Category Archives: Southwark Council

DWP’s £6m ‘poor relief’ highlights deprivation in Croydon

Posted on February 22, 2023 by insidecroydon

Jason Perry, Croydon’s part-time Mayor and  part-time business director, who wants to increase everyone’s Council Tax in the borough by a whopping 15per cent, has said today, “I know many families in Croydon are struggling to make ends meet in … Continue reading →

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Trinity School goes to top of the class in post-pandemic exams

Posted on December 14, 2022 by insidecroydon

Single-sex selective schools shine in the annual Sunday Times schools rankings, in which the highest Croydon state school is rated only 186th Trinity, the £20,000 per year boys’ school at Shirley Park, has been rated the top school in Croydon, … Continue reading →

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Bin workers face sack if they don’t work on Queen’s Funeral

Posted on September 16, 2022 by insidecroydon

While most council services have shut down for the bank holiday weekend ahead of Monday’s solemn royal ceremonials, Veolia staff have been told that if they don’t show up for work, they could be fired. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s … Continue reading →

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All Croydon parks ‘under threat’ says environmental campaign

Posted on March 23, 2022 by insidecroydon

A shocking report from charity CPRE London highlights how the council’s Local Plan has put every open space in the borough at risk from development, writes PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent Croydon, and its planning protection-lite revised Local Plan, has … Continue reading →

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Help to Buy fuels London’s house price inflation say Lords

Posted on January 10, 2022 by insidecroydon

A parliamentary report out today underlines that £29bn-worth of housing subsidies have simply helped to boost several Tory donors’ profits, reports our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES The cost of an average home in Croydon increased by 4 per cent in … Continue reading →

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Tenants’ despair and politicians’ disdain: Britain’s slum crisis

Posted on September 10, 2021 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES on the television documentary being broadcast on Sunday night which seems certain to shock the nation and pour shame on Croydon Council all over again You might think you couldn’t be shocked any more. But you’d be wrong. … Continue reading →

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Fix! Internal Labour inquiry confirms selection stitch-up

Posted on October 26, 2020 by insidecroydon

EXCLUSIVE: After the local Labour Party tried to cover-up the scandal of their botched handling of the Fairfield ward by-election last year, the resulting inquiry criticises the ‘questionable integrity and competence of paid party officers’. By STEVEN DOWNES An internal … Continue reading →

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Appeals to Sutton and Croydon to join Rashford campaign

Posted on October 23, 2020 by insidecroydon

The leaders of LibDem-run Sutton and Labour-controlled Croydon have been urged to join a growing number of councils in issuing food vouchers over half term as the row over free school meals provision during holidays continues. London boroughs Southwark, Lambeth, … Continue reading →

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Official figures show Croydon is capital’s worst for complaints

Posted on August 8, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Freedom! Are Crystal Palace residents ready for breakaway?

Posted on June 14, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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44 care homes in Croydon fail post-Grenfell fire safety tests

Posted on May 16, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Security warning for demonstrations over European elections

Posted on April 3, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Croydon Labour MP Reed is quick to reject Umunna’s splitters

Posted on February 18, 2019 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES on reactions and responses to the not-so-magnificent seven’s resignation from the Labour Party The bitter, decade-long personal, political feud between Chuka Umunna and Steve Reed OBE may have played a significant factor in the former vice-chair of Progress … Continue reading →

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Buck-ing the trend: Croydon Labour staffer challenges Mayor

Posted on December 14, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on wranglings within Labour in south London over the social cleansing of working class areas An employee of the Labour Party in Croydon has condemned Labour’s London Mayor Sadiq Khan for having a gentrification agenda … Continue reading →

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Festival of the Great North Wood, Sydenham Hill Wood, Sep 9

Posted on August 26, 2018 by insidecroydon
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Going, going, gone: Housing associations in property flog-off

Posted on March 26, 2018 by insidecroydon

Step-by-step – or is that brick-by-brick? – social cleansing is coming to Croydon. A luxury hotel in central London is the swanky venue today for an auction for property speculators at which £7.2million-worth of former social flats and houses is … Continue reading →

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Brick by Brick’s profitable Blairite response to Right to Buy

Posted on June 25, 2017 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Henry Cotton’s south London home to get blue plaque

Posted on June 15, 2017 by insidecroydon

English Heritage has arranged for a blue plaque in Crystal Palace to commemorate one of the greatest British sportsman of the 20th Century. The unveiling ceremony is taking place at 47 Crystal Palace Road, the childhood home of golfer Henry … Continue reading →

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Croydon’s well-paid councillors pay their Council Tax on time

Posted on December 7, 2016 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Crystal Palace to hold multi-borough hustings, May 7

Posted on May 2, 2014 by insidecroydon

Crystal Palace is getting “ready to rumble” on May 7 at the Queen’s Hotel with a packed Election Question Time cross-borough panel debate. With Town Hall elections on May 22 across Croydon and in the neighbouring London boroughs which converge … Continue reading →

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