picture taken alongside a tram with “Crystal … Continue reading
Crime on the rise in Croydon, but our council is in denial
Crime figures are on the up in Croydon, yet the Town Hall’s most senior politicians have received a misleading report from council officers this month that claimed that residents believe “the council is tackling crime and anti-social behaviour”. According to … Continue reading
London Road traders going bust over riot insurance delays
Business owners from London Road – probably the area worst affected by the riots in Croydon last August – took to the streets on Thursday with their brooms and spray guns. More than 50 local traders were joined by residents, … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Environment, Fairfield, London Road Traders Association, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Policing, West Croydon
Tagged Business, Croydon, Croydon Council, High Street, London Borough of Croydon, London Road, West Croydon station
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Time to stop making allowances for “basket case” council
The rejection of Ken Livingstone at the polls last month was in some ways a move away from the nostalgia for 1980s London politics. It may be time to part company with other 20th century perspectives of London local government. … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Margaret Mead, Mayor of London, Mike Fisher, Parking, Steve O'Connell, URV
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Lambeth, London, London Borough of Croydon
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Making Croydon bike safe will help rebuild community spirit
Croydon’s cyclists will be watching London’s bicycling mayor with interest over the next four years, to see whether Boris Johnson does more than merely pay lip-service to the wearers of bicycle clips than he did in his first term. Despite … Continue reading
Cuts put public at “unnecessary risk” says serving policeman
Swingeing police budget cuts introduced by the government are putting the Croydon public “at unnecessary risk”, Inside Croydon has been told by a serving officer. It is fair to say that the Conservative party has long cherished its reputation as … Continue reading
