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Category Archives: Mark Allison
Tories blame Boris as Westminster and Wandsworth fall
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on a ‘dangerous political moment’ for the Conservative Prime Minister When Boris Johnson got up this morning, he was living in a Labour-controlled local council. Labour won Westminster City Council yesterday, the first time since … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Fairfield, London-wide issues, Mark Allison, Merton, New Addington North, New Addington South, Outside Croydon, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council
Tagged 2022 Local Elections, City of Westminster, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Merton Council, Richmond, Sadiq Khan, Sutton, Wandsworth Council
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Merton’s £50m education shortfall raises finance alarms
A south London council on the brink of financial collapse, getting a multi-million-pound bail-out from government, while being run by a new chief exec and with a rudderless Labour group where the leader isn’t standing for re-election in their old … Continue reading
Merton scraps building company to avoid Brick by Brick failure
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on how a neighbouring borough has twigged that Croydon’s model for house-building doesn’t work Another Labour-run south London council is to junk its arm’s-length house-building company – after seeing what the catastrophic clusterfuck Brick by … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Housing, Mark Allison, Merton, Planning
Tagged Brick by Brick, Labour, London, Mark Allison, Merantun, Merton Council, Mitcham Cricket Green
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