Category Archives: Mark Allison

Tories blame Boris as Westminster and Wandsworth fall

Posted on May 6, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Merton’s £50m education shortfall raises finance alarms

Posted on April 26, 2022 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Merton scraps building company to avoid Brick by Brick failure

Posted on December 17, 2020 by insidecroydon

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 →

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