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Category Archives: Lambeth Council
Flemming runs for Streatham – and Newman gives his backing
Alisa Flemming, the Croydon council cabinet member who was in charge of the borough’s children’s services when they descended into a dangerously “inadequate” state, as judged by Ofsted inspectors, is now looking to advance her own political career by running … Continue reading
Fanfare for the Common man, and here’s a toast to two ‘saints’
WANDLE WANDERER: Our non-resident rambler KEN TOWL is off on his travels again, but he hasn’t had to venture very far afield to discover some overlooked treasures St Reatham is not, of course, a church named after a saint, but … Continue reading
Official figures show Croydon is capital’s worst for complaints
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, crunches some numbers and finds that according to the annual report from the Local Government Ombudsman, our council does not compare well, however you dress it up Official figures from the Local Government Ombudsman … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Jo Negrini, Lambeth Council, Merton, Planning, SEND, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, TfL, Tony Newman
Tagged Bromley, Conservative, Croydon Council, Haringey, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Local Government Ombudsman, London, London Borough of Croydon, Merton, Ombudsman, Southwark, Sutton, Tory
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Freedom! Are Crystal Palace residents ready for breakaway?
The week-long Crystal Palace Festival gets underway tomorrow with a weekend of music and dance in the park. But because of the local borough geography, the organisers and other groups have to deal with five, even six, local authorities, which … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Bromley Council, Comedy, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Dance, Lambeth Council, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Music, Poetry, Southwark Council, Theatre
Tagged Bromley, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Festival, Lambeth, Lewisham, London, Noreen Meehan, Southwark
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44 care homes in Croydon fail post-Grenfell fire safety tests
Figures from the Mayor of London show that 44 care homes in Croydon were failing to meet fire safety standards through London Fire Brigade audits carried out following the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The figures put Croydon as second worst in … Continue reading
Posted in Adult Social Care, Andrew Dismore, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Kingston, Lambeth Council, London Assembly, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Merton, Outside Croydon, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Tom Copley
Tagged Andrew Dismore, Care Homes, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Assembly, London Fire Brigade, Mayor, Mayor of London, Tom Copley
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Security warning for demonstrations over European elections
WALTER CRONXITE on how Croydon and other London local authorities have been told to prepare for the worst: European elections in May Jo Negrini, Croydon’s barely competent £200,000 per year council chief executive, confirmed to Monday night’s full council meeting … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 European elections, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Kingston, Lambeth Council, Southwark Council, Surrey, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lambeth, London Borough of Croydon, London Borough of Sutton, Southwark, Tory, UKIP
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‘People’s Vote’ poll paints bleak picture for Labour in London
WALTER CRONXITE has been crunching some numbers from the latest opinion poll A much bigger survey than usual of London voters by YouGov, as part of their mega 25,000-people national poll (funded by something calling itself “The People’s Vote”), suggests … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Lambeth Council, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Surrey
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jane Edbrooke, Labour, Lambeth, Liberal Democrats, Mario Creatura, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed OBE, Surrey County Council, The People's Vote, YouGov
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Lacey’s in Mayfair with speculators to ‘unlock’ public land
BARRATT HOLMES on the latest instance where the council shows that it is more interested in cosying up to mega-rich property speculators than actually delivering homes at social rent Forget the possible contraventions of building regulations on one of its … Continue reading
Lambeth is showing the way with destruction of five estates
This week, Labour’s ruling NEC stepped in to stop one London council from undertaking a property deal which could have seen hundreds of council tenants evicted from their homes. Yet meanwhile, a bus ride up the A23 from Croydon, at … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Jo Negrini, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Matthew Bennett, Outside Croydon, Planning, Property, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lambeth council, Lib Peck, London Borough of Croydon, Matthew Bennett, Member of parliament, Steve Reed OBE
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Upper Norwood Library re-opens with funding unannounced
GENE BRODIE, our libraries correspondent, reports on the delayed re-opening of the Uppper Norwood Library, as doubts remain on the 116-year-old community asset’s funding arrangements from Lambeth and Croydon councils Upper Norwood Library – or the “Hub on the Hill” … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Timothy Godfrey, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Robert Gibson, Timothy Godfrey, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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Brick by Brick’s profitable Blairite response to Right to Buy
The tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire has, rightly, focused attention on safety around the nation’s low-cost housing. But underlining the lack of attention given to the conditions of such homes and the ongoing under-investment in council housing has been … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Housing, Jennifer Brathwaite, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Planning, Property, Southwark Council, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Architects for Social Housing, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Hub Residential, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Taberner House, Tony Newman
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Labour parachute in Lambeth councillor for Croydon South
After lengthy delays, Labour has finally got round to naming its General Election candidate for the true-blue Tory heartland of the borough, as WALTER CRONXITE reports Jennifer Brathwaite has been confirmed as Labour’s candidate for Croydon South in next month’s … Continue reading
Umunna gets the call as ‘special guest’ to pep up Reed’s rally
WALTER CRONXITE on the snail-like progress of Labour’s selection process, UKIP’s choice of Barwell’s bouncer as a General Election candidate, and news from neighbouring constituencies Nearly five years since he was selected as Labour’s candidate in the very safe seat … Continue reading
Posted in 2017 General Election, Chris Philp MP, Croydon North, Croydon South, Kathleen Garner, Lambeth Council, Michael Swadling, Paul Scully MP, Peter Staveley, Steve Reed MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Winston McKenzie
Tagged Bonnie Ash, Carshalton and Wallington, Chuka Umunna, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Emine Ibrahim, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Peter Staveley, Steve Reed OBE, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Tom Brake MP, Tory, UKIP
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Labour spin doctor Ellerby accused of a £1.4m comms trick
Croydon’s Council Tax-payers could be facing hundreds of thousands of pounds of additional costs, on top of the six-figure salary for their new Blairite political spin-doctor, Julian Ellerby, if his track record at neighbouring Lambeth is anything to go by. … Continue reading
Delay over Upper Norwood Library transfer raises worries
The future of a library which has served thousands of Croydon residents for more than a century has been thrown into renewed uncertainty, with doubts over the funding for Upper Norwood Library after next year, and with the proposed transfer … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Education, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Local media, Norwood Society, Upper Norwood Library Trust
Tagged Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Lambeth council, London Borough of Croydon, Save Upper Norwood Library Campaign, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood Joint Library, Upper Norwood Library Trust
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Revealed: How Sutton spent some of its £30,000 MIPIM fund
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the mystery surrounding more than £20,000-worth of council sponsorship cash for a conference delegation to the South of France, and the business that links Croydon with social cleansing schemes in other London boroughs Niall Bolger, the … Continue reading
Upper Norwood libraries campaigner Robert Gibson was expelled by Labour Party just days before going missing
The purge of members by the right wing of the Labour Party across south London may have had a human cost, after it was revealed that Robert Gibson, the Upper Norwood library campaigner, received a letter notifying him that he … Continue reading
Croydon’s well-paid councillors pay their Council Tax on time
WALTER CRONXITE on a new report that shows that in neighbouring boroughs, some councillors have not been punctual in paying their Council Tax bills Yet further evidence has emerged that Croydon Council Tax-payers may be forking out far too much … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bromley Council, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Southwark Council, Surrey, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Bromley Council, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Lambeth council, London Borough of Croydon, London Borough of Sutton, Southwark, Tony Newman, Tory
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Central Hill’s open weekend to show the estate they are in
A much-admired housing estate in Crystal Palace which is under threat of demolition by the local council is open to public view this weekend, to dispel Tory-driven myths of “sink estates”, as part of something called the Open Garden Estates … Continue reading
Greens come close to unseating Progress in library dispute
WALTER CRONXITE reports on a Lambeth by-election result which offers a warning to Croydon Labour Steve Reed OBE, the Progress MP for Lambeth South/Croydon North (delete to distaste) got a bit of a warning overnight, after a Lambeth council by-election … Continue reading
