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Category Archives: Maggie Mansell
Councillors line up Stormzy for the Freedom of the Borough
More dither and delay by our cash-strapped council, after they are forced to check whether the global superstar rapper will accept a civic honour. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s Labour councillors want to give Stormzy the Freedom of the Borough. … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Badsha Quadir, Bernadette Khan, Croydon Council, Gerry Ryan, Helen Pollard, Jane Avis, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Louisa Woodley, Maggie Mansell, Mayor Jason Perry, Pat Clouder, Paul Scott, Shafi Khan, Simon Hall, Simon Hoar, Steve Hollands, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Toni Letts, Tony Newman, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Alderman, Alderwoman, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Merah Louise Smith, Paul Scott, Simon Hall, Stormzy, Tony Newman, Tory
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Ben-Hassel is overwhelming winner for Labour in Norbury
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
Skipper named in Labour’s five-woman shortlist for Norbury
The Norbury and Pollards Hill council by-election will be staged on March 14, but there has already been some manoeuvring over candidate selection by Labour, as WALTER CRONXITE reports As was entirely predictable, Caragh Skipper, Croydon Labour leader Tony Newman’s … Continue reading
Labour to have all-woman shortlist for Norbury by-election
Labour is to have an all-woman shortlist to select its candidate for the by-election in Norbury and Pollards Hill. The council has yet to announce a date for the by-election, which has been caused following the death last month of … Continue reading
Posted in Caragh Skipper, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Tony Newman
Tagged Labour, Maggie Mansell, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Tony Newman
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Memorial service for Maggie Mansell to be held at Minster
A memorial service paying tribute to Maggie Mansell will take place at Croydon Minster on Tuesday January 29, the council has announced. Until her death earlier this month, Mansell had been one of the longest-serving members of Croydon Council, having … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Minster, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, South East Cancer Help Centre
Tagged Croydon Minster, Maggie Mansell, Norbury
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Tributes pour in for widely respected Norbury councillor
The tributes to the life and work of Norbury councillor Maggie Mansell continued to pour in today, following her death on Saturday after a short illness. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and MP Steve Reed were among the first … Continue reading
Posted in Maggie Mansell, Norbury
Tagged Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Norbury and Pollards Hill
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Shock and sadness at the death of Councillor Maggie Mansell
Croydon councillors are in shock today at the death of Town Hall stalwart and Norbury and Pollards Hill councillor Maggie Mansell. Mansell had dedicated most of her life to serving the people of Croydon, having first been elected to Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Shafi Khan
Tagged Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Norbury and Pollards Hill
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Labour deputy leader Butler is under threat of de-selection
Croydon Labour’s long-delayed local election candidate selection process is beginning to look like a cross between House of Cards and Game of Thrones, as WALTER CRONXITE reports Alison Butler, the all-powerful deputy leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Andrew Rendle, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Jane Avis, John Wentworth, Karen Jewitt, Louisa Woodley, Maggie Mansell, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mike Selva, New Addington, Norbury, Oliver Lewis, Shafi Khan, Sherwan Chowdhury, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Cornelius Lionel, Jamie Audsley, Maggie Mansell, Mike Selva, Momementum, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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Public start the fightback over standards at Fusion centres
The cup of cheer is hardly overflowing for leisure centre users around the borough. Indeed, many don’t have even a paper cup, as KEN LEE reports The borough’s swimming pools and leisure centres are coming in for ever closer scrutiny … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Fusion, Jamie Audsley, Leisure services, Maggie Mansell, New Addington, South Norwood, Thornton Heath Community Action Team, Waddon
Tagged Fusion, Fusion Lifestyle, Jamie Audsley, Maggie Mansell, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Timothy Godfrey, Waddon Leisure Centre
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Audsley pays price as Newman sacks him as cabinet deputy
A lapse in judgement means that Jamie Audsley will be about £10,000 out of pocket next year, as the Bensham Manor ward councillor has been sacked from Labour leader Tony Newman’s cabinet team. Or, as Tony Soprano once said, “There’s … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Bensham Manor, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Maggie Mansell, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mark Watson, Norbury, Pat Ryan, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Stephen Mann, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Wayne Lawlor, Woodside
Tagged Bensham Manor, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Wayne Trakas-Lawlor, Woodside
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BMX track should put Norbury Park in the fast lane
CROYDON COMMENTARY: With a background in landscape architecture, and an interest in getting a BMX track for Coulsdon, LEWIS WHITE went along to the council’s community engagement day in Norbury Park on Saturday to see what is really on offer … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Sherwan Chowdhury, Sport
Tagged BMX, Croydon Council, Norbury
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Council’s chasm of unaccountability grows wider each day
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our borough’s elected representatives are being increasingly marginalised by a system that places huge power in the hands of a handful of unaccountable officials, writes STEVEN DOWNES Make the most of it at the Town Hall tonight. For … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Cane Hill, Chris Philp MP, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Jo Negrini, Jon Rouse, Julie Belvir, Maggie Mansell, Nathan Elvery, Norbury, Oasis Academy, Paul Scott, Planning, Pubs, Purley, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, URV, Whitgift Centre, Woodside
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Norbury, Purley, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Woodside
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Lights! Action! Candid cameras switched on at the Town Hall
STEVEN DOWNES found himself watching the first live webcast meeting of the new Croydon Council. He watched it so you didn’t have to… I nearly missed it, because I was listening to the first in the new series of I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Bishop of Croydon, Capita, Croydon Council, Local media, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Kathy Bee, Labour, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, Tory, Vidhi Mohan
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No head, no leader, no planning: doubts over Free School
Plans for a three-form entry primary Free School on Highbury Avenue appear to be in some disarray, with no head teacher yet appointed just seven months before the school is supposed to open, no planning approval granted to build on … Continue reading
Posted in Advance School, Alisa Flemming, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Dudley Mead, Education, John Wentworth, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Schools, Tim Pollard, Uncategorized
Tagged Advance School Norbury, Alisa Flemming, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Dudley Mead, Education, John Wentworth, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury, Primary school, Russell King, schools, Thornton Heath, Tim Pollard
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Thousands sign petition against privatising NHS in Croydon
A petition with signatures from more than a thousand residents seeking the protection of Croydon NHS services from the worst effects of privatisation was being presented this morning to Dr Tony Brzezicki, the joint chair of the new Croydon Commissioning … Continue reading
Posted in Health, London-wide issues, Maggie Mansell, Mayday Hospital, St Helier Hospital
Tagged Councillor, Croydon, Labour, Labour Council, London, Petition, Private sector, South Croydon
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Norbury councillor questions decision to allow Free School
Plans for a three-form-entry, primary Free School in Norbury could yet encounter some Town Hall opposition, with at least one local Croydon councillor already expressing her strong misgivings about the scheme. Free Schools have been introduced by the ConDem coalition … Continue reading
Posted in Advance School, Croydon North, Education, Maggie Mansell, Norbury, Schools
Tagged Croydon, Free School, Labour, Michael Gove, Primary school, Tim Pollard, Toby Young, Trojan Horse
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Labour’s Newman names his team for council election build-up
The Labour group on Croydon Council is becoming a bit like the Conservatives. Well, at least in just one small, but important, way, writes ANDREW PELLING In parliament, Labour dropped the election of its shadow cabinet by its MPs, leaving … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Gerry Ryan, Libraries, London Assembly, Louisa Woodley, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Norbury, Selhurst, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Newman, NHS, Tony Newman
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Libraries scheme “undemocratic, unwanted and unplanned”
With the leadership of the council working against open debate and discussion, even within the chambers of the Town Hall as was witnessed on Monday night, and other elements of the self-serving Croydon Establishment apparently determined to limit freedom of … Continue reading
