Category Archives: Leila Ben-Hassel

Councillor’s alarm call helps save lives in Thornton Heath fire

Posted on July 22, 2021 by insidecroydon

A Croydon councillor has spoken of how she called 999 in the early hours of this morning after she was woken up by “horrible screams” and “saw loads of black smoke coming out of neighbour’s house”. Leila Ben-Hassel is a … Continue reading →

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Lacey still spinning as he hangs on to his job at Brick by Brick

Posted on November 26, 2020 by insidecroydon

It is not only the former council chief exec who has shown unconcealed contempt for the borough’s residents. Now, as our housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES reports, the discredited head of the council-owned builders is pushing his luck, too Colm Lacey … Continue reading →

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King’s peers crown him Croydon Labour’s new deputy leader

Posted on October 31, 2020 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: The alarm signals over the electoral fate of the Town Hall, and perhaps even the Croydon Central marginal parliamentary seat, saw the borough’s Labour councillors given a stern lecture last night. By WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Stuart … Continue reading →

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Ben-Hassel joins contest to become council deputy leader

Posted on October 29, 2020 by insidecroydon

‘We can’t do business as usual’ says rookie councillor looking to make an impression, writes KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter Leila Ben-Hassel, a Croydon councillor only since March 2019, last night announced herself as a fourth contender to become … Continue reading →

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Newman hand-picks ‘Secret Seven’ to check on finance panel

Posted on June 11, 2020 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: The beleaguered council leader has moved to avoid  being held responsible for the borough’s massive £1.5bn debt and huge over-spend, reports KEN LEE A group of councillors, secretly hand-picked by Tony Newman, will meet tonight to discuss the council’s … Continue reading →

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Brick by Brick CEO says company has sold 6 houses. Or is it 5?

Posted on March 27, 2020 by insidecroydon

Our overdevelopment correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, reports on the latest admission of incompetence from Croydon Council’s loss-making house-builders Five. Or it might be six. Colm Lacey, the former council employee who has been promoted way beyond his skills and abilities to … Continue reading →

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

Posted on May 14, 2019 by insidecroydon

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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Tory vote slumps to 15% as Ben-Hassel wins in Norbury

Posted on March 15, 2019 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE reports from a draughty church hall in south London where … nothing much was learned Leila Ben-Hassel is the new councillor for Norbury and Pollards Hill, following yesterday’s ward by-election, where the Tory vote collapsed amid the current … Continue reading →

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Barwell blamed for Brexit vote chaos on eve of by-election

Posted on March 14, 2019 by insidecroydon

The chair of Croydon Tories has accused Theresa May of having ‘betrayed’ her party and the country. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on how the Conservative Party’s deep divisions at Westminster could be demonstrated in today’s Norbury and Pollards Hill council … Continue reading →

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Seven in the running for Norbury and Pollards Hill by-election

Posted on February 19, 2019 by insidecroydon

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, goes through the runners and riders for next month’s council by-election There are to be seven candidates in the Norbury and Pollards Hill ward by-election being staged on March 14, after UKIP and the … Continue reading →

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Ben-Hassel is overwhelming winner for Labour in Norbury

Posted on February 15, 2019 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on how a ward selection meeting last night capped off an altogether bad day for the council leadership Leila Ben-Hassel was last night selected as Labour’s candidate to stand in the Norbury and Pollards Hill … Continue reading →

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